Francisco Pizarro
Thomas Streissguth
An introduction to the life of sixteenth-century Spanish explorer Francisco Pizarro, who conquered Peru while seeking a land filled with gold, silver, and other riches.

by Arlene Bourgeois Molzahn (2003)
Discusses the life of Henry Hudson, the English sea captain who explored the Arctic Ocean and the river and bay later named for him while in search of a northern route to the Indies.
Thomas Streissguth
An introduction to the life of sixteenth-century Spanish explorer Francisco Pizarro, who conquered Peru while seeking a land filled with gold, silver, and other riches.
Mervyn D. Kaufman
An introduction to the life of fifteenth-century Italian explorer Christopher Columbus, whose travels helped map our modern world.
Claude Hurwicz
Briefly describes the life of the Spanish explorer who first came to the New World with Columbus and went on to become governer of Puerto Rico and later came to Florida looking for the Fountain of Youth.
Alice Smith Duncan
Surveys the life and voyages of Sir Francis Drake and the expansion of the English naval fleet in the sixteenth century.