Syme, Ronald

A biography of the governor of seventeenth-century New France and a history of the territory he governed relating how he welded an isolated people into a united colony capable of self-defense.

A biography of Amerigo Vespucci, whose discoveries of the American Continent remained unrecognized for many centuries.

A biography of the eighteenth-century slave who led his people in the struggle for an independent Haiti.

A biography of the man who devoted his life to liberating South America and who, at the peak of his career, was president of five South American countries.

A biography of the Spanish explorer who searched for gold in Florida and who was the first white man to cross the Mississippi River.

The author explores the life and career of the controversial Sir Henry Morgan, part pirate, part patriot. His exploits on the Spanish Main in the 1600's are recounted. (Publisher).

Relates the career of the Spanish soldier famed as the conqueror of the Inca Empire of Peru.

Relates the career of the Spanish soldier famed as the conqueror of the Inca Empire of Peru.

A biography of Balboa, the Spanish explorer who discovered the Pacific Ocean in 1513.