The conquistadors
By: Jim Ollhoff
Series: Hispanic American history; Hispanic American history (Edina, Minn.)
Publisher: ABDO Pub. Company; ABDO Publishing Company
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Edina, Minn
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781617830556
Subjects: History; First contact with Europeans; Indians; Spanish; Colonies; Discovery and exploration; Juvenile literature; Explorers; Treatment of Indians
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: What is a conquistador?; title: The discovery of the Americas; title: Hernan Cortez: conquering the Aztecs; title: Francisco Pizarro: conquering the Inca; title: Vasco Nunez de Balboa: seeing the Pacific Ocean; title: Juan Ponce de Leon: claiming Florida for Spain; title: Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo: up the coast of California; title: Hernando de Soto: exploring the southeastern United States; title: Francisco Vasquez de Coronado: exploring the Southwest; title: Bartolomé de las Casas: civil rights advocate; title: Legacy of the conquistadors.