Books in Fact Finders Biographies: Great African Americans series

Provides an introduction to the life of sixteenth-century Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon, who played an important role in the history of Puerto Rico and who discovered and named Florida.

Provides an introduction to the life and biography of Eva Peron, a popular entertainer and first lady in Argentina.

Provides an introduction to the life of the thirteenth-century Venetian explorer Marco Polo who traveled along the Silk Road to the court of Kublai Khan in China.

Describes the life, journey, and lasting impact upon world history of explorer Leif Eriksson.

Provides an introduction to the life and biography of Pancho Villa, the Mexican outlaw who played an important role in the Mexican Revolution of 1910.

Provides an introduction to Oscar De La Hoya, the Hispanic American boxer who rose from a life of poverty to become a world-famous athlete.

Provides an introduction to the life of sixteenth-century Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan, who found a passage for ships to sail west from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.

An introduction to the life of seventeenth-century French explorer Rene-Robert Cavelier, later known as Sieur de La Salle, who explored the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River.

O'Shei, Tim

Provides an introduction to the lives of explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, who played an important role in the history of the United States.

Provides an introduction to the life and biography of Roberto Clemente, the baseball superstar from Puerto Rico who is remembered for his talent on the field and his humanitarian efforts off the field.

Provides an introduction to the life and biography of Junipero Serra, the Spanish explorer and missionary who established nine missions along the California coast.