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The Story of North American Discovery and Exploration
Eric the Red and the Northmen
Introduction
The Saga of Eric the Red
The Vinland History of the Flat Island Book1
From Adam of Bremen’s1 Descriptio Insularum Aquilonis
From the Icelandic Annals1
Papal Letters Concerning the Bishopric of Gardar in Greenland During the Fifteenth Century1
Christopher Columbus
CHAPTER I — EARLY LIFE OF COLUMBUS
CHAPTER II — HIS PLANS FOR DISCOVERY
CHAPTER III — THE GREAT VOYAGE
CHAPTER IV — THE LANDING ON THE TWELFTH OF OCTOBER
CHAPTER V — LANDING ON CUBA
CHAPTER VI — DISCOVERY OF HAYTI OR HISPANIOLA
CHAPTER VII — COLUMBUS IS CALLED TO MEET THE KING AND QUEEN
CHAPTER VIII — THE SECOND EXPEDITION SAILS
CHAPTER IX — THE NEW COLONY
CHAPTER X — THE THIRD VOYAGE
CHAPTER XI — SPAIN, 1500, 1501
CHAPTER XII — FOURTH VOYAGE
CHAPTER XIII — TWO SAD YEARS
APPENDIX A
SUMMARY
APPENDIX B
APPENDIX C
John Cabot
The life of John Cabot
Original Narratives of the Voyages of John Cabot:
Letter of Lorenzo Pasqualigo to His Brothers Alvise and Francesco, Merchants in Venice1
Despatch to Ferdinand and Isabella From Pedro De Ayala Junior Ambassador at the Court of England, July 25, 149819
Amerigo Vespucci
I. YOUNG AMERIGO AND HIS FAMILY. 1451-1470
II. AMERIGO'S FRIENDS AND TEACHERS. 1470-1482
III. VESPUCCI'S FAVORITE AUTHORS. 1485-1490
IV. IN THE SERVICE OF SPAIN. 1490
V. CONVERSATIONS WITH COLUMBUS. 1492 OR 1493
VI. VESPUCCI'S DEBATABLE VOYAGE. 1497-1498
VII. VESPUCCI'S "SECOND" VOYAGE. 1499-1500
VIII. WITH OJEDA THE FIGHTER. 1499
IX. CANNIBALS, GIANTS, AND PEARLS. 1499-1500
X. FAMOUS FELLOW-VOYAGERS. 1497-1500
XI. ON THE COAST OF BRAZIL. 1501-1502
XII. THE "FOURTH PART OF THE EARTH"
XIII. THE FOURTH GREAT VOYAGE. 1503-1504
XIV. KING FERDINAND'S FRIEND. 1505-1508
XV. PILOT-MAJOR OF SPAIN. 1508-1512
XVI. HOW AMERICA WAS NAMED. 1504-1541
Vasco Núñez de Balboa
I. THE MAN-OF-THE-BARREL. 1475-1510
II. LEADER OF A FORLORN HOPE. 1510
III. BALBOA ASSERTS HIS SUPREMACY. 1510
IV. BALBOA CAPTURES A PRINCESS. 1511
V. THE CACIQUES OF DARIEN. 1511
VI. FIRST TIDINGS OF THE PACIFIC. 1512
VII. A SEARCH FOR THE GOLDEN TEMPLE. 1511
VIII. CONSPIRACY OF THE CACIQUES. 1512
IX. HOW THE CONSPIRACY WAS DEFEATED. 1512
X. DISSENSIONS IN THE COLONY. 1512
XI. BALBOA STRENGTHENS HIS ARM. 1512
XII. THE QUEST FOR THE AUSTRAL OCEAN. 1513
XIII. ON THE SHORES OF THE PACIFIC. 1513
XIV. A RIVAL IN THE FIELD. 1514
XV. PEDRARIAS, THE SCOURGE OF DARIEN. 1515
XVI. IN THE DOMAIN OF THE DRAGONS. 1515
XVII. A COMPACT WITH THE ENEMY. 1516
XVIII. BUILDING THE BRIGANTINES. 1516
XIX. IMPRISONED AND IN CHAINS. 1517
XX. THE END OF VASCO NUÑEZ DE BALBOA. 1517
Jacques Cartier
CHAPTER I. EARLY LIFE
CHAPTER II. THE FIRST VOYAGE — NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR
CHAPTER III. THE FIRST VOYAGE — THE GULF OF ST LAWRENCE
CHAPTER IV. THE SECOND VOYAGE — THE ST LAWRENCE
CHAPTER V. THE SECOND VOYAGE — STADACONA
CHAPTER VI. THE SECOND VOYAGE — HOCHELAGA
CHAPTER VII. THE SECOND VOYAGE — WINTER AT STADACONA
CHAPTER VIII. THE THIRD VOYAGE
CHAPTER IX. THE CLOSE OF CARTIER'S CAREER
ITINERARY OF CARTIER'S VOYAGES
Henry Hudson
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VIII
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XIII
XIV
NEWLY-DISCOVERED DOCUMENTS
CONCERNING THE DOCUMENTS
THE DOCUMENTS
Samuel de Champlain
CHAPTER I. CHAMPLAIN'S EARLY YEARS
CHAPTER II. CHAMPLAIN IN ACADIA1
CHAPTER III. CHAMPLAIN AT QUEBEC
CHAPTER IV. CHAMPLAIN IN THE WILDERNESS
CHAPTER V. CHAMPLAIN'S LAST YEARS
CHAPTER VI. CHAMPLAIN'S WRITINGS AND CHARACTER
Julius E. Olson, Edward Everett Hale, Elizabeth Hodges, Frederick A. Ober, Stephen Leacock, Charles W. Colby, Thomas A. Janvier
Biographies, Historical Documents, Journals & Letters of the Greatest Explorers of North America
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6 This introductory paragraph, giving at the end the ancestry of Gudrid, the daughter of Thorbiorn Vifilson and a prominent figure in the Vinland voyages, seems to come first on account of the earlier historical allusions that it contains. The account of Gudrid is continued in the third paragraph.
7 In southwestern Norway.
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