Explorer Links
Explorer Links
Explorers:
William Baffin
Canadian Arctic Profiles: Exploration
Pathfinders and Passageways: William Baffin
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition: Baffin, William
John Cabot
National Library of Canada: Passageways: John Cabot
Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage: John Cabot
Passages: A Treasure Trove of North American Exploration: The Cabots
The Mariners' Museum
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition: Cabot, John
Jacques Cartier
National Library of Canada: Passageways: Jacques Cartier
The Virtual Museum of New France: The Explorers
Passages: A Treasure Trove of North American Exploration: Cartier
The Mariners' MuseumNellie Cashman
BC Heritage Website: The Cariboo Gold Rush Journey
Nellie Cashman: The Angel of Tombstone (DesertUSA)Samuel de Champlain
Passageways: Samuel de Champlain
The Virtual Museum of New France: The Explorers
Passages: A Treasure Trove of North American Exploration: Champlain (1613) and Champlain (1627-1632)
Historical Biographies, Nova Scotia: Samuel de Champlain
American Treasures of the Library of Congress: Samuel de Champlain's 1607 Map and description
James Cook
National Maritime Museum
The Voyage of the Endeavor
Memorial University of Newfoundland: Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage: James Cook
Passages: A Treasure Trove of North American Exploration: James CookMartin Frobisher
Passageways: Martin Frobisher: The Pirate-Explorer
Canadian Museum of Civilization: Inuit & Englishmen: The Nunavut Voyages of Martin Frobisher
Canadian Arctic Profiles
Passages: A Treasure Trove of North American Exploration: Frobisher (1577)
Samuel Hearne
Historic Hudson's Bay Company
Pathfinders and Passageways: Samuel Hearne and Matonabbee's Trek to the Arctic Ocean
Passages: A Treasure Trove of North American Exploration: Hearne (1769-1772)
Arctic Dawn: The Journals of Samuel Hearne
Infoplease
Anthony Henday
Alberta: How the West was Young: Fur Trade and Missionary History
University of Calgary: Anthony Henday
Pathfinders and Passageways: Maps: Exploring Westward - 18th CenturyHenry Hudson
Canadian Arctic Profiles: Exploration: Henry Hudson
PBS Kids: Learning Adventures in Citizenship: The Early Years: Henry Hudson
PBS: Empire of the Bay: Henry Hudson
The Mariners' Museum
Henry Kelsey
Pathfinders & Passageways: Henry Kelsey: The Young Adventurer
Hudson's Bay Company
Great Canadian Explorers: Henry Kelsey
Discoverers WebPierre Gaultier de Varennes at de La Vérendrye
Virtual Museum of New France
Pathfinders & Passageways: The La Verendryes: Family of Explorers
Passages: A Treasure Trove of North American Exploration: La Vérendrye and Sons
Great Canadian Explorers: La Vérendrye
CBC: Canada: A People's History: The Pathfinders
Alexander Mackenzie
Pathfinders & Passageways: Mapping the Northwest: Alexander Mackenzie
Heroes of Lore & Yore: Sir Alexander Mackenzie
Passages: A Treasure Trove of North American Exploration: Mackenzie
PBS: Empire of the Bay: Alexander Mackenzie
Alberta: How the West was Young: Fur Trade and Mission History: Alexander MackenzieDavid Thompson
Pathfinders & Passageways: David Thompson: The Man Who Looks at Stars and Mapping the Northwest
Great Canadian Explorers: David Thompson
David Thompson - ExplorerGeorge Vancouver
Pathfinders & Passageways: George Vancouver: A Coast for the English King and Vancouver's Guide to the Northwest Coast
Passages: A Treasure Trove of North American Exploration: George VancouverVikings (Leif Erickson)
The Smithsonian: Vikings: The North Atlantic Saga
Pathfinders & Passageways: The Vikings
National Library of Canada: North: Landscape of the Imagination: The Vikings
Canadian Museum of Civilization: Fact Sheet: Vikings
Canadian Museum of Civilization: Vinland
Viking Discovery and Landing at L'Anse aux Meadows
Leifur Eiriksson
Sites With Information on Several Explorers:
National Library of Canada Sites
Canadian Museum of Civilization: The Virtual Museum of New France: The Explorers (biographies) and European Explorations of America (chronological look at exploration)
Multiculturalism BC: Explorers
Exploration and Settlement: Newfoundland and Labrador
Canadian Arctic Profiles: Exploration
Hudson's Bay Company: The Historic Hudson's Bay Company
Discoverers Web Explorers who died on their voyages and how they died.
European Explorations of America
National Maritime Museum (Great Britain): Explorers and Leaders
Images of Explorers:
CanPix Image Base Pre-1760 People has portraits of early explorers, and Events has images of them on their explorations.
Canadian Heritage Gallery: Explorers
Pathfinders & Passageways: Maps
National Maritime Museum (Great Britain) : Prints & Drawings (can search for explorers) and The Art of Exploration
