Thirteen Chapters of American History
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1. Front matter2. REPRESENTED BY THE EDWARD MORAN SERIES OF THIRTEEN HISTORICAL MARINE PAINTINGS3. INTRODUCTORY4. INTRODUCTORY.5. BIOGRAPHICAL6. BIOGRAPHICAL.7. DESCRIPTIVE AND EXPLANATORY8. THE OCEAN The Highway of All Nations9. DESCRIPTIVE AND EXPLANATORY.10. LANDING OF LIEF ERICKSON in the New World in 100111. THE SANTA MARIA, NIÑA AND PINTA (Evening of October 11, 1492)12. THE DEBARKATION OF COLUMBUS (Morning of October 12, 1492)13. MIDNIGHT MASS ON THE MISSISSIPPI Over the Body of Ferdinand de Soto 154214. HENRY HUDSON ENTERING NEW YORK BAY (September 11, 1609)15. EMBARKATION OF THE PILGRIMS From Southampton (August 5, 1620)16. FIRST RECOGNITION OF THE AMERICAN FLAG By a Foreign Government (In the Harbor of Quiberon, France, February 13, 1778)17. BURNING OF THE FRIGATE PHILADELPHIA (In the Harbor of Tripoli, February 16, 1804)18. THE BRIG ARMSTRONG ENGAGING THE BRITISH FLEET (In the Harbor of Fayal, September 26, 1814)19. IRON VERSUS WOOD Sinking of the Cumberland by the Merrimac (In Hampton Roads, March 8, 1862)20. THE WHITE SQUADRON'S FAREWELL SALUTE To the Body of CAPTAIN JOHN ERICSSON (New York Bay, August 25, 1890)21. RETURN OF THE CONQUERORS Typifying Our Victory in the Late Spanish-American War (September 29, 1899)22. INDEX.23. FOOTNOTES: