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America America Discovery and exploration Spanish America Discovery and exploration Spanish Juvenile literature Columbus, Christopher Columbus, Christopher Juvenile literature Discovery and exploration, Spanish Explorers Explorers America Biography Juvenile literature Explorers Spain Biography Juvenile literature SpainWaxman, Laura Hamilton
Summary: Chronicles the life and career of Juan Ponce de Léon, tracing his travels in the Carribbean and his discoveries of Florida and Puerto Rico.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lerner Publications 2018
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Summary: Uses primary source documents to follow Christopher Columbus on his journeys to the New World.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lerner Publications 2018
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Summary: Uses primary source documents to follow Francisco Vázquez de Coronado on his search for the Seven Cities of Cibola.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lerner Publications 2018
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Summary: Describes the voyages of Columbus, the terrible impact of the Spaniards on the Indians, and the ultimate cultural influence of the Native Americans on their white conquerors.
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Publisher / Publication Date: F. Watts 1990
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921COLHarmon, Daniel E.
Summary: A biography of the Spanish explorer and governor of Cuba, who attempted to find the Fountain of Youth in the New World.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea House Publishers 2000
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB DE LEON HAROtfinoski, Steven.
Summary: Recounts the explorations of Spanish soldier Juan Ponce de Len̤, who discovered, founded, and named Florida, Hispaniola, and Puerto Rico.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Benchmark Books 2005
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 PONGallagher, Jim
Summary: A biography of the wealthy Spaniard who came to the New World to seek glory and who was the first European to reach the Mississippi River in 1541.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea House Publishers 2000
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB DESOTO GALMooney, Carla
Summary: Provides twenty-two step-by-step projects to help readers learn about the explorers that discovered America and their voyages.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nomad Press 2011
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Summary: A biography of the fifteenth-century Italian seaman and navigator who unknowingly discovered a new continent while looking for a western route to India.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lodestar Books 1990
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Summary: Offers insight into the historical events that prompted Columbus' efforts to establish new trade routes to the Indies, his struggles to obtain financial support for his voyages, and the important discoveries that caused him to become known as the "Great Admiral of the Seas."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap ; An Imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc. 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 COLGallagher, Carole S.
Summary: A biography of the Italian explorer who, in the fifteenth century, became the first European to discover the West Indies islands, located below the southernmost tip of the United States, in three historic voyages sponsored by Spain's monarchy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea House Publishers 2000
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Summary: A biography of Christopher Columbus with emphasis on how historians have worked and are still working to find out the truth about his life and discoveries.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lerner 1991
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB COL PELNúñez Cabeza de Vaca, Alvar
Summary: "This edition of Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca'a Relacion offers readers Rolena Adorno and Patrick Charles Pautz's celebrated translation of Cabeza de Vaca's account of the 1527 Panfilo de Narvaez expedition to North America. The dramatic narrative tells the story of some of the first Europeans and the first-known African to encounter the North American wilderness and its Native inhabitants. It is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Nebraska Press 2003