Captain Cook
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Early Exploration
Explorers 1501-1550 - click
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Listen to a passage from Cook's journal - click
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Early Exploration - click
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A very visual resource - click to view
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Early Maps - click
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British Explorers - click
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CAN YOU KEEP YOUR CONVICTS ALIVE?
The year is 1830. You're the Surgeon Superintendent aboard a convict vessel transporting its human cargo from Britain to the far reaches of the known world – Van Diemen’s Land. You're charged with delivering several hundred convicts to the colony in the shortest time with minimum loss of life. This is the way to make money and further your reputation and position. Are you up to the task?
The Voyage is an online game based on real convict voyages. Players make decisions, solve problems and deal with conflicts on a perilous journey across the globe - click to play
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Click to view - explores the European contact and fear and anger, women and children etc
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Maps may be used to find treasure but this one is a treasure! A rare map found by chance brings to life one of the most significant voyages in history, when Ferdinand Magellan travelled west from Spain to the East Indies (Indonesia). Although Magellan was killed en route, his crew were the first Europeans to circumnavigate the world.
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This collection focuses on the European mapping and naming of the Australian continent during the 17th and 18th centuries. It highlights the motivations and achievements of Dutch and British explorers, including Abel Tasman and James Cook. It incorporates maps, texts, and a painting.
Picture Books - Novels
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Early World Explorers
