Pizarro, Orellana, and the exploration of the Amazon

By Brendan Bernhard

Subjects: Juvenile literature, Biography, Orellana, Francisco de, d. ca. 1546, Explorers, Exploration, Discovery and exploration, Spanish, Spanish Discovery and exploration

Description: Describes the journey through the Amazon Basin made by Orellana and Pizarro in the early sixteenth century. Also discusses the Inca and the conquest of South America by the Spanish.