Vasco Nunez de Balboa: Explorer of the Pacific

Contributor(s): Otfinoski, Steven (Author)

ISBN: 9780761416098

Publisher: Cavendish Square Publishing

$36.93

Pub Date: January 30, 2006

Dewey: B

LCCN: 2003014927

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index

Target Age Group: 11 to 13

Physical Info: 0.43" H x 10.26" L x 8.26" W ( 1.01 lbs) 80 pages

BISAC Categories:

Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography and Autobiography | Historical | History | Exploration and Discovery

Series: Great Explorations

Accelerated Reader® Info

Quiz #:0000087121 ( Vasco Nunez de Balboa: Explorer of the Pacific)

Reading level: 7.20

Interest level: MG

Point value: 2.0

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description: This bio describes the life of Vasco Nunez de Balboa, the Spanish explorer who was the first European to see the Pacific Ocean and who conceived the idea of a canal connecting the Atlantic and Pacific.

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