Thirteen Chapters of American HistoryTHE OCEAN The Highway of All NationsReading editionChapter navigation23 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterREPRESENTED BY THE EDWARD MORAN SERIES OF THIRTEEN HISTORICAL MARINE PAINTINGSINTRODUCTORYINTRODUCTORY.BIOGRAPHICALBIOGRAPHICAL.DESCRIPTIVE AND EXPLANATORYTHE OCEAN The Highway of All NationsDESCRIPTIVE AND EXPLANATORY.LANDING OF LIEF ERICKSON in the New World in 1001THE SANTA MARIA, NIÑA AND PINTA (Evening of October 11, 1492)THE DEBARKATION OF COLUMBUS (Morning of October 12, 1492)MIDNIGHT MASS ON THE MISSISSIPPI Over the Body of Ferdinand de Soto 1542HENRY HUDSON ENTERING NEW YORK BAY (September 11, 1609)EMBARKATION OF THE PILGRIMS From Southampton (August 5, 1620)FIRST RECOGNITION OF THE AMERICAN FLAG By a Foreign Government (In the Harbor of Quiberon, France, February 13, 1778)BURNING OF THE FRIGATE PHILADELPHIA (In the Harbor of Tripoli, February 16, 1804)THE BRIG ARMSTRONG ENGAGING THE BRITISH FLEET (In the Harbor of Fayal, September 26, 1814)IRON VERSUS WOOD Sinking of the Cumberland by the Merrimac (In Hampton Roads, March 8, 1862)THE WHITE SQUADRON'S FAREWELL SALUTE To the Body of CAPTAIN JOHN ERICSSON (New York Bay, August 25, 1890)RETURN OF THE CONQUERORS Typifying Our Victory in the Late Spanish-American War (September 29, 1899)INDEX.FOOTNOTES:Previous chapter ←DESCRIPTIVE AND EXPLANATORYNext chapter →DESCRIPTIVE AND EXPLANATORY.All chapters and sections (23)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsREPRESENTED BY THE EDWARD MORAN SERIES OF THIRTEEN HISTORICAL MARINE PAINTINGSINTRODUCTORYINTRODUCTORY.BIOGRAPHICALBIOGRAPHICAL.DESCRIPTIVE AND EXPLANATORYTHE OCEAN The Highway of All NationsDESCRIPTIVE AND EXPLANATORY.LANDING OF LIEF ERICKSON in the New World in 1001THE SANTA MARIA, NIÑA AND PINTA (Evening of October 11, 1492)THE DEBARKATION OF COLUMBUS (Morning of October 12, 1492)MIDNIGHT MASS ON THE MISSISSIPPI Over the Body of Ferdinand de Soto 1542HENRY HUDSON ENTERING NEW YORK BAY (September 11, 1609)EMBARKATION OF THE PILGRIMS From Southampton (August 5, 1620)FIRST RECOGNITION OF THE AMERICAN FLAG By a Foreign Government (In the Harbor of Quiberon, France, February 13, 1778)BURNING OF THE FRIGATE PHILADELPHIA (In the Harbor of Tripoli, February 16, 1804)THE BRIG ARMSTRONG ENGAGING THE BRITISH FLEET (In the Harbor of Fayal, September 26, 1814)IRON VERSUS WOOD Sinking of the Cumberland by the Merrimac (In Hampton Roads, March 8, 1862)THE WHITE SQUADRON'S FAREWELL SALUTE To the Body of CAPTAIN JOHN ERICSSON (New York Bay, August 25, 1890)RETURN OF THE CONQUERORS Typifying Our Victory in the Late Spanish-American War (September 29, 1899)INDEX.FOOTNOTES:The OceanCopyright, 1898, by Edward Moran.◇← DESCRIPTIVE AND EXPLANATORYDESCRIPTIVE AND EXPLANATORY. →
