Navigators and Explorers
Christopher Columbus
– information on his early life, voyages, discoveries, impact on Native Americans. Includes images and game. From BBC
Dirk Hartog
– a range of historical sources including video about Dirk Hartog. From National Library of Australia
Bartolomeu Dias
– first European explorer to sail around the tip of Africa. From The Mariners’ Museum and Park
Matthew Flinders
– first European to circumnavigate (sail around) Australia, also gave the country its name. From The Mariners’ Museum and Park
Trailblazers exhibition: Australia’s 50 greatest explorers
Includes Matthew Flinders, Woollarawarre Bennelong, Abel Janszoon Tasman, William Bligh, and James Cook. From Australian Museum
World Explorers
– includes entries on Christopher Columbus, Captain James Cook, Vasco da Gama, Ferdinand Magellan, Marco Polo and others. From Ducksters