Tuesday, August 11, 2009

North America and Central America

Maps of North America and Central America can be found here and here.
Here is a map of rivers
and other Physical Features 1 and Physical Features 2

Geographical features of North America you should know:
Geographical features to identify on a map of N. Am.

Mountains:
Canadian Rockies
US Rockies
Sierra Nevadas
Appalacian Mountains

Rivers:
Mississippi
Missouri
Colorado
Columbia

Other features and places:
Great Lakes
Hudson Bay
Gulf of Mexico
Baja California
Arctic Circle
North Pole
Play this map game to learn more physical Features of Central and South America


Explorers

Here is a long list of Explorers to select from:
Alexander von Humboldt
Hernán Cortés
John Rae
Pierre Esprit Radisson
Peter Stuyvesant
Robert Edwin Peary
Jean Nicollet
Roald Amundsen
Hernando De Soto
John Smith, of Jamestown
George Vancouver
Sebastián Vizcaíno
Zebulon Montgomery Pike
Amerigo Vespucci
Giovanni da Verrazzano
David Thompson
Vilhjalmur Stefansson
Jedediah Smith (Sante Fe Trail)
Junipero Serra
Christopher Houston "Kit" Carson
Walter Raleigh
Henry Hudson
Heriolf
Alexander von Humboldt
Martin Alonzo Pinzon
and
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Newport
Father Jacques Marquette
Meriwether Lewis
and
William Clark
Estevanico
Leif Ericsson
Eric the Red
Francis Drake
Francisco Vásquez de Coronado
Ponce De Leon
François-Xavier de Charlevoix
Robert de La Salle
Eusebio Francisco Kino
Louis Joliet
John Hawkins (Hispanola)
Robert Gray
Daniel Boone
Juan Bautista de Anza
John Cabot
Samuel de Champlain
William Dampier
James Cook
Jacques Cartier





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