Exploring the southwestern United States
By: Rose Blue and Corinne J. Naden.
Contributors: Naden, Corinne J.
Series: Exploring the Americas
Publisher: Raintree
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 64
Subjects: Explorers -- Southwest, New -- History -- Juvenile literature.; Explorers -- Spain -- History -- Juvenile literature.; Explorers.; Southwest, New -- Discovery and exploration -- Juvenile literature.; Southwest, New -- Discovery and exploration.
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 63) and index.
Table of contents: title: Marcos de Niza : the golden cities that were not there (1539); title: Francisco Vasquez de Coronado : in search of the greatest prize (1540-1542); title: Juan Rodriquez Cabrillo : traveling the coast of California (1542); title: Sebastian Vizcaino : California's first press agent (1596); title: Juan de Onate : the New Mexico Colony (1598); title: Junipero Serra : a new kind of settlement (1769-1782); title: Francisco Silvestre Velez de Escalante and Francisco Dominguez : on the road to Monterey (1776-1777).