Have fun exploring these additional links:

Explorers
http://www.geocities.com/jk02.geo/discover6.html
http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/explorer.htm
http://www.win.tue.nl/cs/fm/engels/discovery/index.html
http://collaboratory.nunet.net/nssd112/oakterrace/imc/explorers.html - links to many sites
http://www.jacksonesd.k12.or.us/k12projects/jimperry/explorers.html
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/ - zoom explorers
http://www.floridahistory.com/#Start - Spanish Conquistadors
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/aztecs1.html - more on the Conquistadors
http://www.vaca.com/inset44.html - conquests by Hernando de Soto
http://www1.minn.net/~keithp/index.htm - Christopher Columbus Homepage
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Age of Exploration
http://www.mariner.org/age/introaoe.html
http://tlc.ousd.k12.ca.us/library/us_exploration/exploration_kids.html
http://www.mariner.org/age/histexp.html - timeline
http://www.orst.edu/instruct/phl302/timeline/timeline.html - more advanced timeline
http://www.shipsofdiscovery.org/ - studies the earliest of the European explorers' ships in the New World
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Knot Tying
http://www.mistral.co.uk/42brghtn/knots/- animated knot tying lessons
http://www.boatsafe.com/kids/knots.htm - how to tie useful knots for boaters
http://www.boatsafe.com/marlinespike/rope.htm - how rope is constructed
http://www.troop9.org/?s=knots/index - Boy Scout Troop 9 knot tying site
http://www.realknots.com - Ropers Knot Page
http://www.tollesburysc.co.uk/Knots/Knots_gallery.htm - more animated knot tying
http://brmrg.med.virginia.edu/knots/knots.html - more knot review
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Spice Fun
http://www.astaspice.org/history/frame_history.htm - history of the spice trade
http://marauder.millersv.edu/~columbus/papers/strass-1.html - history
http://www.mccormick.com/content.cfm?ID=10109 - spice history
http://www.culinarycafe.com/Spices_Herbs/index.html - Culinary Cafe encyclopedia of spices
http://www.mccormick.com/content.cfm?ID=8219 - Enspicelopedia
http://www.spiceadvice.com/encyclopedia/index.html - spice encyclopedia
http://www.theepicentre.com/Spices/spiceref.html - encyclopedia of spices
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Navigation
http://www.boatsafe.com/kids/navigation.htm
http://istg.rootsweb.com/newcompass/ships/ship_files/navigation_tips.html
http://www.usm.maine.edu/maps/exhibit8/nrnav.html
http://www.mariner.org/age/earlynav.html
http://www1.minn.net/~keithp/cn.htm
http://vesuvius.jsc.nasa.gov/er/seh/navigate.htm
http://www.millennium.scps.k12.fl.us/mknavigate.html
http://www.celestialnavigation.net/instruments.html
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/longitude/secrets.html
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Songs of the Sea
http://audiomusic.info/lyrics/shanties-and-sailor-song-lyrics.htm
http://www.jsward.com/shanty/index.shtml
http://www.acronet.net/~robokopp/shanty.html - learn about sea shanties
http://www.speakeasy.org/~anitra/chanteys/
http://www.rendance.org/shanty/
http://www.ancientmarinersct.com/chantey.html
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Sailor Dictionary http://www.acronet.net/~robokopp/shanty/seadefin.html
http://www.sailorschoice.com/Terms/scterms.htm
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Fun Student Activities - http://www.boatsafe.com/kids/index.htm
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