peru

Presents true stories of mysteries from the past, including the disappearance of the captain, crew, and passengers of the "Mary Celeste" in the middle of the Atlantic in 1872, the lost colony of Roanoke, the stone giants of Easter Island, and the giant geoglyphs in Peru.

Traces the history of the Spanish conquest of the Incas in Peru, showing how they explored and then took over native cultures, creating Spanish colonies in the New World.

Examines the life of Francisco Pizarro and his conquest of the Incan civilization.

Provides a biography of Francisco Pizarro, a Spanish military commander that lead a small band of two hundred soldiers to South America and vanquished the Incan Empire, and provides information on his rise to military life, and his expedition into what is modern day Peru. Includes time line and glossary.

Describes an 11-day ordeal faced by the 17-year old sole survivor of an airplane crash in the Peruvian jungle in 1971.

At the turn of the twentieth century, Hiram Bingham, a Yale historian, set out to discover the final resting place of the Incas. His rediscovery of the ancient citadel Machu Picchu inspired the first modern studies of the Incas.

After her fiance unexpectedly calls off their wedding, Christine finds herself on a mission at an orphanage in Peru, where she will eventually recover her faith and find love. From the author of The Christmas box.

Presents the life of a twelve-year-old girl in Lima, Peru, describing her home and school activities and discussing the history, geography, ethnic composition, culture, and other aspects of her country.

An annotated translation of seventeenth-century missionary Father Bernabe Cobo's descriptions of the Incas' customs, legends, history, and social institutions.

A retelling of the Peruvian folktale in which the deceptions of a guinea pig save it from a hungry fox.