The Spanish exploration of South America
Subtitle: how the discoveries of Christopher Columbus and Amerigo Vespucci and the conquests of Vasco Nuńẽz de Balboa, Francisco Pizarro, and Pedro de Valdivia created an empire for Spain
By: Mark McKain.
Series: Exploration and discovery; Exploration and discovery (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Publisher: Mason Crest Publishers
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 64
Subjects: America -- Discovery and exploration -- Spanish -- Juvenile literature.; South America -- Discovery and exploration -- Spanish -- Juvenile literature.; America -- Discovery and exploration -- Spanish.; South America -- Discovery and exploration -- Spanish.
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Description: Explains how the discoveries of Christopher Columbus and Amerigo Vespucci and the conquests of Vasco Nunez de Balboa, Francisco Pizarro, and Pedro de Valcivia created an empire for Spain.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 62) and index.
Table of contents: title: Discovery of a new continent; title: Balboa's march to the Pacific; title: The Conquest of Peru; title: The search for cinnamon and El Dorado; title: The Conquest of Chile