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Author:

Otfinoski, Steven.

Title:

Vasco Nunez de Balboa : explorer of the Pacific / by Steven Otfinoski.

Publisher:

Benchmark Books,

Copyright Date:

c2004

Description:

79 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 27 cm.

Subject:

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

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

A daring youth -- To the New World -- From stowaway to governor -- The first conquistador -- To the South Sea -- Discoverer of the Pacific -- A new rival -- Last adventure -- The final treachery.

Summary:

Describes the life of Vasco Nunez de Balboa, the Spanish explorer who was the first European to see the Pacific Ocean and who conceived the idea of a canal connecting the Atlantic and Pacific.

Series:

Great explorations

ISBN:

9780761416098
0761416099

OCLC:

(OCoLC)52819690

LCCN:

2003014927

Locations:

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

LASX353 -- CAL Community School District Library (Latimer)

AXPF626 -- Oskaloosa Public Library (Oskaloosa)