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Explorers Hotlist

Created by Linda Koehler
Gifted/Enrichment Specialist at
Dr. Joe Ward Elementary
8400 Cavern Hill
San Antonio, Texas 78254

Asia

Sir Edmund Hillary	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Hillary http://www.infoplease.com/biography/var/edmundhillary.html http://www.notablebiographies.com/He-Ho/Hillary-Edmund.html http://profiles.incredible-people.com/sir-edmund-hillary/
Gertrude Bell	http://www.writespirit.net/authors/gertrude_bell http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gertrude_Bell http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/information/biography/abcde/bell_gertrude.html http://www.biographybase.com/biography/Bell_Gertrude.html http://www.123exp-biographies.com/t/00034149611/
Marco Polo	http://www.susqu.edu/history/medtrav/marcopolo/bio.htm http://geography.about.com/cs/marcopolo/a/marcopolo.htm http://www.notablebiographies.com/Pe-Pu/Polo-Marco.html http://www.biographyshelf.com/marco_polo_biography.html http://www.middle-ages.org.uk/marco-polo.htm

Africa

Howard Carter & King Tut's Tomb	http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/information/biography/abcde/carter_howard.html http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/carter.htm http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/tut.htm http://www.infoplease.com/biography/var/howardcarter.html http://www.site-ology.com/egypt/KT.HTM
The Leakey Family	http://www.time.com/time/time100/scientist/profile/leakey.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/entries/boleak.html http://pbs.gen.in/wgbh/aso/databank/entries/do59le.html http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0193-9134_ITM http://www.leakey.com/leakey_legacy.htm
Stanley and Livingston	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Livingstone http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/livingstone_david.shtml http://crawfurd.dk/africa/livingstone.htm http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761564424/henry_stanley.html http://www.iexplore.com/res/explorer_livingstone.jhtml
Nile River - Pasquale Scaturro	Pasquale Scaturro - http://www.aapg.org/explorer/2004/11nov/scaturro.cfm http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050316/LIFE/503160324/-1/all Pasquale Scaturro and Gordon Brown - https://depts.washington.edu/nwst/issues/index.php?issueID=spring_2005&storyID=723
Rosetta Stone	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosetta_Stone http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/aes/t/the_rosetta_stone.aspx http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/egypt/hieroglyphics/rosettastone.html http://www.mrdowling.com/604-rosettastone.html http://www.egyptologyonline.com/rosetta_stone.htm

Arctic

Matthew Henson	http://www.matthewhenson.com/matt2.htm http://www.sjsu.edu/depts/Museum/henson.html http://library.thinkquest.org/10854/mhenson.html http://gardenofpraise.com/ibdhensn.htm http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/mhenson.htm
Robert Peary	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Peary http://library.thinkquest.org/4034/pearyhenson.html http://gardenofpraise.com/ibdpeary.htm http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0837999.html http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761576666/robert_peary.html
Louise Boyd	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louise_Boyd http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761579330/louise_arner_boyd.html http://www.marinhistory.org/article2.html http://www.metroactive.com/papers/sonoma/02.25.04/boyd-0409.html http://www.greenland2002.org.uk/loc.html
Race to the Poles Robert Falcon Scott	http://www.nmm.ac.uk/explore/sea-and-ships/in-depth/race-to-south-pole/the-race-to-the-south-pole
Will Steger	http://www.lindberghfoundation.org/lindbergh-award/will-steger.html http://www.willsteger.com/content/view/2/15/ http://www.nationalgeographic.com/bookmarks/steger/index.html http://www.norway.org/policy/wed/skjult/bio/Will+Steger.htm

Australia

Ludwig Leichardt	http://www.kidcyber.com.au/topics/leich.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_Leichhardt http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A020090b.htm http://www.burkeshirecouncil.com/leichhardt.htm http://www.anbg.gov.au/biography/leichhardt-ludwig.html
Burke & Willis	http://www.burkeandwills.net.au/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burke_and_Wills_expedition http://jhalbrook.wordpress.com/category/burke-and-wills/
Allan Cunningham	http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761588305/Cunningham_Allan_(explorer).html http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A010255b.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_Cunningham_(botanist) http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Allan_Cunningham_(botanist)
John Oxley	http://www.australianhistory.org/john-oxley.php http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Oxley http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/jmresources/achievers/explorers.html http://www.eurekacouncil.com.au/5-Australia-History/History-Pages/1802-John_oxley.htm http://www.kidcyber.com.au/topics/oxley.htm

