Vasco Nuñez de Balboa
Subtitle: explorer of the Pacific
By: Steven Otfinoski.
Series: Great explorations
Publisher: Benchmark Books
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 79
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: Describes the life of Vasco Nuñez de Balboa, the Spanish explorer who was the first European to see the Pacific Ocean and who conceived the idea of a canal connecting the Atlantic and Pacific.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 75-76) and index.
Table of contents: title: A daring youth; title: To the New World; title: From stowaway to governor; title: The first conquistador; title: To the other sea; title: Discoverer of the Pacific; title: A new rival; title: A last adventure; title: The final treachery.