Title: Pizarro, Orellana, and the exploration of the Amazon
Description: Describes the journey through the Amazon Basin made by  Orellana and Pizarro in the early sixteenth century. Also discusses the Inca and the conquest of South America by the Spanish.
Subjects: Biography, Discovery and exploration, Explorers, Juvenile literature, Spanish, Spanish Discovery and exploration, Orellana, Francisco de, d. ca. 1546, Exploration, Pizarro, francisco, approximately 1475-1541, juvenile literature, Orellana, francisco de, -approximately 1546, Pizarro, francisco, approximately 1475-1541
Places: Amazon River Region, South America, Spain
People: Francisco Pizarro (ca. 1475-1541), Francisco de Orellana (d. ca. 1546)