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LANDING OF THE PILGRIM FATHERS.
A
POPULAR HISTORY
OF THE
UNITED STATES
OF
AMERICA:
FROM THE DISCOVERY OF THE AMERICAN CONTINENT TO THE PRESENT TIME.
BY MARY HOWITT.
Illustrated with Numerous Engravings.
VOL. I.
NEW YORK:
HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS,
FRANKLIN SQUARE.
1860.
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, by
Harper & Brothers,
in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the Southern District of New York.
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CONTENTS TO VOL. I.
| CHAPTER I. | |
| Discoveries—to the Year 1521. | |
| America discovered by the Vikings.—Runic pillars of Rask and Finn Magnusen.—Christopher Columbus: his various voyages.—John and Sebastian Cabot.—The Portuguese.—Vasco de Gama and Cortereal.—John Verazzani despatched by Francis I. reaches Nova Scotia.—Jacques Cartier’s voyages.—Ponce de Leon discovers Florida.—Fernandez de Cordova discovers Yucatan.—Conquest of Mexico by Cortes | 1–12 |
| CHAPTER II. | |
| Discoveries—(continued). | |
| Pamphilo de Narvaez’ expedition to Florida.—Ferdinand de Soto lands with 600 men.—Their adventures in search of gold.—Sufferings and death of de Soto.—The Mississippi discovered.—Florida colonised by Huguenots.—The French settlement destroyed by Pedro Melendez.—English discovery.—Willoughby and Richard Chancellor.—Frobisher.—Sir Humphrey Gilbert.—Sir Walter Raleigh.—The colony of Virginia and its fortunes.—Sir Francis Drake | 13–28 |
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