The Age of Discovery

Introduction

Compare and extend your new understanding of your Explorer
Ibn Battuta
  1. https://exploration.marinersmuseum.org/subject/ibn-battuta/
  2. https://www.history.com/news/why-arab-scholar-ibn-battuta-is-the-greatest-explorer-of-all-time
  3. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p034s60x
  4. https://www.ducksters.com/history/islam/ibn_battuta.php
  5. https://www.khanacademy.org/partner-content/big-history-project/expansion-interconnection/exploration-interconnection/a/ibn-battuta
Christopher Columbus
  1. https://exploration.marinersmuseum.org/subject/christopher-columbus/
  2. https://exploration.marinersmuseum.org/event/christopher-columbus-voyage/
  3. https://www.history.com/topics/exploration/christopher-columbus
  4. http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/columbus_christopher.shtml
James Cook
  1. https://education.abc.net.au/home#!/digibook/1489330/finding-your-way
  2. https://myplace.edu.au/decades_timeline/1770/decade_landing_23.html?tabRank=2
  3. https://myplace.edu.au/decades_timeline/1770/decade_landing_23.html?tabRank=2&subTabRank=3
  4. https://exploration.marinersmuseum.org/subject/james-cook/
  5. https://exploration.marinersmuseum.org/event/james-cook-interactive-map/
Vasco de Gama
  1. https://exploration.marinersmuseum.org/subject/vasco-da-gama/
  2. https://exploration.marinersmuseum.org/event/vasco-da-gama-interactive-map/
  3. https://www.history.com/topics/exploration/vasco-da-gama?li_source=LI&li_medium=m2m-rcw-history
  4. http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/da_gama_vasco.shtml
  5. http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/tudors/vasco_da_gama_01.shtml
Zheng He
  1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjWscQolTK4
  2. https://www.khanacademy.org/partner-content/big-history-project/expansion-interconnection/exploration-interconnection/a/zheng-he
  3. https://exploration.marinersmuseum.org/subject/zheng-he/
  4. https://exploration.marinersmuseum.org/event/zheng-he-interactive-map/
  5. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific-10767321
  6. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/b015p8c2
  7. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/b09zv3d7
Ferdinand Magellan
  1. https://exploration.marinersmuseum.org/subject/ferdinand-magellan/
  2. https://exploration.marinersmuseum.org/event/ferdinand-magellan-interactive-map/
  3. https://www.history.com/topics/exploration/ferdinand-magellan?li_source=LI&li_medium=m2m-rcw-history
  4. http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/magellan_ferdinand.shtml
  5. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3csywvm