Who were the Renaissance explorers? How did they change the world?
Being a Renaissance explorer was both exciting and rewarding. But it
sure wasn't easy! Explorers in the Age of Exploration faced many
challenges and dangers as their ships sailed into new and unfamiliar
lands. Some explorers caught diseases, while others battled with native
peoples over control of the territory. Without the efforts of the
Renaissance explorers, the world as we know it might have been very
different! Brave men such as Ferdinand Magellan and Niccolò de Conti
ventured into uncharted territory around the globe and learned much
about what lay beyond Europe and brought back an incredible wealth of
information about this "new world ."
In The Renaissance Explorers with History Projects for Kids, readers
ages 10 to 15 find out more about what it meant to be an explorer and
follow the biographies of five famous Renaissance explorers, including
Niccolò de Conti, Bartolomeu Dias, Vasco da Gama, Pêro da Covilhã, and
Ferdinand Magellan, from their childhoods until their exhilarating days
of scouting new-to-them lands. In addition to diving deep into the
biographies of five Renaissance explorers, readers discover the skills
and tools essential for these brave men as they crossed vast oceans and
interacted with very different civilizations during the course of their
journeys. Kids also find out more about the science and navigational
techniques that made the Renaissance one of the most important periods
for the discovery of new lands, peoples, and animals.
Using the engineering design process, kids develop critical and creative
thinking skills with 10 STEAM activities, such making a compass that
works and building a beacon like the ones used by Bartolomeu Dias and
Vasco da Gama on their journeys. Fun facts, primary source
illustrations, and links to online resources spark an interest in the
Renaissance that goes beyond the boundaries of Europe. Even without a
time machine, learners can experience the Renaissance!
The Renaissance Explorers is one of a set of four books in the
Renaissance for Kids series. Books in the Renaissance for Kids
series invite readers ages 10 to 15 to learn about the inventors,
artists, explorers, philosophers, scientists, and politicians who lived
in Europe and around the world during the Renaissance and who made
contributions to the wealth of human knowledge and experience that have
lasted far into the future. Primary sources, color photography, relevant
quotes, and hands-on STEAM activities that promote the scientific method
or engineering design process keep even the most curious kids satisfied!
Titles in this series include The Renaissance Thinkers: With History
Projects for Kids; The Renaissance Inventors: With History Projects
for Kids; The Renaissance Artists: With History Projects for Kids;
and The Renaissance Explorers: With History Projects for Kids.
