Vasco Núñez de Balboa
Subtitle: explorer to the Pacific Ocean
By: Arlene Bourgeois Molzahn.
Series: Explorers!; Explorers! (Enslow Publishers)
Publisher: Enslow Publishers
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Berkeley Heights, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 48
Subjects: Balboa, Vasco Núñez de, 1475-1519 -- Juvenile literature.; Balboa, Vasco Núñez de, 1475-1519.; Explorers -- America -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Explorers -- Spain -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Explorers.; America -- Discovery and exploration -- Spanish -- Juvenile literature.; Pacific Ocean -- Discovery and exploration -- Spanish -- Juvenile literature.; America -- Discovery and exploration -- Spanish.
Genres: Juvenile literature.; Biography
Description: Discusses the life of Vasco Núñez de Balboa, with an emphasis on his explorations and his crossing of the Isthmus of Panama.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 45) and index.
Table of contents: title: Escape from Santo Domingo; title: The early years; title: Danger at San Sebastian; title: Governor Balboa; title: Reaching the Great South Sea; title: Unfair trials.