Exploration of the California coast : the adventures of Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, Francis Drake, Sebastián Vizcaíno, and other explorers of North America's west coast /
Clarissa Aykroyd.
- Philadelphia : Mason Crest, c2003.
- 64 p. : col. ill., col. map ; 25 cm.
- Exploration and discovery .
- Exploration and discovery (Philadelphia, Pa.) .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 62) and index.
The shores of California -- America and the arrival of the Spanish -- The exploration of Baja California -- Cabrillo's voyage -- Drake's "Nova Albion" -- The search for a safe port -- Vizcaíno and beyond.
Discusses the sixteenth-century exploration of California's coast, including the adventures of such Spanish explorers as Cortes, Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, and Sebastián Vizcaíno, as well as Englishman Sir Francis Drake.
Pacific Coast (Calif.)--Discovery and exploration--Juvenile literature. California--Discovery and exploration--Juvenile literature. California--Discovery and exploration.