Spanish explorers of the New World

Websites to support the study of Spanish exploration and Spanish explorers

Early Years of the Canadian Northwest

http://www3.telus.net/public/dgarneau/B.C.4.htm

Provides basic information on many of the spanish explorers of the West coast of BC. Keep scrolling down for a wide variety of facts, by year.

Early Coastal Explorers

http://www.discovervancouver.com/GVB/expolrs.asp

Spanish Contact, 1791 and 1792

http://www.island.net/~gm_chin/span_exp.html

European Voyages of Exploration, 15th & 16th Centuries

http://www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history//tutor/eurvoya/

Features a complete tutorial of European exploration in the 15th & 16th centuries. Includes images and historical maps. Covers the major exploring countries of Portugal and Spain, as well as others beginning explorations. Includes information on Prince Henry the Navigator and his role, and on Christopher Columbus and the importance of his explorations.

Explorer Links

http://www.nwoca.org/~hol_www/explorer.html

Canadian, American and world explorers are listed in alphabetical order. The links lead to information on the explorers, including: Champlain, Cabot, Cartier, Hudson, Leif Ericson, Jolliet & Marquette, LaSalle, etc. A substantial section on Spanish explorers of the New World, including de Soto, Pizarro, Coronado, Columbus, Cortes, Verrazanno, De Vaca.

Passages: A Treasure Trove of North American Exploration: Chronological Outline

http://www.collectionscanada.ca/passages/h8-248-e.html

Features a chronological outline of the exploration of North America from the 15th Century (Columbus & Cabot) to the 20th Century (Amundsen). Includes maps and biographies of many explorers. Canadian explorers include: Cabot, Cartier, Frobisher, Champlain, La Salle, La Verendrye, Hearne, Cooke, Mackenzie, Vancouver, Fraser, Franklin, etc. Includes the Spanish explorers Verrazzano, de Soto, Columbus, and Galiano.

European Explorers Resources on the World Wide Web

http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/explorer.htm

Features links to explorers that are sorted by th country for which they explored. From England: Cabot, Gilbert, Cook, Drake, Frobisher, Franklin, and Hudson. From France: Cartier & Champlain. From Italy: Marco Polo. From Spain: Columbus, Magellan, & Cortes. From Portugal: da Gama, Real, & Henry the Navigator. Also includes the Vikings. Links to other lists of explorers.

Vasco Nunez de Balboa

http://www.win.tue.nl/~engels/discovery/balboa.html

Bodega y Quadra’s 1775 visit to the North West

http://www.hallman.org/indian/bodega.html

Cabeza de Vaca, Alvar Nunez

http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/CC/fca6_print.html

Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo

http://www.win.tue.nl/~engels/discovery/cabrillo.html

Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

http://www.win.tue.nl/~engels/discovery/coronado.html

The conquest of the Aztec Empire - Hernando Cortes

http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/eurvoya/aztec.html