The History Channel has asked us to help with a television show they are going to produce on exploration from the 1400's to the 1600's. The show will be an hour long.

The producers would like us to help choose 5 explorers to include in their television show. The show will highlight explorers from different European countries. The explorers chosen for the show will be from several different time periods ranging from the late 1400's to the 1600's. The producers would also like to include the purposes for the voyages and a variety of different discoveries.

The following is a list of European explorers they are considering for their television show:

John Cabot	Samuel de Champlain
Francisco Coronado	Hernando de Soto
Sir Francis Drake	Vasco Da Gama
Henry Hudson	Ponce de Leon
Ferdinand Magellan	Sir Walter Raleigh

Your Task

Using the research cycle you will investigate an explorer from the above list and develop a multimedia presentation persuading the History Channel producers to chose your explorer as one to include in their television show.

Use the following steps to guide you through the research cycle:

Step One - Building Questions

Step Two - Planning

Step Three - Gather, Sift and Sort

Step Four - Synthesize Information

Step Five - Presentation