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Searchable collection of historical manuscripts and maps, from the US Library of Congress.
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/dsxphome.html
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1492: An Ongoing Voyage
A US Library of Congress exhibit which examines indigenous peoples in five parts of the Americas
and their sustained contact with European explorers, conquerors and settlers from 1492 to 1600.
http://www.ibiblio.org/expo/1492.exhibit/Intro.html
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Ancient Egypt: Voyages of Exploration
A summary of early Egyptian voyages along the eastern African coast and the attempted
circumnavigation of Africa.
http://nefertiti.iwebland.com/timelines/topics/exploration.htm
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Ships of Discovery
Underwater archaeology and shipwrecks. "Sheds light on the ships that have made our planet one
world."
http://www.shipsofdiscovery.org/
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The Age of Discovery
Chapter-length article written in 1966 reviewing the literature on exploration. Includes
references, by Wilcomb E. Washburn.
http://marauder.millersv.edu/~columbus/data/art/WASHBR05.ART
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Meeting of Frontiers
"A bilingual, multimedia English-Russian digital library that tells the story of the American
exploration and settlement of the West, the parallel exploration and settlement of Siberia and the
Russian Far East, and the meeting of the Russian-American frontier in Alaska and the Pacific
Northwest." From the US Library of Congress.
http://frontiers.loc.gov/
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Antarctic Philately
History, biographies, and memorabilia of explorers of the "great white continent".
http://www.south-pole.com/
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Age of Exploration
Curriculum guide to maritime exploration throughout history, including a time line list of major
events, 3200 B.C. - 1779 A.D..
http://www.mariner.org/age/
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Society for the History of Discoveries
Offers an annual prize for an essay on voyages, history of exploration, navigation, nautical
travels, maritime history, and geographical discovery.
http://www.sochistdisc.org/
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Voyage of Exploration: Discovering New Horizons
Leads visitors on a journey through the past centuries looking at the explorers, the dangers they
faced, where they went, and their motivations for exploration. In English and Dutch.
http://library.thinkquest.org/C001692/
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