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  The The Seven Serpents Trilogy

  by Scott O'Dell

  Includes all Three Books: The Captive The Feathered Serpent The Amethyst Ring What would you do if everyone thought you were a god? Young Juliá́n Escobar is traveling to the New World to spread the gospel to the newly discovered Mayan Empire when a hurricane strikes his ship, scattering its contents to the four winds and leaving Julian as the sole survivor. After struggling ashore, he encounters a... (more)
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  Inés of My Soul

  by Isabel Allende

  Born into a poor family in Spain, Inés, a seamstress, finds herself condemned to a life of hard work without reward or hope for the future. It is the sixteenth century, the beginning of the Spanish conquest of the Americas, and when her shiftless husband disappears to the New World, Inés uses the opportunity to search for him as an excuse to flee her stifling homeland and seek adventure. After her treacherous... (more)
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  The Amethyst Ring

  by Scott O'Dell

  Spanish seminarian Juliâan Escobar, known to the Mayas as Lord Kukulcâan and worshipped as a god, witnesses the fall of the Mayan and Incan civilizations with the coming of Cortâes and Pizarro.
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  Pizarro and the Incas (Stories from History)

  by Nicholas Saunders

  Turn the page and take a step back in time! From the Stories From History series, Pizarro and the Incas takes a completely factual look at Francisco Pizarro and his desire for gold. This book is presented in a fast-paced, edgy graphic novel format including bright, action-packed scenes. His desire for gold led... (more)
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  Srtas. de Salón

  Meretrices & Caftens & Cocó

  by Nicolás Aguirre Pizarro

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  The Golden Empire

  Spain, Charles V, and the Creation of America

  by Hugh Thomas

  From a master chronicler of Spanish history comes a magnificent work about the pivotal years from 1522 to 1566, when Spain was the greatest European power. Hugh Thomas has written a rich and riveting narrative of exploration, progress, and plunder. At its center is the unforgettable ruler who fought the French and expanded the Spanish empire, and the bold conquistadors who were his agents. Thomas brings to life... (more)
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  Great Explorers: Discovering the World

  by Jim Pipe

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  Legendary Explorers: The Life and Legacy of Francisco Pizarro

  by Charles River Editors

  *Includes pictures of Pizarro and important people, places, and events in his life. *Describes the Inca Empire and Pizarro's conquest of it. *Includes a Table of Contents. “Friends and comrades! On that side <south> are toil, hunger, nakedness, the drenching storm, desertion, and death; on this side ease and pleasure. There lies Peru with its riches; here, Panama and its poverty. Choose, each man, what... (more)
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  The History of the Conquest of Peru (Annotated)

  by William Hickling Prescott

  William Hickling Prescott (Boston, May 4, 1796 – Boston, January 28, 1859) was an American historian and Hispanist, who is widely recognized by historiographers to have been the first American scientific historian. His works "The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic" (1837), "The History of the Conquest of Mexico" (1843), "A History of the Conquest of Peru" (1847) and the unfinished "History... (more)