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Jacques Cartier facts
October 12, 2010 | In: Famous Explorers
Jacques Cartier facts Personal Life Jacques Cartier was born in St. Malo, Breton. He was born to Jame Cartier and Geseline Jansart in 1491. Jacques Cartier was about 20 when he married Marie Katherine des Granches in 1519. Cartier's Voyages On...
John Cabot – interesting facts
October 10, 2010 | In: Famous Explorers
John Cabot was a navigator and explorer who crossed the Atlantic ocean in the service of Henry VII of England, making possible later claims to North America. Cabot was born in Genoa, Italy. He became a citizen of Venice and traveled widely in the...
James Cook – interesting facts
October 10, 2010 | In: Famous Explorers
James Cook was one of the first people to sail in and chart and navigate the Bay of Islands. James was a British navigator and one of the World's greatest explorers. He commanded three voyages to the Pacific Ocean and sailed around the World twice....
Hernando Cortes – interesting facts
October 10, 2010 | In: Famous Explorers
Cortes was born in Medellin, Spain. As a child he was ill most of the time. When he was fourteen, his parents sent him to school in hopes he would be a lawyer. But after 2 years he quit school to seek adventure. His father had been an officer in the...
The Aztecs – Interesting facts
October 10, 2010 | In: History facts
The Aztecs lived in Mexico. Mexico is a place covered with rough crags. The Aztecs were Indians that traveled in groups in the early 1200's. They wandered for many years before settling in the Valley of Mexico in the 1200's. The Aztecs did not eat...
Francisco Pizarro – interesting facts
October 10, 2010 | In: Famous Explorers
Francisco Pizarro was born in Trujillo, Spain to a poor family, he never learned to read or write. He lived in Hispaniola until he was a young adult. He explored Panama and help found Panama City. Because the rest of Europe was trying to get past the...
Interesting facts about Choctaw Indians
October 10, 2010 | In: History facts
The Choctaw had a small nation on the edge of the Mississippi River. They had a moderate climate and plentiful rain. The Choctaw were very successful farmers. They developed a hoe by using a strong stick and a flat stone shaped like a wedge. To keep it...
Christopher Columbus – interesting facts
October 10, 2010 | In: Famous Explorers
Christopher Columbus was born in 1451. He was raised in one of the greatest ports of Genoa, Italy. Instead of being a weaver like his father, he followed his dreams of becoming a sailor. At fourteen years of age he got his first job on a ship, as a...
Interesting Giant Anteater facts
October 10, 2010 | In: Animal facts for kids
CLASS: Mammalia ORDER: Edentata FAMILY: Myrmecophagidae GENUS & SPECIES: Myrmecophaga tridactyla Edentata means having (-ata) no (e-) teeth (-dent-). The family Myrmecophagidae is the only family without them, and, actually, the giant anteater is...
Interesting ferret facts
October 10, 2010 | In: Animal facts for kids
CLASS: Mammalia ORDER: Carnivora FAMILY: Mustelidae GENUS & SPECIES: Mustela putorius putorius and M. p. furo Mustela nigripes COMMON NAMES: European Ferret, European Polecat, Polecat, Domestic Ferret (compared to Black-footed Ferret of...
Sun Bear – interesting facts
October 10, 2010 | In: Animal facts for kids
CLASS: MAMMALIA ORDER: CARNIVORA FAMILY: URSIDAE GENUS & SPECIES: Helarctos malayanus RANGE: Tropical to subtropical regions of Southeast Asia - Borneo, Sumatra, Malay Peninsula, Vietnam, Laos, Burma and possibly southern China. PHYSICAL...
Interesting leopard facts
October 10, 2010 | In: Animal facts for kids, People facts
CLASS: MAMMAL ORDER: CARNIVORA FAMILY: FELIDAE GENUS AND SPECIES: Panthera pardus RANGE: Historical: Asia Minor, Caspian Sea Asia, Iraq, Iran, Indian subcontinent, South East Asia, China north to Siberia, all of Africa except Sahara. Current:...