Chronicles the life and journeys of sixteenth-century Spanish explorer Francisco V?squez de Coronado, who searched the lands north of Mexico, or New Spain, for the legendary Seven Cities of C?bola.
Portrays the West African kingdom of Benin as it existed when visited by the Portuguese in 1472 and describes its customs and the ceremony surrounding the Oba.
Private Hugh McNeal relates his experiences accompanying Captains Lewis and Clark on their 1804-1806 expedition in search of a northwest passage to the Pacific Ocean.
