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Author:

Nagelhout, Ryan, author. 818730

Title:

Vasco Núñez de Balboa : first European to reach the Pacific Ocean from the New World / Ryan Nagelhout.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Rosen Publishing,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

48 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Balboa, Vasco Núñez de,--1475-1519--Juvenile literature.
Explorers--America--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Explorers--Spain--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
America--Spanish--Spanish--Juvenile literature.
Pacific Ocean--Spanish--Spanish--Juvenile literature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

The ambitious Spaniard -- To the new world -- The stowaway -- Santa María la Antigua -- Gold for the crown -- Human torture -- Slavery and war -- Exploring Careta -- The turning tide -- Mar del Sur -- Back to Darien -- Balboa and Pedrarias -- Exploring the south sea -- Downfall and death -- Lasting legacy -- Glossary.

Series:

Spotlight on explorers and colonization

ISBN:

147778828X (pbk.)
9781477788288 (pbk.)
1477788301 (library bound)
9781477788301 (library bound)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)935495198

LCCN:

2016002006

Locations:

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)