Pizarro, Orellana, and the exploration of the Amazon
By: Brendan Bernhard ; introductory essay by Michael Collins.
Series: World explorers
Publisher: Chelsea House
Published: 1991
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 111
Subjects: Pizarro, Francisco, ca. 1475-1541 -- Juvenile literature.; Orellana, Francisco de, d. ca. 1546 -- Juvenile literature.; Pizarro, Francisco, ca. 1475-1541.; Orellana, Francisco de, d. ca. 1546.; Explorers -- South America -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Explorers -- Spain -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Explorers.; Amazon River Region -- Discovery and exploration -- Spanish -- Juvenile literature.; Amazon River Region -- Discovery and exploration -- Spanish.
Genres: Juvenile literature.; Biography
Description: Describes the journey through the Amazon Basin made by  Orellana and Pizarro in the early sixteenth century. Also discusses the Inca and the conquest of South America by the Spanish.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 106) and index.