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Hispanic History and Exploration 
 Recommended Reading



Novice Favorites

Recommended for beginners of any age

Book TitleAuthor
Spain: History for Young Readers by Frederick Ober
Men Who Found America by Frederick W. Hutchinson
Book of Discovery by M. B. Synge


Spain and Portugal

Book TitleAuthor
Historical Tales: 7—Spanish by Charles Morris
Child's History of Spain by John Bonner
Greatest Nations: Spain by Charles F. Horne
Romance of Spanish History by John S. C. Abbott
Spain: History for Young Readers by Frederick Ober
Moors in Spain by M. Florian
Spain: Peeps at Many Lands by Edith A. Browne
Portugal: Peeps at Many Lands by Edith A. Browne
The War with Spain by Charles Morris

Mexico and Latin America

Book TitleAuthor
Historical Tales: 3—Spanish American by Charles Morris
Story of Mexico by Charles Morris
Young Folk's History of Mexico by Frederick Ober
Short History of Mexico by Arthur Howard Noll
Mexico by Margaret Duncan
South America by Hezekiah Butterworth
South America: Peeps at History by Edith A. Browne
Panama: Peeps at Many Lands by Edith A. Browne
Our South American Neighbors by Gertrude Van Duyn Southworth
Our Little Aztec Cousin of Long Ago by Clara Vostrovsky Winlow
Into Mexico with General Scott by Edwin L. Sabin
War with Mexico by Horatio O. Ladd
South American Fights and Fighters by Cyrus Townsend Brady

Exploration

Book TitleAuthor
Book of Discovery by M. B. Synge
Men Who Found America by Frederick W. Hutchinson
Story of Columbus by Gladys M. Imlach
Discovery of New Worlds by M. B. Synge
Story of Sir Walter Raleigh by Margaret Duncan
Voyages of Vasco da Gama by George M. Towle
Amerigo Vespucci by Frederick Ober
Vasco Nunez de Balboa by Frederick Ober
Pizarro and the Conquest of Peru by Frederick Ober
Ponce de Leon by Frederick Ober
Fernando de Soto by Frederick Ober
Hernando Cortez by Frederick Ober
Columbus the Discoveror by Frederick Ober
Ferdinand Magellan by Frederick Ober

Biographies

Book TitleAuthor
Saint Ignatius of Loyola by John Hungerford Pollen
Isabella of Castile by Oliver Otis Howard
Simon Bolivar: His Life and His Work by Guillermo A. Sherwell
Don Jose de San Martin by Anna Schoellkopf
Albuquerque: Rulers of India by Morse Stephens
Joseph Bonaparte by John S. C. Abbott
Junipero Serra—the Man and his Work by A. H. Fitch

Pirates of the Spanish Main

Book TitleAuthor
Buccaneers and Pirates of our Coasts by Frank R. Stockton
Buccaneers of America by John Esquemeling

Legends and Literature

Book TitleAuthor
Story of the Cid for Young People by Calvin Dill Wilson
Irving's Alhambra by Washington Irving
Stories of Don Quixote by James Baldwin

Fiction

Book TitleAuthor
Mexican Twins by Lucy Fitch Perkins
Last of the Arawaks by Frederick Ober
For Prey and Spoils by Frederick Ober



Eras of Hispanic History —  Reading


Romans and Visigoths   Moors of Spain   Rise of Christian Spain   Exploration   Hapsburg Spain   Bourbon Spain   Mexico   South America  

Romans and Visigoths

250 B.C. to 711 A.D.

Punic Wars to the Moorish Conquest

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Book TitleSelected Chapters
Spain  by  Ober   from Ancient Iberia  to  Kingdom of the Goths  (4 chaps)
Spanish History  by  Abbott   from Early History of Spain  to  Roman and Gothic Spain  (3 chaps)
Greatest Nations: Spain  by  Horne           Beginnings of Spain (1 chap.)
Child's History of Spain  by  Bonner   from From the Beginning  to  The Moorish Conquest  (3 chaps)
Spanish Tales  by  Morris   from Good King Wamba  to  Battle of Guadalete  (4 chaps)


Moors of Spain

711 A.D. to 1492 A.D.

Battle of Guadalete to the Fall of Granada

Book TitleSelected Chapters
Spain  by  Ober   from Invasion from Africa  to  Decline of the Moors  (7 chaps)
Spanish History  by  Abbott   from Moorish Invasion  to  Conflict Between Moors and Christians  (4 chaps)
Greatest Nations: Spain  by  Horne           Spain Under the Moors (1 chap.)
Child's History of Spain  by  Bonner   from The Moorish Conquest  to  The Great Vizier  (8 chaps)
Spanish Tales  by  Morris   from Battle of Guadalete  to  Adventures of a Fugitive Prince  (7 chaps)
Moors in Spain by Florian      (entire book)
Irving's Alhambra by Irving      (entire book)


