Exploration of the California coast
Subtitle: the adventures of Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, Francis Drake, Sebastián Vizcaíno, and other explorers of North America's west coast
By: Clarissa Aykroyd.
Series: Exploration and discovery; Exploration and discovery (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Publisher: Mason Crest
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 64
Subjects: Explorers -- California -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Explorers -- Spain -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Explorers -- Great Britain -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Explorers.; Pacific Coast (Calif.) -- Discovery and exploration -- Juvenile literature.; California -- Discovery and exploration -- Juvenile literature.; California -- Discovery and exploration.
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Description: Discusses the sixteenth-century exploration of California's coast, including the adventures of such Spanish explorers as Cortes, Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, and Sebastián Vizcaíno, as well as Englishman Sir Francis Drake.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 62) and index.
Table of contents: title: The shores of California; title: America and the arrival of the Spanish; title: The exploration of Baja California; title: Cabrillo's voyage; title: Drake's "Nova Albion"; title: The search for a safe port; title: Vizcaíno and beyond.