WebQuest

Who was Christopher Columbus?

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Columbus/1492

http://wiki.millersville.edu/download/attachments/3146518/Tirado-Christopher-Columbus.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1298056189234

http://www.newworldexplorersinc.org/

http://www.columbusnavigation.com/

http://www.ibiblio.org/expo/1492.exhibit/Intro.html

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/historyonline/us1.cfm

http://www.marinersmuseum.org/education/christopher-columbus

http://www.mariner.org/education/age-exploration-site-map

Native Americans

http://public.wsu.edu/~dee/CIVAMRCA/CIVAMRCA.HTM

http://www.nativeweb.org/

http://www.history.ctaponline.org/center/hsscm/index.cfm?Page_Key=1309

http://www.hanksville.org/NAresources/

http://www.tolatsga.org/Compacts.html

http://www.historyisaweapon.com/defcon1/zinncol1.html

Explorers

http://www.floridahistory.com/inset11.html

http://americanhistory.si.edu/onthewater/exhibition/1_2.html

http://www.win.tue.nl/cs/fm/engels/discovery/cartier.html

http://www.marinersmuseum.org/education/french-explorers-cartier-champlain-and-la-salle

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1497degama.html

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

http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/famous-explorers.htm

Ebooks

Columbus, by J.S.C. Abbott: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/18066/18066-h/18066-h.htm

Christopher Columbus, Complete by Filson Young: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/4116/4116-h/4116-h.htm

1492, by Mary Johnston:http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1692/1692-h/1692-h.htm

True Story of Christopher Columbus, by Elbridge Brooks: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1488/1488-h/1488-h.htm

Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th Edition:http://www.gutenberg.org/files/31855/31855-h/31855-h.htm#ar216

Notable Voyagers, by Kingston and Frith:http://www.gutenberg.org/files/23494/23494-h/23494-h.htm

Discoverers and Explorers, by Edward Shaw: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/22116/22116-h/22116-h.htm

The Northmen, Columbus and Cabot, by Olson and Bourne: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/18571/18571-h/18571-h.htm

Great Epochs in American History, Vol. 1, by Francis Halsey http://www.gutenberg.org/files/16037/16037-h/16037-h.htm

Mapping Links

http://mappery.com/Columbus-Voyages-Map

http://www.calstatela.edu/faculty/eviau/edit557/vespucci/dan/m302.html

http://www.caribseek.com/Caribbean_Maps/map-of-columbus-voyages.shtml

http://www.cosmeo.com/viewPicture.cfm?guidImageId=06D6FC6D-DAC0-4C4B-AB01-94718C06B13B&&nodeid=

General studies

Check your facts: http://www.refdesk.com/ or http://www.factmonster.com/

Bonus question (2 pts): Were there diseases present in the New World before European explorers arrived? If so, what were they? Briefly explain where you got your answer.

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