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Author:

McKain, Mark.

Title:

The Spanish exploration of South America : how the discoveries of Christopher Columbus and Amerigo Vespucci and the conquests of Vasco Nunez de Balboa, Francisco Pizarro, and Pedro de Valdivia created an empire for Spain / Mark McKain.

Publisher:

Mason Crest Publishers,

Copyright Date:

c2003

Description:

p. cm.

Subject:

America--Spanish.--Spanish.--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
South America--Spanish.--Spanish.--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
America--Spanish.--Spanish.
South America--Spanish.--Spanish.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Discovery of a new continent -- Balboa's march to the Pacific -- The Conquest of Peru -- The search for cinnamon and El Dorado -- the conquest of Chile.

Summary:

Explains how the discoveries of Christopher Columbus and Amerigo Vespucci and the conquests of Vasco Nunez de Balboa, Francisco Pizarro, and Pedro de Valcivia created an empire for Spain.

Series:

Exploration and discovery

ISBN:

9781590840474
159084047X

OCLC:

(OCoLC)50023147

LCCN:

2002009155

Locations:

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

AXPF626 -- Oskaloosa Public Library (Oskaloosa)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)