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The Mariners' Museum: Newport News, Virginia
Biographies of Explorers and Associated People ... The first explorer to search for a Northwest Passage to the Orient. He sailed for Spain and explored ...
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Age of Exploration: James Cook
Tensions were increasing as Captain Cook decided to depart the islands on February 4. ... He was the first explorer to map the coastline of Australia. ...
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The Mariners' Museum: Newport News, Virginia
Ferdinand Magellan and the First Circumnavigation of the World ... kept a diary of the voyage and remained a staunch supporter of the Portuguese explorer. ...
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The Mariners' Museum: Newport News, Virginia
Multiplying the average rate of a ship's speed by a fixed amount of time gave a rough estimate of the distance traveled. Columbus, however, relied on dead ...
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Age of Exploration: James Cook
The contributions of James Cook were extraordinary. He was the first explorer to map the coastline of Australia. He charted much of the Pacific Ocean and ...
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Age of Exploration Timeline
A simple chronology of exploration from 3200 BC - 1779 AD.
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The Mariners' Museum: A Stamp On History Online Exhibition: Hand ...
A stamp commemorates a person, place, or event and then shares that image with the world via the postal system. Collecting stamps has generated such ...
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The Mariners' Museum: A Stamp On History Online Exhibition: Hand ...
A stamp commemorates a person, place, or event and then shares that image with the world via the postal system. Collecting stamps has generated such ...
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The Mariners' Museum | EXPLORATION through the AGES
Anorak: A hooded jacket developed in the Arctic by the Inuit. .... When there was a gap in the ice, they would remove the runners and use the boat. ...
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Chris-Craft: The Affordable Dream - The On-Line Exhibition
Chris-Craft: The Affordable Dream - The On-Line Exhibition · The Mariners' Museum, Newport News, Virginia · Copyright © 1999 by The Mariners' Museum.
