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Works issued by the Hakluyt Society volume 2nd ser., no. 48
Publisher
Ashgate
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
85) Machu Picchu
Author
Series
Publisher
Jump!, Inc
Pub. Date
[2021]
Lexile measure
510L
Language
English
Description
"In this book, early fluent readers will marvel at Machu Picchu while learning about its history, location, uses, and architecture. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage young readers as they learn more about the cultural history behind this ancient site. A Take a Look! infographic aids understanding, sidebars present interesting, supplementary information, and an At a Glance recap offers a map and quick stats on the historical...
86) The lost realms
Author
Series
Earth chronicles volume 4
Pub. Date
[1990]
Language
English
Description
In the sixteenth century, Spanish conquerors came to the New World in search of El Dorado, the fabled city of gold. Instead, they encountered inexplicable phenomena that have puzzled scholars and historians ever since: massive stone edifices constructed in the Earth's most inaccessible regions . . . great monuments forged with impossible skill and unknown tools . . . intricate carvings describing events and places half a world away. Who were the...
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Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
Español
Description
In this tale set in the ancient Inka (sometimes spelled Inca) empire, Little Chaski has a big job: he is the Inka King's newest royal messenger. On his first day delivering messages he stops to help several creatures in need along the way, causing him to nearly miss his sunset deadline. But the kindness he bestowed on these animals winds up helping him in surprising ways. Descriptive language and bold illustrations give readers insight into Little...
96) The Incas
Author
Series
Publisher
F. Watts
Pub. Date
[1992]
Language
English
Description
Describes the civilization of the Inca empire that flourished from the thirteenth to the sixteenth century and the present-day lives of the Andean people descended from that empire.
Author
Series
Civilization of the American Indian volume 53
Publisher
University of Oklahoma Press
Pub. Date
1976.
Language
English
98) Civilizations
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
An ambitious and highly entertaining novel of revisionist history. Freydis is a woman warrior and leader of a band of Viking explorers setting out to the south. They meet local tribes, exchange skills, are taken prisoner, and get as far as Panama. But nobody ultimately knows what became of them. Fast forward five hundred years to 1492 and we're reading the journals of Christopher Columbus, mid-Atlantic on his own famous voyage of exploration to the...
