A Book of American Explorers
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1. Front matter2. PREFACE.3. BOOK I. THE LEGENDS OF THE NORTHMEN. (A.D. 985‒1008.)4. BOOK II. COLUMBUS AND HIS COMPANIONS. (A.D. 1492‒1503.)5. BOOK III. CABOT AND VERRAZZANO. (A.D. 1497‒1524.)6. BOOK IV. THE STRANGE VOYAGE OF CABEZA DE VACA. (A.D. 1528‒1533.)7. BOOK V. THE FRENCH IN CANADA. (A.D. 1534‒1536.)8. BOOK VI. THE ADVENTURES OF DE SOTO. (A.D. 1538‒1542.)9. BOOK VII. THE FRENCH IN FLORIDA. (A.D. 1562‒1565.)10. BOOK VIII. SIR HUMPHREY GILBERT. (A.D. 1583.)11. BOOK IX. THE LOST COLONIES OF VIRGINIA. (A.D. 1584‒1590.)12. BOOK X. UNSUCCESSFUL SETTLEMENTS IN NEW ENGLAND. (A.D. 1602‒1607.)13. BOOK XI. CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH. (A.D. 1606‒1631.)14. BOOK XII. CHAMPLAIN ON THE WAR-PATH. (A.D. 1609.)15. BOOK XIII. HENRY HUDSON AND THE NEW NETHERLANDS. (A.D. 1609‒1626.)16. BOOK XIV. THE PILGRIMS AT PLYMOUTH. (A.D. 1620‒1621.)17. BOOK XV. THE MASSACHUSETTS BAY COLONY. (A.D. 1629‒1631.)18. INDEX.19. Footnotes.20. Transcriber’s Notes.