Rise of Christian Spain

1050 A.D. to 1516 A.D.

Conquest of Toledo to the Death of Ferdinand

Book TitleSelected Chapters
Spain  by  Ober   from Spain's Heroic Age  to    (7 chaps)
Spanish History  by  Abbott   from Spain a Battle-field  to  Domestic Sorrows  (9 chaps)
Greatest Nations: Spain  by  Horne   from Rise of the Christian Kingdoms  to  Ferdinand and Isabella  (2 chaps)
Child's History of Spain  by  Bonner   from The Christians of Northern Spain  to  The End of Ferdinand and Isabella  (15 chaps)
Spanish Tales  by  Morris   from Bernardo del Carpio  to  Last Sigh of the Moor  (8 chaps)
Isabella of Castile by Howard      (entire book)
Story of the Cid by Wilson      (entire book)


Exploration

1430 A.D. to 1540 A.D.

Voyages of Henry the Navigator to the Discovery of the Mississippi

Book TitleSelected Chapters
Latin American Tales  by  Morris   from Isles of Beauty Beyond the Sea  to  Coronado and the Seven Cities of Cibola  (9 chaps)
Book of Discovery  by  Synge   from Prince Henry of Portugal  to  Explorers in South America  (10 chaps)
Discovery of New Worlds  by  Synge   from Discovery of the New World  to  Conquest of Peru  (13 chaps)
Men Who Found America by Hutchinson      (entire book)
Story of Columbus by Imlach      (entire book)
Story of Raleigh by Duncan      (entire book)
Vespucci by Ober      (entire book)
Balboa by Ober      (entire book)
Pizarro by Ober      (entire book)
Ponce de Leon by Ober      (entire book)
De Soto by Ober      (entire book)
Cortez by Ober      (entire book)
Columbus by Ober      (entire book)
Magellan by Ober      (entire book)


Habsburg Spain

1516 A.D. to 1700 A.D.

Reign of Charles I (a.k.a. Charles V) to the War of Spanish Succession

Book TitleSelected Chapters
Spain  by  Ober   from When Spain was Great  to  Seventeenth Century  (4 chaps)
Spanish History  by  Abbott   from Charles V and his Son Philip  to  Philip II, III, and IV.  (3 chaps)
Greatest Nations: Spain  by  Horne           Spain Under the Hapsburgs (1 chap.)
Child's History of Spain  by  Bonner   from Charles the First  to  Charles the Second  (15 chaps)
Spanish Tales  by  Morris   from Peter the Cruel and the Free Companies  to  Henry Morgan and the Buccaneers  (11 chaps)
Albuquerque by Stephens      (entire book)
Saint Ignatius of Loyola by Pollen      (entire book)
Stories of Don Quixote by Baldwin      (entire book)
Buccaneers of America by Esquemeling      (entire book)
Buccaneers and Pirates by Stockton      (entire book)


Bourbon Spain

1700A.D. to 1931A.D.

Reign of Philip V to the Spanish Civil War

Book TitleSelected Chapters
Spain  by  Ober   from House of Bourbon  to  Treaty of Peace  (10 chaps)
Spanish History  by  Abbott   from Spanish Bourbons  to  Revolution  (4 chaps)
Greatest Nations: Spain  by  Horne   from Spain Under the Bourbons  to  New Monarchy  (4 chaps)
Child's History of Spain  by  Bonner   from Philip the Fifth  to  Spain in Our Day.  (12 chaps)
Spanish Tales  by  Morris   from Elizabeth Farnese and Alberoni  to  Manila and Santiago  (6 chaps)
Joseph Bonaparte by Abbott      (entire book)


Mexico

1520 A.D. to 1921 A.D.

Conquests of Cortez to the Mexican Revolution

Book TitleSelected Chapters
Latin American Tales by Morris      (entire book)
Cortez by Ober      (entire book)
Mexico by Duncan      (entire book)
History of Mexico by Ober      (entire book)
Story of Mexico by Morris      (entire book)
Junipero Serra by Fitch      (entire book)
Mexican Twins by Perkins      (entire book)
Our Little Aztec cousin by Winlow      (entire book)
War with Meixco by Ladd      (entire book)
Into Mexico with General Scott by Sabin      (entire book)


South America

1525 A.D. to 1921 A.D.

Conquest of Peru by Pizarro to the Early 20th century

Book TitleSelected Chapters
Latin American Tales by Morris      (entire book)
South America by Butterworth      (entire book)
Jose de San Martin by Schoellkopf      (entire book)
Simon Bolivar by Sherwell      (entire book)
South America by Browne      (entire book)
Panama by Browne      (entire book)
Our South American Neighbors by Southworth      (entire book)