AGE OF EXPLORATION

AGE OF EXPLORATION
An Internet Hotlist on AGE OF EXPLORATION

created by Marilyn Abramowitz
Mineola High School Library

Introduction
Learn about your topics by finding information in the library's print resources and online databases. Use the links below for additional information. Relevant information may be found in more than one topic heading, so check them all out. *New links may be added to this site, so check back often.

The Internet Resources

Age of Exploration & Explorers

Age of Exploration -
BIOGRAPHY RESEARCH - Hotlist
Discoverers Web -
Discovery & Exploration -
European Exploration:from Earliest Times to 1497 -
European Voyages of Exploration: 15th & 16th Centuries - Excellent tutorial on the explorers of Spain & Portugal,and their interactions between all of the world's continents. Also, examines the geographical, technological, economic, political, & cultural patterns of that era.
Exploration & Discovery - Great Site
Explorer Links -
Maps & Charts of the 15th Century -
Passages: a Treasure Trove of North American Exploration (1492+) -
Sailing Ships of the Late 1400s -
The Age of Exploration -
The Mariner's Museum - Age of Exploration curriculum guide
UK's National Maritime Museum: Explorers & Leaders -

Heliocentric Theory, Science & Inventions

Early Navigation Methods -
Heliocentric Theory - Scroll down to this heading
Johannes Kepler & Heliocentric Theory -
Nicolas Copernicus:From The Revolutions Of The Heavenly Bodies: 1543 - Excerpts (from the Internet History of Science Sourcebook)
Nicolaus Copernicus -
Theory of Earth Revolving Around the Sun -

Slave Trade & Middle Passage

Freedom Shackled on the Slaveship Henrietta Marie -
International Slavery Museum -
Origins of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade -
The Atlantic Slave Trade & Slave Life in the Americas - a visual record
The Middle Passage (1) -
The Slave Kingdoms -
The Slave Trade (1700-1930) -
The Transatlantic Slave Trade - from 'Lest We Forget: Triumph Over Slavery'

Aztecs, Incas, Mayas

'Lost King of the Maya' - PBS program
Ancient Civilizations: Mayans -
Aztec Account: Conquest of Mexico -
Aztec Mythology -
Aztecs/Mexicas -
Aztecs: Fierce Wanderers -
Collapse: Why Do Civilizations Fail? - The Maya -
Empires Past: Aztec -
Inca Empire -
Incan Creation Myth -
Lords of the Earth - Maya, Aztec & Inca info
Maya Adventure - from Science Museum of Minnesota
Maya Astronomy -
Maya Astronomy & the Correlation of the Maya Calendar -
Mayan Calendar Tools -
Mayan History -
Mexica/Aztec Calendar Systems -
Montezuma & the Aztecs - Includes: Aztec Life & Times and Aztec Empire
Native Americans: Inca - explore the lifestyle, history, and religion of the Inca
Peru: A Country Profile - Info on: Incas, Pizarro & the Conquistadors, Colonial Period, Independence, etc.
The Ancient Aztecs - a ThinkQuest
The Awesome Aztecs -
The Conquest of the Inca Empire: FRANCISCO PIZARRO -
The Incredible Incas -
The Lost Inca Empire - PBS/NOVA program
The Maya Calendar -
The Mayas -
The Ruins on the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu -

Conquistadors, Spanish Rule

Conquistadors (1) -
Conquistadors (2) -
Francisco Pizarro - Scroll up the page a bit to get to the links
Hernan Cortes Arrives in Mexico -
Hernando Cortes -
Latin America & the Conquistadors -
Spanish Colonization -
Spanish Exploration & Conquest of Native America -

Latin American Independence

Content by Marilyn Abramowitz, mnora68@yahoo.com
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Last revised Fri Jan 27 13:56:08 US/Pacific 2012