Exploration of the California coast : the adventures of Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, Francis Drake, Sebastián Vizcaíno, and other explorers of North America's west coast / Clarissa Aykroyd.
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TextSeries: Exploration and discovery (Philadelphia, Pa.)Publication details: Philadelphia : Mason Crest, c2003.Description: 64 p. : col. ill., col. map ; 25 cmISBN: - 1590840437 (alk. paper)
- Explorers -- California -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Explorers -- Spain -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Explorers -- Great Britain -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Explorers
- Pacific Coast (Calif.) -- Discovery and exploration -- Juvenile literature
- California -- Discovery and exploration -- Juvenile literature
- California -- Discovery and exploration
- HS 917.9 Ay3 2003
- F 868 .Ay977 2003
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 62) and index.
The shores of California -- America and the arrival of the Spanish -- The exploration of Baja California -- Cabrillo's voyage -- Drake's "Nova Albion" -- The search for a safe port -- Vizcaíno and beyond.
Discusses the sixteenth-century exploration of California's coast, including the adventures of such Spanish explorers as Cortes, Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, and Sebastián Vizcaíno, as well as Englishman Sir Francis Drake.
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