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CALENDARS

1,000 Places to See Before You Die Calendars
Travel Calendar

Star Trek - Ships of the Line Calendars
Star Trek - Ships of the Line Calendar

Destinations
Destinations Calendar




BOOKS ABOUT EXPLORERS

Around the World in a Hundred Years
Around the World
in a Hundred Years:
From Henry the Navigator
to Magellan


Nat'l Geographic World Atlas for Young Explorers
Nat'l Geographic
World Atlas
for Young Explorers


Women of Discovery
Women of Discovery:
A Celebration of
Intrepid Women Who
Explored the World


As Told at the Explorers Club
As Told at
the Explorers Club:
More than Fifty Gripping Tales of Adventure


Explorers South America
Explorers of
South America


Nat'l Geographic's Beyond 2000
Nat'l Geographic's
Beyond 2000
VHS




Teacher's Best - The Creative Process


Notable & Famous Explorers Posters “E...-”
for social studies teachers and home schoolers, theme decor in office.


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Amelia Earhart
Isabelle Eberhardt

Juan Sebastian Elcano
Erik the Red

Leif Erikson
John Edward Eyre



Amelia Earhart at Hanworth after the First Woman's Atlantic Flight W-E, Giclee Print
Amelia Earhart

Amelia Earhart
b. 7-24-1898; Atchison, KS
missing since 7-2-1937, western Pacific Ocean

Amelia Earhart was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, across the US nonstop, and fly solo from Honolulu to Oakland, California.

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The Nomad: The Diaries of Isabelle Eberhardt
The Nomad:
The Diaries of
Isabelle Eberhardt

Isabelle Eberhardt
b. 2-17-1877; Geneva, Switzerland
d. 10-21-1904; Ain Sefra, Algeria (flash flood)

Isabelle Eberhardt is noted as an explorer as she, disguised as a man, traveled and became heavily involved with the Sufis in helping the poor and needy against the injustices of colonial rule of North Africa.

FYI ~ In 1897 she and her mother converted to Islam, when they first visited her half-brother, a member of the French Foreign Legion.


Juan Sebastian Elcano, Giclee Print
Juan Sebastian Elcano,
Giclee Print

Juan Sebastián Elcano
b. 1476; Getaria, Gipuzkoa, Spain
d. 8-4-1526; Pacific Ocean

Juan Sebastián Elcano was really the first to circumnavigate the world, completing Ferdinand Magellan's 1519 expedition after Magellen's death in the Philippines. Elcano brought back the Victoria, the only one out of the five original ships, and 17 surviving crew (out of 241) in 1522.

Elcano died of malnutrition on the Loaisa Expedition in 1526.


Eric the Red Sails to Greenland 983, Giclee Print
Eric the Red Sails
to Greenland 983,
Giclee Print

Erik the Red
b. c. 950; Norway
d. c. 1000

Erik the Red founded the first Nordic settlement in Greenland. The settlement of Brattahlid lasted till the 15th century when the Little Ice Age conditions made life too difficult.


The Discovery of America by Leif Eriksson, Giclee Print
The Discovery of America
by Leif Eriksson,
Giclee Print

Leif Eriksson
b. c. 970; Iceland
d. c. 1020

Leif Eriksson, the son of Erik the Red, was an Icelandic explorer who was the first European land in North America, a land he called Vinland. L'Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland, Canada has been excavated by archeologists.

Greenlander's Saga


Edward John Eyre, Australian Explorer and Governor of Jamaica, Giclee Print
Edward John Eyre,
Giclee Print

John Edward Eyre
b. 8-5-1815; Whipsnade, England
d. 11-30-1901; Yorkshire

John Edward Eyre, an English born explorer of Australia, was also controversial bureaucrat who served as Govenor of Jamaica among other British holdings. Numerous places in Australia carry Eyre's name such as Lake Eyre.


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