4-1.2 Important Information

People of Importance

• Leif Eriksson
• Christopher Columbus
• John Cabot
• Ferdinand Magellan
• Hernando de Soto
• Henry Hudson
• Robert LaSalle

Suggestions

• Read and discuss each of the explorers above with students.
• use the next indicator to study their voyages. Students should be able to point or draw the voyages of each explorer.
• Make sure that each student can tell what country the explorer was from and at least one important point about the explorer.

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Books

• Christopher Columbus: The Life of A Master Navigator and Explorer by David West
• What Columbus Found: It Was Orange, It Was Round by Jane Kurtz
• Christopher Columbus: Famous Explorer by Mary Wade
• Where Do You think You Are Going Christopher Columbus? by Jean Fri