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William Adams and John Franklin
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I can explain what an explorer is and how early explorers travelled.
I can describe how the early Polynesians sailed across the ocean.
I can describe the galleys of the early Mediterranean.
I can describe the features of Viking longboats.
I can explain how the Vikings navigated over long distances to far away places.
I can describe some of the voyages of Zheng He.
I can explain why the Chinese were such good navigators.
I can describe William Adams' journey to Japan.
I can describe how European seafarers sailed at the time of William Adams.
I can describe John Franklin's attempt to discover the Northwest Passage.
I can describe how seafaring was changing 150 years ago.
I can explain how Turner's painting 'The Fighting Temeraire' shows an important change in seafaring from sail power to steam power.
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