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Vasco Nuñez de Balboa : explorer of the Pacific

Author: Steven Otfinoski
Publisher: New York : Benchmark Books, ©2005.
Series: Great explorations.
Edition/Format:  Print book : Biography : Elementary and junior high school : EnglishView all editions and formats
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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.
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Genre/Form: Biographies
Biography
Juvenile works
Juvenile literature
Biography Juvenile literature
Named Person: Vasco Núñez de Balboa; Vasco Núñez de Balboa; Vasco Núñez de Balboa
Material Type: Biography, Elementary and junior high school, Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Steven Otfinoski
ISBN: 0761416099 9780761416098
OCLC Number: 52819690
Description: 79 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm.
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.
Series Title: Great explorations.
Responsibility: Steven Otfinoski.
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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.

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