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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
My first book of Spanish words	Katy R. Kudela	"Simple text paired with themed photos invite the reader to learn to speak Spanish"--Provided by publisher.	OL11983920W
Crossing the continent, 1527-1540	Robert Goodwin	The true story of America's first great explorer and adventurer—an African slave named Esteban DorantesCrossing the Continent takes us on an epic journey from Africa to Europe and America as Dr. Robe…	OL12037108W
The Viking's Woman	Heather Graham	(Viking #2) Her wild spirit made him crave her... Her firebrand—hair blazed as glorious as a sunrise. Her long limbs promised the sweet mysteries of the night. Rhiannon, King Alfred’s favorite…	OL121771W
La dama de Alzamora	Rafael Pérez y Pérez	La novela transcurre en la epoca de Felipe II. Una dama Leonesa de alta alcurnia, Doña Aldonza se ha quedado viuda con una niña y vive dentro de la mayor estrechez....	OL1359082W
Juan Ponce de Leon and the search for the Fountain of Youth	Daniel E. Harmon	A biography of the Spanish explorer and governor of Cuba, who attempted to find the Fountain of Youth in the New World.	OL15012414W
Christopher Columbus	Peter Roop	Recounts the life story of the noted explorer, including excerpts from his own writings.	OL15022661W
The Niña, the Pinta, and the Santa María	Dennis B. Fradin	A biography of Christopher Columbus, focusing on his voyage to America aboard the three famous ships.	OL15050218W
Dear Mr. Henshaw	Beverly Cleary	Dear Mr. Henshaw is a juvenile epistolary novel by Beverly Cleary and illustrator Paul O. Zelinsky that was awarded the Newbery Medal in 1984. Based on a 2007 online poll, the National Education Asso…	OL151997W
Diccionario de términos históricos de España (Preshistoria, Hª Antigua, Medieval, Moderna y Contemp…	Miguel Romero Sáiz	Es un libro muy útil como material de apoyo o ayuda para los estudiosos de cualquier época de la Historia. Explica los significados y conceptos de los términos más destacados y frecuentes en las dive…	OL15635984W
Brutal journey	Schneider, Paul	This book tells the story of an army of would-be conquerors who came to the New World on the heels of Cortés. Bound for glory, they landed in Florida in 1528. But only four of the four hundred would …	OL15811853W
The last voyage of Columbus	Martin Dugard	An account of Columbus's fourth and final voyage describes the aging captain's determination to find a passage to the Orient, recounting how his efforts where challenged by shipwreck, mutiny, and pol…	OL15837665W
The royal roads	Kathy Pelta	Describes the development and use of many of the major trails established by Spanish soldiers, traders, and priests in Mexico, the Southwest, and Florida between the 1500s and the 1800s.	OL15844937W
A year in the Province	Christopher W. Marsh	Jesus Sanchez Ventura is an Andalusian peasant whose wife, Begona, tires of the heat, the lemons and the tranquility of Spain, and who persuades the family to relocate to Belfast.	OL16185441W
Columbus	Laurence Bergreen	An epic historical adventure awaits. Christopher Columbus's 1492 voyage across the Atlantic Ocean in search of a trading route to China, and his unexpected landfall in the Americas, is a watershed ev…	OL16360841W
Cuentos de Eva Luna	Isabel Allende	La escritora chilena Isabel Allende revisita su novela Eva Luna para reunir en Cuentos de Eva Luna las historias escritas por Eva, su protagonista de ficción. Contiene 23 relatos. ---------- …	OL17714414W
Juan Ponce de Leon and the discovery of Florida	Sandra Wallus Sammons	A biography of the explorer responsible for discovering Florida.	OL17871424W
Anacaona, Golden Flower	Edwidge Danticat	Beginning in 1490, Anacaona keeps a record of her life as a possible successor to the supreme chief of Xaragua, as wife of the chief of Maguana, and as a warrior battling the first white men to arriv…	OL1806959W
Meet Christopher Columbus	James T. De Kay	An easy-to-read biography of the sailor who never fully recognized the importance of his discovery which changed history.	OL1813095W
Historia oculta de la conquista de América	Gabriel Sánchez Sorondo	253 p. : 23 cm	OL18585901W
The value of curiosity	Spencer Johnson	Demonstrates the value of curiosity in the life of Christopher Columbus.	OL1864121W