Includes bibliographical references (p. 63) and index.
Contents:
Amerigo Vespucci : leaving his name (1499-1502) -- Pedro Alvares Cabral : claiming Brazil (1500) -- Juan Diaz de Solis : on the River of Silver (1516) -- Ferdinand Magellan : first around the world (1519-1521) -- Francisco Pizzaro : builder of Peru, destroyer of the Incas (1523-1541) -- Pedro de Mendoza : the colony of Buenos Aires (1535-1536) -- Francisco de Orellana : on the Amazon (1541) -- Francis Drake : second Around the world (1577-1580).
Series:
Exploring the Americas Blue, Rose. Exploring the Americas.
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