Age of Exploration: Explorer's Maps Project

The Majestic Map Company has asked you to design a souvenir map to be sold in the gift shop at the birthplace museum of an explorer.  Sometimes the place where an important or famous person is born is preserved as a museum for tourist to visit.  A birthplace museum typically includes rooms with historical furniture, often what was in the house when the famous person was born, along with exhibits about the life of the famous person.

Your map must appeal to tourist who are visiting the birthplace museum.  It must fit onto one side of an 11 x 14 piece of paper. (Ledger paper).  It must be colorful and attractive to appeal to tourist who will buy it as an informational reference and/or to display on their wall at home or in the office or classroom.

You map must include these things:

• The explorers name.
• A map of the routes they travelled on their voyages
• At least two illustrations from this list:
• a portrait of the explorer
• a diagram of one of their ships
• a scene showing what happened on their voyage
• A paragraph about their life including why they are important. Use the information in the history book for this.
• Information (either visual or in writing) about the impact of exploration including.  
• A product or other thing they may have brought back to Europe
• Something they brought to the Americas

Due to copyright issues, and a very low budget, the company must insist on original work.  No part of the project my be copied/printed from the internet or other sources.

Your may choose any of the following explorers:

• Vasco da Gama
• Juan Cabral
• Christopher Columbus
• Ferdinand Magellan
• Hernan Cortez
• Francisco Pizarro
• John Cabot
• Giovanni Da Verrazano
• Henry Hudson

Be sure to tell Mr. Chester whom you have chosen. No more than two groups per person.