Queen Isabella and the exploration of the Americas
By: by Catherine Eden Brissette
Contributors: Pearson Education, Inc
Series: My world social studies. Building our country; My world social studies
Publisher: Pearson
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Boston, Massachusetts
Language: eng
Number of pages: 16
ISBN-13: 9780328676859
Subjects: Juvenile literature; History; Queens; Biography
Description: A biography of Queen Isabella of Spain, including her early life, her marriage to Ferdinand of Aragon, her ascension to the throne, her support of Catholicism, and her funding of Christopher Columbus's voyages.
Notes: Grade 5.
Table of contents: title: An unusual queen; title: Castile; title: Preparing to be queen; title: Isabella and Ferdinand; title: Who is the rightful queen?; title: Restoring order; title: The conquest of Granada; title: Christopher Columbus; title: Reaching the Americas; title: Isabella and Columbus; title: The last days of Queen Isabella; title: Glossary.