Charles Darwin chronicles the five years he spent early in his career aboard the survey ship HMS "Beagle," exploring the Southern Hemisphere, including Brazilian rain forests, the Andes, and the Gal©Łpagos Islands.

Introduces the life of Francisco Pizarro, the explorer who was sent to Peru by the king of Spain to conquer the Incas and claim their land and wealth for the Spanish crown.

Like fastfact readers, this core knowledge and curriculum guide offers personal accounts, maps and primary sources and offer the highest quality graphic presentation to thrill young readers. With hundreds of facts about the Americas and the world during the "Age of Discovery and Exploration" this book will introduce the logic of world trade and stimulate imaginative and thrilling reading and rereading.

Explains how the discoveries of Christopher Columbus and Amerigo Vespucci and the conquests of Vasco Nunez de Balboa, Francisco Pizarro, and Pedro de Valcivia created an empire for Spain.