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Author:

Wilson, Leonore.

Title:

The Spanish exploration of the Southwest : the 16th-century journeys of Cabeza de Vaca and Coronado through the desert lands of the American Southwest / Leonore Wilson.

Publisher:

Mason Crest Publishers,

Copyright Date:

c2003

Description:

p. cm.

Subject:

Explorers--Southwest, New--History--Juvenile literature.
Explorers--Spain--History.--Juvenile literature.
Spaniards--Southwest, New--History.--Juvenile literature.
Explorers.
Southwest, New--Spanish.--Spanish.--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Southwest, New--History--To 1848.--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Southwest, New--Spanish.--Spanish.
Southwest, New--History--To 1848.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.

Contents:

The Spanish empire grows -- Rough seas abroad -- Searching for fortune -- On the heels of Cabeza de Vaca -- Rumors of treasure -- The return of Coronado's expedition.

Summary:

Discusses the sixteenth-century exploration of the American southwest by Spanish adventurers, particularly the expeditions of Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca and Francisco Coronado.

Series:

Exploration and discovery

ISBN:

9781590840559
1590840550

OCLC:

(OCoLC)50043234

LCCN:

2002009310

Locations:

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

AXPF626 -- Oskaloosa Public Library (Oskaloosa)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)