Pedro Menendez de Aviles

by Kathleen Thompson

Published 1 October 1989
The life of the sixteenth-century Spanish explorer who, after driving out the French, claimed Florida for Spain.

Carlos Finlay

by Christine Sumption and Kathleen Thompson

Published 1 October 1989
Examines the life of the Cuban-born physician who developed the theory of yellow fever transmission through mosquitoes.

Examines the life of the seventeenth-century Mexican poet who won a place at the court of the Viceroy of New Spain before deciding to renounce all worldly possessions and become a nun.