Books with author W. W.(William Wymark) Jacobs

Traces the life of the ambitious Spanish soldier whose army brutally conquered the glorious empire of the ancient Incas in Peru

A biography of the troubled nineteenth-century author with a discussion of his prose and poetry which greatly influenced prominent artists and writers throughout the world.

A biography of the founder of Rhode Island, often called the "father of religious liberty in America."

Discusses the issues, including the concept of manifest destiny, that led to war between the United States and Mexico in 1846, the events of the war, and the impact of its outcome

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A biography of the first governor of the Plymouth Colony who served in that office for thirty years and greatly influenced the development of the community.

A brief biography of the seventeenth-century French explorer who traveled the entire length of the Mississippi and took possession of all its surrounding territory for France.

Traces the life of the Spanish explorer, describes how luck helped him to conquer Mexico, and discusses his impact on the history of Central America

A biography of Spanish adventurer, Cortes, who conquered Mexico in the early 1500's thus ending the Aztec nation.

Recounts the life and career of the Spanish explorer whose search for the Seven Cities of Cibola and the golden city of Quivira led him to discoveries in the lands north of Mexico

Traces the life of the ambitious Spanish soldier whose army brutally conquered the glorious empire of the ancient Incas in Peru

Traces the life and voyages of the Portuguese explorer who circumnavigated the world