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The American Encyclopedia

by Thomas H. Prescott

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Author
Prescott, Thomas H., 1810-1865
Title
The American Encyclopedia of History, Biography and Travel Comprising Ancient and Modern History: the Biography of Eminent Men of Europe and America, and the Lives of Distinguished Travelers.
Credits
Produced by Carol Brown, 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
D: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere
Subject
World history
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 63912
Release Date
November 28, 2020
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Untitled
  2. 2.AMERICAN ENCYCLOPEDIA — BY THOMAS H. PRESCOTT, A. M.
  3. 3.PREFACE.
  4. 4.Untitled
  5. 5.Untitled
  6. 6.Untitled
  7. 7.AMERICAN ENCYCLOPEDIA — DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY.
  8. 8.HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE AGES.
  9. 9.HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND.
  10. 10.HISTORY OF FRANCE.
  11. 11.HISTORY OF SPAIN.
  12. 12.HISTORY OF GERMANY AND AUSTRIA.
  13. 13.HISTORY OF RUSSIA.
  14. 14.HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES.
  15. 15.DEPARTMENT OF BIOGRAPHY.
  16. 16.WILLIAM PENN.
  17. 17.BENJAMIN FRANKLIN.
  18. 18.PETER THE GREAT.
  19. 19.COUNT RUMFORD.
  20. 20.NICOLAS COPERNICUS.
  21. 21.TYCHO BRAHE.
  22. 22.GALILEO.
  23. 23.KEPLER.
  24. 24.NEWTON.
  25. 25.HUYGENS.
  26. 26.HALLEY.
  27. 27.FERGUSON.
  28. 28.SIR WILLIAM HERSCHEL.
  29. 29.SIMON BOLIVAR.
  30. 30.FRANCIA, THE DICTATOR.
  31. 31.ALEXANDER WILSON.
  32. 32.JAMES WATT.
  33. 33.JOHN HOWARD.
  34. 34.GEORGE GORDON, LORD BYRON.
  35. 35.PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY.
  36. 36.OLIVER GOLDSMITH.
  37. 37.EDWARD GIBBON.
  38. 38.DAVID HUME.
  39. 39.ALEXANDER POPE.
  40. 40.JOHN ADAMS.
  41. 41.THOMAS JEFFERSON.
  42. 42.SAMUEL ADAMS.
  43. 43.JAMES OTIS.
  44. 44.FISHER AMES.
  45. 45.COLONEL AARON BURR.
  46. 46.ALEXANDER HAMILTON.
  47. 47.PATRICK HENRY.
  48. 48.JOHN HANCOCK.
  49. 49.ETHAN ALLEN.
  50. 50.BENEDICT ARNOLD.
  51. 51.HORATIO GATES.
  52. 52.THADDEUS KOSCIUSKO.
  53. 53.NATHANIEL GREENE.
  54. 54.FREDERIC WILLIAM AUGUSTUS STEUBEN.
  55. 55.BARON DE KALB.
  56. 56.RICHARD MONTGOMERY.
  57. 57.GILBERT MOTIER LAFAYETTE.
  58. 58.ISRAEL PUTNAM.
  59. 59.STEPHEN DECATUR.
  60. 60.COMMODORE ISAAC HULL.
  61. 61.OLIVER HAZARD PERRY.
  62. 62.JOHN MARSHALL.
  63. 63.JOHN PAUL JONES.
  64. 64.GENERAL ANDREW JACKSON.
  65. 65.WINFIELD SCOTT
  66. 66.ZACHARY TAYLOR.
  67. 67.JOHN E. WOOL.
  68. 68.DANIEL WEBSTER.
  69. 69.HENRY CLAY.
  70. 70.HON. JUDGE WOODBURY.
  71. 71.HON. ROBERT RANTOUL, JR.
  72. 72.FRANKLIN PIERCE.
  73. 73.SAMUEL FINLEY BREESE MORSE.
  74. 74.M. DAGUERRE.
  75. 75.VICTOR HUGO.
  76. 76.OMAR PASHA.
  77. 77.EDWARD EVERETT.
  78. 78.WASHINGTON IRVING.
  79. 79.WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT.
  80. 80.GEORGE BANCROFT.
  81. 81.WILLIAM HICKLING PRESCOTT.
  82. 82.HIRAM POWERS.
  83. 83.DEPARTMENT OF TRAVEL. — HISTORICAL SKETCH OF NAVAL ARCHITECTURE.
  84. 84.EARLY MARITIME DISCOVERIES.
  85. 85.CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS.
  86. 86.MAGELLAN—FIRST VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD.
  87. 87.SIR FRANCIS DRAKE.
  88. 88.HENRY HUDSON.
  89. 89.LE MAIRE AND SCHOUTEN—​FIRST VOYAGE ROUND CAPE HORN.
  90. 90.VOYAGE OF CAPTAIN JAMES, FOR THE DISCOVERY OF A NORTH-WEST PASSAGE.
  91. 91.DAMPIER.
  92. 92.CAPTAIN WOODES ROGERS.
  93. 93.CAPTAIN JOHN CLIPPERTON.
  94. 94.COMMODORE ANSON.
  95. 95.BYRON.
  96. 96.CAPT. WALLIS.
  97. 97.DE BOUGAINVILLE.
  98. 98.CAPTAIN JAMES COOK.
  99. 99.CAPTAINS PORTLOCK AND DIXON.
  100. 100.MONSIEUR DE LA PEROUSE.
  101. 101.GEORGE VANCOUVER.
  102. 102.CAPTAIN D’ENTRECASTEAUX.
  103. 103.PARRY’S VOYAGES FOR THE DISCOVERY OF THE NORTH WEST PASSAGE.
  104. 104.SIR JOHN FRANKLIN.
  105. 105.TRAVELS IN AFRICA.—​PARK, DENHAM, CLAPPERTON, LANDER, AND OTHERS.
  106. 106.SAMUEL HEARNE.
  107. 107.JOHN LEWIS BURCKHARDT.
  108. 108.JAMES BRUCE.
  109. 109.JOHN LEDYARD.
  110. 110.JOHN BAPTIST BELZONI.
  111. 111.GEORGE FORSTER.
  112. 112.EDWARD DANIEL CLARKE.
  113. 113.RICHARD POCOCKE.
  114. 114.OVERLAND JOURNEY TO INDIA.
  115. 115.Transcriber’s Note:

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