Explorers
Resources about Explorers
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Resource: Explorers in Africa and South America
$0.00This resource lists some of the more well-known explorers of Africa and South America between the 15th and 18th centuries, as a complement to the Year 4 Australian Curriculum for History and Geography.
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Resource: Explorers in Asia
$0.00This resource lists some of the more well-known explorers of Asia, as a complement to the Year 6 Geography National Curriculum.
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Resource: Explorers in North America
$0.00This resource lists some of the more well-known explorers of North America, as a complement to the Year 5 Geography National Curriculum.
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Resource: Abel Tasman
$3.00This resource examines Abel Tasman’s life and voyages of exploration, providing context for an understanding of the European settlement of Australia (and New Zealand).
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Resource: Afonso de Albuquerque
$3.00This resource examines Afonso de Albuquerque’s life and the significance of his achievements in the history of South-East Asia. It aligns with Year 6 Australian Curriculum History, Geography and HASS.
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Resource: Ahmad Ibn Fadlan
$2.00This resource acknowledges the contribution of a 10th century Arab traveller, Ahmad Ibn Fadlan, who travelled as an emissary of the Abbasid Caliph in Baghdad to the ruler of the Bulgars, Almiș, in the Steppe region of modern Russia.
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Resource: Alexander the Great
$3.00Alexander the Great is a well-recognised historical figure, who is known for many achievements. In this resource a brief overview of his life introduces the idea that he is the first recorded European to explore Asia, and thus can be regarded as an explorer as well as a general.
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Resource: Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca
$2.00This explorer resource examines the life and experiences of Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca in North America. It aligns with Year 5 Australian Curriculum History, Geography and HASS.
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Resource: Amerigo Vespucci
$2.00Amerigo Vespucci is best known to us as the inspiration of the name for the continents of “America”.
He is less known as an explorer of South America in the early 16th century and as the first European to conclude that the ‘new lands’ of the Americas were a separate continent to Asia.
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Resource: Andrew Irvine
$2.00Andrew Irvine accompanied George Mallory in their unsuccessful attempt to reach the summit of Mount Everest in 1924. This resource examines Irvine’s short life, and death on the mountain, as an example of people struggling to conquer harsh climates.
This resource aligns with Year 3 and 6 Australian Curriculum History, Geography and HASS.
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Resource: Bartolomeu Dias
$2.00This resource examines the contribution of the Portuguese explorer, Bartolomeu Dias, who was the first European to sail around the Southern end of the African continent in 1488.
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Resource: Bjarni Herjólfsson
$2.00The story of how Bjarni Herjólfsson came to find North America is told in this resource.
Aligned with the Year 5 Australian Curriculum History, Geography and HASS.
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Resource: Burke and Wills
$9.00The story of Burke and Wills’ crossing of Australia in 1861 is iconic in Australian history.
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Resource: Charles Sturt
$2.00Charles Sturt explored the interior of Australia in the 1820s and the 1840s. He was searching for evidence of a great inland sea, which was thought to be present in the centre of the continent. Sturt’s tribulations experienced during his travels adversely affected his health and he died in England, still hoping to return to Australia.
The resource aligns with Year 3 and 5 Australian Curriculum History, Geography and HASS.
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Resource: Christopher Columbus
$4.00Christopher Columbus is usually given the credit for being the first European explorer to ‘discover’ the Americas in 1492.
This resource examines that claim through looking at his actual achievements and the reasons and results of his voyages.
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Resource: Diogo Cão
$3.00Diogo Cão was one of the first Portuguese explorers to explore the West Coast of Africa.
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