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Author:

Meltzer, Milton, 1915-

Title:

Francisco Pizarro : the conquest of Peru / Milton Meltzer.

Publisher:

Benchmark Books,

Copyright Date:

c2005

Description:

80 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 27 cm.

Subject:

Pizarro, Francisco,--ca. 1475-1541--Juvenile literature.
Explorers--Peru--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Explorers--Spain--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Peru--History--Conquest, 1522-1548--Juvenile literature.
South America--Spanish--Spanish--Juvenile literature.
Incas--Juvenile literature.
Pizarro, Francisco,--ca. 1475-1541.
Explorers.
Peru--History--Conquest, 1522-1548.
South America--Spanish.--Spanish.
Incas.
Indians of South America.
Pizarro, Francisco,--ca. 1475-1541.
Explorers--Peru--Biography.
Explorers--Spain--Biography.
Peru--History.
South America--Exploration.
Incas.
Native Americans--South America.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 76-78) and index.

Contents:

Where Pizarro came from -- The Spanish conquistadores -- The business of conquest -- A glimpse of gold -- The Inca empire -- Epidemics and civil wars -- The decisive day -- Turning an empire into a colony -- The struggle for freedom.

Summary:

Tells the life story of sixteenth-century Spanish explorer Francisco Pizarro and describes the Incan Empire, Pizarro's conquest of it, and Peru's long struggle for independence.

Series:

Great explorations

Indexed by:

Wilson's Junior High School
Horn Book

ISBN:

0761416072
9780761416074

LCCN:

2002156000

Locations:

LASX353 -- CAL Community School District Library (Latimer)