The Beginner's Guide to American History (Illustrated Edition)

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David Henry Montgomery. The Beginner's Guide to American History (Illustrated Edition)

The Beginner's Guide to American History (Illustrated Edition)

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CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS

JOHN CABOT

PONCE DE LEON, BALBOA, AND DE SOTO

SIR WALTER RALEIGH

CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH

CAPTAIN HENRY HUDSON

CAPTAIN MYLES STANDISH

LORD BALTIMORE

ROGER WILLIAMS

KING PHILIP

WILLIAM PENN

GENERAL JAMES OGLETHORPE

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

GEORGE WASHINGTON

DANIEL BOONE

GENERAL JAMES ROBERTSON AND GOVERNOR JOHN SEVIER

GENERAL GEORGE ROGERS CLARK

GENERAL RUFUS PUTNAM

ELI WHITNEY

THOMAS JEFFERSON

ROBERT FULTON

GENERAL WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON

GENERAL ANDREW JACKSON

PROFESSOR MORSE

GENERAL SAM HOUSTON

CAPTAIN ROBERT GRAY

CAPTAIN SUTTER

ABRAHAM LINCOLN

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David Henry Montgomery

JOHN CABOT

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ABRAHAM LINCOLN

But one of the crew on the other vessel found something better even than the thorn-branch; for he drew out of the water a carved walking-stick. Every one saw that such a stick must have been cut and carved by human hands. These two signs could not be doubted. The men now felt sure that they were approaching the shore, and what was more, that there were people living in that strange country.

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