Vasco Nuñez De Balboa
Explorer of the Pacific
New York : Benchmark Books, [2005]
Format: Book
Description: 79 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm.
Describes the life of Vasco Nuñez de Balboa, the Spanish explorer who was the first European to see the Pacific Ocean and who conceived the idea of a canal connecting the Atlantic and Pacific.
Series: Great explorations.
Contents:
A daring youth -- To the New World -- From stowaway to governor -- The first conquistador -- To the other sea -- Discoverer of the Pacific -- A new rival -- A last adventure -- The final treachery.
Subjects:
Balboa, Vasco Núñez de, 1475-1519 -- Juvenile literature.
Explorers -- America -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Explorers -- Spain -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
America -- Discovery and exploration -- Spanish -- Juvenile literature.
Pacific Ocean -- Discovery and exploration -- Spanish -- Juvenile literature.
Balboa, Vasco Núñez de, 1475-1519 -- Juvenile literature.
Explorers -- America -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Explorers -- Spain -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
America -- Discovery and exploration -- Spanish -- Juvenile literature.
Pacific Ocean -- Discovery and exploration -- Spanish -- Juvenile literature.
ISBN:
0761416099
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
C BIOGRAPHY Balboa, Vasco | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Children's Biography | In |
C BIOGRAPHY Balboa, Vasco | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Children's Biography | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 75-76) and index.