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"... tells the ... story of Hernando Col?n, a singular visionary of the printing press-age who also happened to be Christopher Columbus's illegitimate son"--Jacket flap.

A biography telling the intertwined story of the lives of Hern?n Cort?s, Spanish explorer and his Aztec translator, La Malinche.

Explore what we know about Christopher Columbus's life and accomplishments.

Explores the history of the cave of Altamira, including the discovery, the preservation process, and more.

A brief account of the life and accomplishments of Christopher Columbus.

Chronicles the adventures of African slave Esteban Dorantes and three Spanish noblemen, who explored the American South between 1500 and 1539 and survived shipwreck, famine, Indian attacks, and disease.

A young Christian in Islamic Spain flees C?rdoba and takes refuge in the monastery of Ripoll, where he is viewed with suspicion for studying the Arabic number system.

L?zaro, a Salamanca town crier, relates the story of his struggle out of poverty, beginning with his widowed mother who apprenticed him to a cunning, blind beggar, and leading to his efforts at outwitting a variety of disreputable masters before getting married to the mistress of a local churchman.