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7 Explorers: Sea Exploration

Individuals and Societies

Research Questions

Discuss the personal achievements of the explorer during their exploration. Choose from the categories of trade, discovery, cultural exchange, innovation and language.  

Describe your explorer’s personality. Describe their personal attributes that made them an explorer. You could discuss the explorer’s need/desire to explore - Why did they choose/want to explore?

Discuss the explorer’s perspective - how did they view the world around them?

Sea Explorers

Rachel Carson (USA)

Matthew Flinders (Britain)

Sylvia Earle (USA)

Charles Darwin (Britain)

Vasco da Gama (Portugal)

Thor Heyerdahl (Norway)

Jacques Cousteau (France)

James Cook (Britain)

Zheng He (China)

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