Columbus Navigation Homepage
"In Columbus’ day, sailors navigated by dead reckoning: calculating their position by measuring the course and distance sailed from some known point. In order for this method to work, the navigator needed a way to measure his course (Columbus used a magnetic compass), and to measure distance traveled. This fascinating site explores the details of Columbus’ navigational techniques, including his unsuccessful experiments with celestial navigation. Be sure to visit its sister site, The Columbus Landfall Page, which reviews all the current evidence and lets you conclude where Columbus first landed."
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Codex Leicester
A Surfnetkids Honorable Mention site.
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CNN.com: Ronald Reagan
"This CNN retrospective covers Reagan’s life and death with new material as well as links to archived articles. The two-page biography is good, the Reagan trivia slide-show is fun, and the speech archive’s an excellent resource for school reports. The audio clips are free, but the video clips require a paid subscription. Because the archived articles don’t link back to the Reagan front page, it’s easy to get lost. Use your back button, or browser history to find your way home again."
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Classical Net: Mozart
A Surfnetkids Honorable Mention site.
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Classical Music Archives: Mozart
"Hearing Mozart’s music is integral to any study of his life. At the Classical Music Archives you can listen to hundreds of his compositions in MP3, MIDI and WAX (a special kind of Windows Media Audio.) Guests can listen to up to five pieces of music per day. This limit is removed for paying subscribers, who can also can download the music files to their own computers. To hear Mozart’s first minuets, scroll down the page to Nannerl’s Notenbuch. To untangle the complexities of audio file formats, read their "How to Listen to Music on the Internet""
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Christopher Columbus: His Gastronomic Persona
"What did the eighty-eight sailors of the Niña, Pinta and Santa Maria eat and drink? How was it stored? How did they cook it? These are the questions answered by this unique site created by an Italian winemaker "afflicted by Columbus quincentennial fever." This particular page addresses Columbus’ first and second Atlantic voyages. The balance of the site covers Columbus’ entire life, and the gastronomic legacy created by his hemisphere-crossing explorations."
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Children’s Literature: Paula Danziger
A Surfnetkids Honorable Mention site.
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Chasing the Sun
"Based on the PBS television series of the same name, Chasing the Sun showcases the innovators of commercial aviation. The Lindbergh page summarizes his historic transatlantic flight, subsequent rise to fame, and role in the creation of TWA and PamAm. Highlight is the silent newsreel of Lindbergh’s triumphant 1927 U.S. welcome, replete with ticker tape parade. Other noteworthy sections are the aviation timeline, and the history of planes from the Wright Flyer to the jumbo Airbus."
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Charles Lindbergh
A Surfnetkids Honorable Mention site.
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Charles Lindbergh
"This extensive fan site was created by Pat Ranfranz, a web developer and pilot. It is well-organized, nicely illustrated, and appropriately sprinkled with hyperlinks to related onsite and offsite resources. Noteworthy clicks are the Charles and Anne Lindbergh bios, the timeline, the lesson plans in PDF format, and a May 21, 1927 radio broadcast reporting Lindbergh’s arrival in Paris (on the Audio Clips page.)"
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