Book of American Explorers

79 chapters

1. 1Preface3m
2. 2Book I, The Legends of the Northmen (985‒1008). Part 1, How the Northmen discovered North America7m
3. 3Book I, Part 2, The Voyage of Leif the Lucky4m
4. 4Book I, Part 3, Leif finds Vines, and goes back to Greenland3m
5. 5Book I, Part 4, Thorvald, Leif’s Brother, goes to Vinland5m
6. 6Book I, Part 5, Karlsefni’s Adventures5m
7. 7Book II, Columbus and his Companions (1492‒1503). Part 1, The First Letter from Columbus13m
8. 8Book II, Part 2, The Second Voyage of Columbus9m
9. 9Book II, Part 3, Columbus reaches the Mainland5m
10. 10Book II, Part 4, Columbus at the Mouth of the Orinoco4m
11. 11Book II, Part 5, Columbus thinks himself near the Earthly Paradise5m
12. 12Book II, Part 6, Daring Deed of Diego Mendez8m
13. 13Book II, Part 7, How Diego Mendez got Food for Columbus7m
14. 14Book II, Part 8, How Diego Mendez saved Columbus12m
15. 15Book II, Part 9, Appeal of Columbus in his Old Age5m
16. 16Book III, Cabot and Verrazzano (1497‒1524). Part 1, First News of John and Sebastian Cabot4m
17. 17Book III, Part 2, Sebastian Cabot’s Voyage6m
18. 18Book III, Part 3, Verrazzano’s Letter to the King18m
19. 19Book IV, The Strange Voyage of Cabeza de Vaca (1528‒1533). Part 1, The Strange Voyage14m
20. 20Book IV, Part 2, Cabeza de Vaca saved by Indians7m
21. 21Book IV, Part 3, Cabeza de Vaca’s Captivity6m
22. 22Book IV, Part 4, The Indians of the Gulf of Mexico3m
23. 23Book IV, Part 5, Cabeza de Vaca’s Escape5m
24. 24Book V, The French in Canada (1534‒1536). Part 1, Cartier’s Visit to Bay of Chaleur6m
25. 25Book V, Part 2, Cartier sets up a Cross4m
26. 26Book V, Part 3, Cartier ascends the St. Lawrence8m
27. 27Book V, Part 4, How the Indians tried to frighten Cartier5m
28. 28Book V, Part 5, How Cartier reached Hochelaga, now Montreal7m
29. 29Book V, Part 6, The Festivities at Hochelaga8m
30. 30Book VI, Adventures of De Soto (1538‒1542). Part 1, How De Soto set sail7m
31. 31Book VI, Part 2, De Soto attacks the Indians, and finds a Fellow Countryman4m
32. 32Book VI, Part 3, The Story of John Ortiz10m
33. 33Book VI, Part 4, De Soto discovers the Mississippi8m
34. 34Book VI, Part 5, De Soto’s Vain Attempts to reach the Sea7m
35. 35Book VI, Part 6, Death and Burial of De Soto5m
36. 36Book VII, The French in Florida (1562‒1565). Part 1, Jean Ribaut in Florida12m
37. 37Book VII, Part 2, Alone in the New World13m
38. 38Book VII, Part 3, Laudonnière’s Search for the Colonists6m
39. 39Book VII, Part 4, Capture of Fort Caroline by the Spaniards13m
40. 40Book VIII, Sir Humphrey Gilbert (1583)11m
41. 41Book IX, The Lost Colonies of Virginia (1584‒1590). Part 1, The First Voyage to Virginia12m
42. 42Book IX, Part 2, Visit to an Indian Princess5m
43. 43Book IX, Part 3, Adventures of the First Virginia Colony6m
44. 44Book IX, Part 4, The Second English Colony in Virginia13m
45. 45Book IX, Part 5, Search for the Lost Colony8m
46. 46Book X, Unsuccessful New England Settlements (1602‒1607). Part 1, Gosnold’s Fort at Cuttyhunk21m
47. 47Book X, Part 2, Captain Waymouth explores the Penobscot19m
48. 48Book X, Part 3, The Popham Colony on the Kennebec7m
49. 49Book X, Part 4, Captain Gilbert’s Adventure with Indians5m
50. 50Book XI, Captain John Smith (1606‒1631). Part 1, The Virginia Colony8m
51. 51Book XI, Part 2, The Colonists4m
52. 52Book XI, Part 3, Captain Smith’s Capture by Indians8m
53. 53Book XI, Part 4, Captain Smith and Pocahontas9m
54. 54Book XI, Part 5, King Powhatan4m
55. 55Book XI, Part 6, A Virginia Princess2m
56. 56Book XI, Part 7, An Indian Dance in Virginia3m
57. 57Book XI, Part 8, Indian Children3m
58. 58Book XI, Part 9, “The Planter’s Pleasure and Profit”4m
59. 59Book XI, part 10, The Glories of Fishing4m
60. 60Book XI, part 11, Visit of Pocahontas to London10m
61. 61Book XI, Part 12, First Buildings of the Virginia Colonists2m
62. 62Book XI, Part 13, Captain Smith’s Recollections2m
63. 63Book XII, Champlain on the War-Path (1609)16m
64. 64Book XIII, Henry Hudson and the New Netherlands (1609‒1626). Part 1, Discovery of the Hudson River17m
65. 65Book XIII, Part 2, Indian Traditions of Hudson’s Arrival11m
66. 66Book XIII, Part 3, Hudson’s Last Voyage, and how he was set adrift in the Ice13m
67. 67Book XIII, Part 4, Dutch Settlement of the New Netherlands7m
68. 68Book XIV, The Pilgrims at Plymouth (1620‒1621). Part 1, Sailing of the Pilgrims3m
69. 69Book XIV, Part 2, Miles Standish at Cape Cod11m
70. 70Book XIV, Part 3, The First Encounter11m
71. 71Book, XIV, Part 4, The Landing on Plymouth Rock3m
72. 72Book XIV, Part 5, Plymouth Village founded7m
73. 73Book XIV, Part 6, “Welcome, Englishmen!”7m
74. 74Book XV, The Massachusetts Bay Colony (1629‒1631). Part 1, Voyage of the Massachusetts Colonists6m
75. 75Book XV, Part 2, The Puritans in Salem Harbor5m
76. 76Book XV, Part 3, The Four Elements in New England14m
77. 77Book XV, Part 4, A Sea-Adventure of the Puritans4m
78. 78Book XV, Part 5, Governor Winthrop’s Night out of Doors2m
79. 79Book XV, Part 6, The Privations of the Puritans5m

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