Exploring South America / Rose Blue and Corinne J. Naden.
by Blue, Rose; Naden, Corinne J.
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BookSeries: Blue, Rose. Exploring the Americas: Publisher: Chicago : Raintree, c2004Description: 64 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 25 cm.ISBN: 0739849530.Other title: South America.Subject(s): South America -- Exploration | ExplorersDDC classification: 980/.013/092/2 | 980/.013/0922 | Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 63) and index.
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 round the world (1577-1580) -- Epilogue: what did they find? -- Important events in the exploration of South America.
Describes the adventures and discoveries of early explorers to South America, including Ferdinand Magellan, Amerigo Vespucci, Francisco Pizarro, and others, and features a glossary, maps, and illustrations.
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