Author: Barbara Brannon
Publisher: Benchmark Education Company
ISBN: 1410851532
Category : Explorers
Languages : en
Pages : 28

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In simple text and pictures, provides a very brief biography of three famous Spanish explorers.

Author: Donald Eugene Chipman
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 0292712316
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 273

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Provides biographical sketches of the men and women who discovered, explored, and settled Spanish Texas from 1528 to 1821, including profiles of religious figures, governors, pioneers, Indian agents, and army captains.

Author: Susanna Keller
Publisher: Encyclopaedia Britannica
ISBN: 1508100322
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 80

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The story of the European discovery of North America does not end with—in fact it does not really even begin with—Christopher Columbus. This engaging title tells the story of the explorers who became the first Europeans to visit the lands that would later become the United States of America. Readers will learn about the Spanish explorers of the Southwest and the Gulf Coast, the English and Dutch explorers of the Atlantic Coast, and the French explorers of the St. Lawrence River, the Great Lakes, and the Mississippi River. They’ll discover what the goals and motivations behind each expedition were, which native people the explorers encountered, and what sorts of obstacles had to be overcome for each expedition to succeed. A fascinating account of a formational period in American history.

Author: Robert Goodwin
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1632867249
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 562

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An epic history of the Spanish empire in North America from 1493 to 1898 by Robert Goodwin, author of Spain: The Centre of the World. At the conclusion of the American Revolution, half the modern United States was part of the vast Spanish Empire. The year after Columbus's great voyage of discovery, in 1492, he claimed Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands for Spain. For the next three hundred years, thousands of proud Spanish conquistadors and their largely forgotten Mexican allies went in search of glory and riches from Florida to California. Many died, few triumphed. Some were cruel, some were curious, some were kind. Missionaries and priests yearned to harvest Indian souls for God through baptism and Christian teaching. Theirs was a frontier world which Spain struggled to control in the face of Indian resistance and competition from France, Britain, and finally the United States. In the 1800s, Spain lost it all. Goodwin tells this history through the lives of the people who made it happen and the literature and art with which they celebrated their successes and mourned their failures. He weaves an epic tapestry from these intimate biographies of explorers and conquerors, like Columbus and Coronado, but also lesser known characters, like the powerful Gálvez family who gave invaluable and largely forgotten support to the American Patriots during the Revolutionary War; the great Pueblo leader Popay; and Esteban, the first documented African American. Like characters in a great play or a novel, Goodwin's protagonists walk the stage of history with heroism and brio and much tragedy.

Author: Ahmed M. Abdulhameed
Publisher: Ahmed Mohammed Abdulhmaeed
ISBN:
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 188

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This book Very helpful for that person want to discover Spain and travel there, also you can find lot information about cities, museums,monuments, places and much more.

Author: Francisco Palóu
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 464

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Study of the effect of contact with "white" society on a northwest coast Indian band.

Author: John Paul Zronik
Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company
ISBN: 9780778724346
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36

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Learn about the Spanish conqueror's invasion of Mexico.

Author: Christopher Columbus
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 488

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Author: Jeff C. Young
Publisher: Enslow Publishing, LLC
ISBN: 9781598451047
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 118

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"Discusses the life of Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto, including his travels in the Americas, the claim of Florida for Spain, and his eventual discovery of the Mississippi River"--Provided by publisher.

Author: Barbara Brannon
Publisher: Benchmark Education Company
ISBN: 1410851583
Category : Presidents
Languages : en
Pages : 28

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Read about George Washington, who he was, and why he was important.