Sir Walter Raleigh He was born in 1552, during a time when his father leased Hayes Barton from the Duke family of Otterton.... http: //britishexplorers.com/
THE AGE OF EXPLORATION The desire to explore the unknown has been a driving force in human history since the dawn of time. From the earliestdocumented accounts, ancient civilizations haveexplored the earth by sea. Early adventurers were motivated by religious beliefs, the desire forconquest, the need to establish trade routes, and hunger for gold. http: //mariner.org./age/menu.html
The Donner Party The daily Donner logs include diary entries for each day, and quotes from original sources and histories. http: //members.aol.com/DanMRosen/donner/index.htm
Thomas Button The purpose of Button's voyage was to confirm the existence or non-existence of a Northwest Passage... http: //collections.ic.gc.ca/arctic/explore/button....
Trailblazing America In 1804, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark began a journey that was to become the symbol of America's next century. They were the first United States citizens to cross the North American continent from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific and the last to cross it without knowing what was there. http: //seanet.com/users/pamur/l&c.html
Treasure Island This web site is the result of a year-long teaching objective to upload an entire unit of literature onto the Internet. http: //dreamcatchers.net/treasure/