Europe

Vikings - Norsemen Tribes	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikings http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Norsemen http://www.britishpride.org/?p=347 http://vikingvalley.no/wb/pages/home/your-experiences/meeting-the-vikings.php http://wsu.edu/~dee/MA/NORSE.HTM
Romans - Julius Caesar	http://www.pbs.org/empires/romans/empire/julius_caesar.html http://www.roman-empire.net/republic/caesar-index.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Caesar http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/caesar_julius.shtml http://www.schoolshistory.org.uk/juliuscaesar.htm http://www.vroma.org/~bmcmanus/caesar.html
The Moors	http://www.essortment.com/all/whoweremoorsi_ogk.htm http://www.mrdowling.com/703-moors.html http://www.xmission.com/~dderhak/index/moors.htm

North America

Lewis & Clarke

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_and_Clark_Expedition http://www.lewis-clark.org/ http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/ Classroom Resources: http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/class/idx_les.html http://www.lewisandclarkexhibit.org/4_0_0/4_1_0_supportingdocs/lewisclark_timeline.pdf http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/phil/amerikanistik/projekte/west/LandC.htm http://www.time.com/time/2002/lewis_clark/ http://www.nationalgeographic.com/west/main.html http://lewisandclarktrail.com/ http://www.edgate.com/lewisandclark/ http://www.usaweekend.com/97_issues/971102/lewis_and_clark/971102trail_intro.html http://www.nps.gov/archive/jeff/LewisClark2/HomePage/HomePage.htm

South America

Francisco Pizzaro	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_Pizarro http://www.asij.ac.jp/elementary/gr5web/c5r/explorer_reports/wbender.htm http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/francisco-pizarro.htm http://www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/eurvoya/inca.html http://history.howstuffworks.com/south-american-history/francisco-pizarro.htm http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/civil_n2/histscript6_n2/pizarro.html
Hernan Cortes	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hern%C3%A1n_Cort%C3%A9s http://library.thinkquest.org/4034/cortes.html http://library.thinkquest.org/J002678F/cortez.htm http://www.sacklunch.net/biography/C/HernanCortez.html http://www.pbs.org/conquistadors/cortes/cortes_flat.html http://www.hyperhistory.net/apwh/bios/b4hcortez_p1jf.htm
Alex von Humboldt	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_von_Humboldt http://www.humboldt.edu/~german/Alex/ALEX1.HTM http://www.phfawcettsweb.org/von.htm http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/h/humboldt.shtml http://www.ansp.org/museum/digital_collections/humboldt/index.php

Credits:
Background: http://www.npr.org/programs/re/archivesdate/2003/aug/leakey/index.html
Sir Edmund Hillary picture: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Hillary
Gertrude Bell Picture: http://www.writespirit.net/authors/gertrude_bell
Marco Polo Picture: http://www.answers.com/topic/marco-polo
Howard Carter Picture: http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/carter.htm
Louis Leakey : http://www.leakey.com/leakey_legacy.htm
Stanley Picture: http://encarta.msn.com/media_461577105_761564424_-1_1/Sir_Henry_Morton_Stanley_Quick_Facts.html
Pasquale Scaturro - http://lectures.princeton.edu/?p=66
Rosetta Stone: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosetta_Stone
Matthew Henson:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Henson
Robert Peary: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Peary
Louise Boyd: http://www.metroactive.com/papers/sonoma/02.25.04/boyd-0409.html
Robert Scott: http://www.nmm.ac.uk/explore/sea-and-ships/in-depth/race-to-south-pole/the-race-to-the-south-pole
Burke & Willis:http://www.burkeandwills.net.au/
John Oxley: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Oxley
Vikings: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikings
Julius Caesar: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Caesar
The Moors: http://www.mrdowling.com/703-moors.html
Lewis and Clarke: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_and_Clark_Expedition
Francisco Pizzaro: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_Pizarro
Will Steger: http://www.lindberghfoundation.org/lindbergh-award/will-steger.html