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Author:

Hoogenboom, Lynn.

Title:

Amerigo Vespucci : a primary source biography / Lynn Hoogenboom.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

PowerKids Press,

Copyright Date:

2006

Description:

24 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Vespucci, Amerigo,--1451-1512--Juvenile literature.
Explorers--America--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Explorers--Spain--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Explorers--Portugal--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
America--Spanish--Spanish--Juvenile literature.
America--Portuguese--Portuguese--Juvenile literature.
South America--Spanish--Spanish--Juvenile literature.

Notes:

Includes index.

Contents:

Man of mystery -- Early jobs -- Vespucci helps Columbus -- The questionable voyage of 1497 -- Sailing to the New World -- The Portuguese voyages -- Telling the world -- The naming of America -- Death and dishonor -- Understanding Vespucci.

Series:

The primary source library of famous explorers
Hoogenboom, Lynn. Primary source library of famous explorers.

ISBN:

9781404230378 (library binding) :
1404230378 (library binding) :

LCCN:

2004030234

Locations:

LASX353 -- CAL Community School District Library (Latimer)