A Book of American Explorers

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Author

Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, 1823-1911

Credits

Produced by Richard Hulse and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

E011: History: America: America

Subject

America -- Discovery and exploration

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 56346

Release Date

January 9, 2018

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.A BOOK OF AMERICAN EXPLORERS
2. 2.PREFACE.
3. 3.TABLE OF CONTENTS.
4. 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
5. 5.BOOK I. THE LEGENDS OF THE NORTHMEN. (A.D. 985 ‒ 1008.) — I. —How the Northmen discovered North America. — II. —The Voyage of Leif the Lucky. — III. —Leif finds Vines, and goes back to Greenland. — IV. —Thorvald, Leif’s Brother, goes to Vinland. — V. —Karlsefni’s Adventures.
6. 6.BOOK II. COLUMBUS AND HIS COMPANIONS. (A.D. 1492 ‒ 1503.) — I. —The First Letter from Columbus. — II. —Second Voyage of Columbus. — III. —Columbus reaches the Mainland. — IV. —Columbus at the Mouth of the Orinoco. — V. —Columbus thinks Himself near the Earthly Paradise. — VI. —Daring Deed of Diego Mendez. — VII. —How Diego Mendez got Food for Columbus. — VIII. —How Diego Mendez saved Columbus. — IX. —Appeal of Columbus in his Old Age.
7. 7.BOOK III. CABOT AND VERRAZZANO. (A.D. 1497 ‒ 1524.) — I. —First News of John and Sebastian Cabot. — II. —Sebastian Cabot’s Voyage. — III. —Verrazzano’s Letter to the King.
8. 8.BOOK IV. THE STRANGE VOYAGE OF CABEZA DE VACA. (A.D. 1528 ‒ 1533.) — I. —The Strange Voyage. — II. —Cabeza de Vaca Saved by Indians. — III. —Cabeza de Vaca’s Captivity. — IV. —The Indians of the Gulf of Mexico. — V. —Cabeza de Vaca’s Escape.
9. 9.BOOK V. THE FRENCH IN CANADA. (A.D. 1534 ‒ 1536.) — I. —Cartier’s Visit to Bay of Chaleur. — II. —Cartier sets up a Cross. — III. —Cartier ascends the St. Lawrence as far as Quebec. — IV. —How the Indians tried to frighten Cartier. — V. —How Cartier reached Hochelaga, now Montreal, at last. — VI. —The Festivities at Hochelaga.
10. 10.BOOK VI. THE ADVENTURES OF DE SOTO. (A.D. 1538 ‒ 1542.) — I. —How De Soto set Sail. — II. —De Soto attacks the Indians, and finds a Fellow-Countryman. — III. —The Story of John Ortiz. — IV. —De Soto discovers the Mississippi. — V. —De Soto’s vain attempts to reach the Sea. — VI. —Death and Burial of De Soto.
11. 11.BOOK VII. THE FRENCH IN FLORIDA. (A.D. 1562 ‒ 1565.) — I. —Jean Ribaut in Florida. — II. —Alone in the New World. — III. —Laudonnière’s Search for the Colonists. — IV. —The Capture of Fort Caroline by the Spaniards.
12. 12.BOOK VIII. SIR HUMPHREY GILBERT. (A.D. 1583.) — The Death of Sir Humphrey Gilbert.
13. 13.BOOK IX. THE LOST COLONIES OF VIRGINIA. (A.D. 1584 ‒ 1590.) — I. —The First Voyage to Virginia. — II. —Visit to an Indian Princess. — III. —Adventures of the First Virginia Colony. — IV. —The Second English Colony in Virginia. — V. —Search for the Lost Colony.
14. 14.BOOK X. UNSUCCESSFUL SETTLEMENTS IN NEW ENGLAND. (A.D. 1602 ‒ 1607.) — I. —Gosnold’s Fort at Cuttyhunk. — II. —Captain Waymouth captures Indians, and explores the Penobscot river. — III. —The Popham Colony on the Kennebec. — IV. —Captain Gilbert’s Adventure with the Indians.
15. 15.BOOK XI. CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH. (A.D. 1606 ‒ 1631.) — I. —Captain John Smith in Virginia. — II. —The Virginia Colonists. — III. —Smith captured by the Indians. — IV. —Captain John Smith and Pocahontas. — V. —King Powhatan. — VI. —A Virginia Princess. — VII. —An Indian Dance in Virginia. — VIII. —Indian Children in Virginia. — IX. —“The Planter’s Pleasure and Profit.” — X. —The Glories of Fishing. — XI. —Visit of Pocahantas to London in 1617. — XII. —First Buildings of the Virginia Colonists. — XIII. —Captain John Smith’s Recollections of his own Life.
16. 16.BOOK XII. CHAMPLAIN ON THE WAR-PATH. (A.D. 1609.) — Champlain on the War-Path.
17. 17.BOOK XIII. HENRY HUDSON AND THE NEW NETHERLANDS. (A.D. 1609 ‒ 1626.) — I. —Discovery of the Hudson River. — II. —Indian Traditions of Henry Hudson’s Arrival. — III. —The Last Voyage of Henry Hudson, and how he was set adrift in the Ice by his Men. — IV. —The Dutch Settlement of the New Netherlands.
18. 18.BOOK XIV. THE PILGRIMS AT PLYMOUTH. (A.D. 1620 ‒ 1621.) — I. —The Sailing of the Pilgrims. — II. —Miles Standish at Cape Cod. — III. —The First Encounter. — IV. —The Landing on Plymouth Rock. — V. —Plymouth Village founded. — VI. —“Welcome, Englishmen!”
19. 19.BOOK XV. THE MASSACHUSETTS BAY COLONY. (A.D. 1629 ‒ 1631.) — I. —The Voyage of the Massachusetts Colonists. — II. —The Massachusetts Bay Colonists in Salem Harbor. — III. —Fire, Air, Earth, and Water in New England. — Of the Earth of New England. — Of the Water of New England. — Of the Air of New England. — Of the Fire of New England. — New England’s Discommodities. 453 — IV. —A Sea-Adventure of the Puritan Colonists. — V. —Governor Winthrop’s Night out of Doors. — VI. —The Privations of the Puritans.
20. 20.INDEX.
21. 21.Footnotes.
22. 22.Transcriber’s Notes.

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