A look at the patron of Portugal's explorers

An excerpt from the ship log of Vasco da Gama

The first explorer to sail around the world!

Find out if Sir Francis Drake was a hero or a pirate.

Just when and how did we start using this thing?

Astrowhat? Find out!

Nope, we didn't always have GPS

Could you have navigated an 18th century ship?

Click here to explore the life, voyages, and crew of Christopher Columbus

See what Chris had to say about his voyage

Columbus gets sentenced to death 500 years after his discovery

Did the Chinese discover America first?

How the Inca's Potato fed the world

An interactive PBS site based on a recent documentary

Video on the mysterious Inca site

Find out about Aztec culture, art, religion, and life here