Captain James Cook
site on the life, voyages and times of Captain Cook; timelines for the voyages, maps etc (Michael Dickinson)
The Cartographic Creation of New England
‘An exhibition of early maps that chronicles the effects of European exploration and settlement in north-eastern North America in creating a spatial concept called “New England.”‘ (Osher Map Library)
Columbus and the Age of Discovery
searchable database of articles etc relating to ‘encounter’ themes, as well as links to other sites (Millersville, Pennsylvania)
Discoverers’ Web
diverse resource of web materials on voyages of discovery, exploration and explorers (Andre Engels)
Discovery and Exploration
maps covering the fifteenth to nineteenth centuries, documenting the processes of ‘discovery’ from coast to interior (American Memory)
Anthology of the Discovery of Australia
from the first European contacts, the Dutch in the seventeenth century, extracts from their accounts of what they found (Rainer Radok)
Discovery, Explorations and the ‘New World’
listing of resources from the WWW-Virtual Library (Stephanie Marra)
The European Voyages of Discovery
online tutorial focusing on the Portugese and Spanish explorations of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, in Africa, America and Asia (Department of History, University of Calgary)
The George Raper collection
in 1787 the 17-year-old George Raper joined the crew of HMS Sirius; he made a record of the voyage that followed, before the ship was lost off Norfolk Island (National Library of Australia)
Heading West: Mapping the Territory 1540-1900
Online seminar on the mapmakers of the American West (Alice Hudson, NY Public Library)
Inuit and Englishmen: the Nunavut Voyages of Martin Frobisher
website on the Inuit before the arrival of the English, on Frobisher’s voyages, Inuit responses to the newcomers, Inuit travellers to England and English settlers in Nunavut, and much more (Canadian Museum of Civilization)
La Salle Shipwreck Project
fascinating web site for the project to excavate the Belle, the wrecked ship of Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle (1643-87). As well as the many photos chronicling the excavation work, there are materials relating to La Salle’s ill-fated attempt to establish a French colony in Texas (Texas Historical Commission)
Life and Times of Henry Hudson
materials about this early seventeenth-century English explorer and his obsessive search for the northern passage, which was abruptly terminated in 1611 when his crew mutinied (Ian Chadwick)
The maps of exploration 1507-1814
online exhibition of early modern European maps of north America; commentary and digitised images, online resources (University of Virginia)
Renaissance Exploration and Trade
part of an on-line exhibit on the Renaissance (Annenberg/CPB Project)
Renaissance Exploration, Travel, and the World outside Europe
extracts from selected primary and literary sources (Norton Topics Online)
Sir Joseph Banks’ papers
the wide-ranging papers (digitised images) of an eighteenth-century naturalist, traveller,
correspondent and royal adviser, who travelled with Cook on The Endeavour and was involved in the ill-fated expedition of The Bounty (fully indexed) (State Library of New South Wales)
Spanish Exploration and Colonization of ‘Alta California’ 1774-1776
an “interactive study environment”; includes original journals, resources, a historical introduction, and teachers’ resources (University of Oregon)
