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America America Discovery and exploration Spanish America Discovery and exploration Spanish Fiction America Discovery and exploration Spanish Juvenile literature Coronado, Francisco Vásquez de 1510-1554 Discovery and exploration, Spanish Explorers Explorers America Biography Explorers Spain Biography SpainWright, Ronald
Summary: Plucked from his small fishing village and captured by the conquistadors looking to plunder the gold of Peru, young Waman is the everyman thrown into extraordinary circumstances, caught up in history's throes. He finds himself at every major moment in the empire-building of the Spanish explorers, including Francisco Pizarro, and in the culture clash and violent overthrow of the Incan leaders....
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2015
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC WRILalami, Laila
Summary: In this stunning work of historical fiction, Laila Lalami brings us the imagined memoirs of the first black explorer of America-a Moroccan slave whose testimony was left out of the official record.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LALConrad, Pam.
Summary: Written as a diary by the ship's boy, this story presents a personal view of Columbus's first trip across the Atlantic and of his discovery of America.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Caroline House 1991
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC CONBaxter, Stephen.
Summary: A mysterious prophecy continues to transform the face of Europe as Christianity and Islam battle for supremacy across Spain, agents from the future use horrific weapons of destruction to change history, and in 1492, a bold explorer seeks funding for his western expedition.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Ace Books 2008
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BAXNúñez 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...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: University of Nebraska Press 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 970 NUNWaxman, 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.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Lerner Publications 2018
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1 available in J Non Fic Series, Call number: J 910.92 WAXKallen, Stuart A.
Summary: Uses primary source documents to follow Francisco Vázquez de Coronado on his search for the Seven Cities of Cibola.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Lerner Publications 2018