Aventure et exploration, Etats-Unis (histoire), Histoire, Voyages et géographie, États-Unis (voyage et géographie), Aventuriers et explorateurs (biographies)
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History of the 1527 Spanish expedition led by Pánfilo de Narváez that attempted to explore the North American Gulf Coast.…
Details struggles with disease, hurricanes, cannibalism, and hostile natives that reduced four hundred men to four survivors--including conquistador Cabeza de Vaca--who reached western Mexico eight years later. Some violence. 2006
Biographies, Histoire, Aventuriers et explorateurs (biographies), Histoire (biographies)
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Koning debunks the legend of Columbus as a brave sailor who set out to find a new route to Asia…
and instead discovered America. The author looks at the explorer's life, from his childhood in Genoa through his four voyages, and describes how Columbus's desire to find a new route to Asia and to bring back gold to Spain led to the plundering of Native Americans