The library of explorers and exploration

A biography of Spanish explorer Francisco Vasquez de Coronado, who led an army of discovery through the American southwest looking for treasure.

Tells the life story of sixteenth-century Spanish explorer Franciso Pizarro, describes the culture of the Incas, and chronicles the conquest of their empire, also providing a chronology, glossary, and further resource list.

A description of the life and voyage of the sixteenth-century Portuguese sea captain who commanded the first expedition to sail around the world.

A biography of the Italian-born explorer who was the first person to realize North America was a separate continent.

A biography of the fifteenth-century explorer, describing his lifelong interest in the sea and his voyages of discovery to the New World.