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Dault, Meredith.
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Balboa, Vasco Núñez de, 1475-1519 -- Juvenile literature.
Explorers -- America -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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America -- Discovery and exploration -- Spanish -- Juvenile literature.
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Dault, Meredith.
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.
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Explore with
Vasco
Núñez
de
Balboa
/ Meredith Dault.
by
Dault, Meredith.
Crabtree Publishing Company, c2018.
Call #:
910.92 B173d
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
.
Series
Travel with the great explorers.
ISBN:
9780778739210 (reinforced library binding alk. paper)
077873921X (reinforced library binding alk. paper)
9780778739272 (pbk. alk. paper)
0778739279 (pbk. alk. paper)
Description:
32 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color) ; 28 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Meet the boss
--
Where are we heading?
--
Balboa
's explorations in Panama
--
Meet the crew
--
Check out the ride
--
Solve it with science
--
Hanging at home
--
Meeting and greeting
--
Peoples of Panama
--
I love nature
--
Fortune hunting
--
This isn't what it said in the brochure!
--
End of the road.
Summary:
One of the first Europeans to settle South America, the story of Spanish explorer
Vasco
Nunez
de
Balboa
is detailed in this fascinating book. Topics include
Balboa
s voyages, his interactions with indigenous peoples, his sighting of the Pacific Ocean the first European to do so and his eventual death by execution. Interesting fact boxes, colorful images, and engaging text is presented in tabloid-style to excite readers.
Audience:
Grades 4-6.
Ages 8-11.
Genre:
Biography,
Juvenile
.
Holds:
0
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Status
Cole Harbour Public Library
Children's Nonfiction
910.92 B173d
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