Columbus
and
Other Heroes
of
American Discovery
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CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS.
COLUMBUS
AND OTHER HEROES OF
AMERICAN DISCOVERY
BY
N. D’ANVERS
COPIOUSLY ILLUSTRATED
GEORGE ROUTLEDGE AND SONS, Limited
NEW YORK: 9 LAFAYETTE PLACE
London and Manchester
Copyright, 1885 and 1893,
By Joseph L. Blamire.
The Caxton Press
171, 173 Macdougal Street, New York
AUTHOR’S NOTE.
The present volume is intended to give a general idea of the progress of exploration in the districts now forming Canada and the United States, with the general advance of the white man westwards. The chief authorities consulted in the preparation of the “Heroes of the Exodus to the West” were the reports to their superiors of the early Jesuit missionaries; George Bancroft’s “History of the United States;” Bryant’s “Popular History of the United States;” and Bancroft’s “Native Races of the Pacific.” But reference has also been made to the original works of all the great travelers in the districts under notice; while much valuable ge