New Found World
Katherine B. Shippen
Hardcover
(Viking Pr, June 1, 1945)
New Found World, a Newbery Honor recipient, is a history of Latin America written for children by Katherine Shippen. It covers the Aztec, the Mayan and the Inca civilizations, the Conquistadors, the search for El Dorado, the coming of Christianity, and the struggle for independence of the colonial powers.