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Book of American Explorers

Name: Book of American Explorers
Author: Thomas Wentworth Higginson

Thomas Wentworth Higginson

Read by Larry Wilson, Phil Schempf, Pete McElveen, Deon Gines, John, Elsie Selwyn, Sabrina Antonelli, Rita Boutros, April6090, Duane Desalvo, ChadH94, BettyB and KevinS · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

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Preface (2:57)
Book I, The Legends of the Northmen (985‒1008). Part 1, How the Northmen discovered North America (6:32)
Book I, Part 2, The Voyage of Leif the Lucky (4:14)
Book I, Part 3, Leif finds Vines, and goes back to Greenland (2:57)
Book I, Part 4, Thorvald, Leif’s Brother, goes to Vinland (4:46)
Book I, Part 5, Karlsefni’s Adventures (5:08)
Book II, Columbus and his Companions (1492‒1503). Part 1, The First Letter from Columbus (12:51)
Book II, Part 2, The Second Voyage of Columbus (8:47)
Book II, Part 3, Columbus reaches the Mainland (5:16)
Book II, Part 4, Columbus at the Mouth of the Orinoco (3:50)
Book II, Part 5, Columbus thinks himself near the Earthly Paradise (4:51)
Book II, Part 6, Daring Deed of Diego Mendez (7:35)
Book II, Part 7, How Diego Mendez got Food for Columbus (7:15)
Book II, Part 8, How Diego Mendez saved Columbus (12:17)
Book II, Part 9, Appeal of Columbus in his Old Age (5:07)
Book III, Cabot and Verrazzano (1497‒1524). Part 1, First News of John and Sebastian Cabot (3:50)
Book III, Part 2, Sebastian Cabot’s Voyage (6:15)
Book III, Part 3, Verrazzano’s Letter to the King (17:33)
Book IV, The Strange Voyage of Cabeza de Vaca (1528‒1533). Part 1, The Strange Voyage (14:06)
Book IV, Part 2, Cabeza de Vaca saved by Indians (7:16)
Book IV, Part 3, Cabeza de Vaca’s Captivity (5:59)
Book IV, Part 4, The Indians of the Gulf of Mexico (2:58)
Book IV, Part 5, Cabeza de Vaca’s Escape (5:29)
Book V, The French in Canada (1534‒1536). Part 1, Cartier’s Visit to Bay of Chaleur (6:01)
Book V, Part 2, Cartier sets up a Cross (4:04)
Book V, Part 3, Cartier ascends the St. Lawrence (7:59)
Book V, Part 4, How the Indians tried to frighten Cartier (5:13)
Book V, Part 5, How Cartier reached Hochelaga, now Montreal (7:20)
Book V, Part 6, The Festivities at Hochelaga (8:27)
Book VI, Adventures of De Soto (1538‒1542). Part 1, How De Soto set sail (7:01)
Book VI, Part 2, De Soto attacks the Indians, and finds a Fellow Countryman (4:11)
Book VI, Part 3, The Story of John Ortiz (10:28)
Book VI, Part 4, De Soto discovers the Mississippi (7:59)
Book VI, Part 5, De Soto’s Vain Attempts to reach the Sea (6:45)
Book VI, Part 6, Death and Burial of De Soto (5:21)
Book VII, The French in Florida (1562‒1565). Part 1, Jean Ribaut in Florida (12:07)
Book VII, Part 2, Alone in the New World (13:24)
Book VII, Part 3, Laudonnière’s Search for the Colonists (5:47)
Book VII, Part 4, Capture of Fort Caroline by the Spaniards (13:18)
Book VIII, Sir Humphrey Gilbert (1583) (10:49)
Book IX, The Lost Colonies of Virginia (1584‒1590). Part 1, The First Voyage to Virginia (12:23)
Book IX, Part 2, Visit to an Indian Princess (4:50)
Book IX, Part 3, Adventures of the First Virginia Colony (5:54)
Book IX, Part 4, The Second English Colony in Virginia (13:15)
Book IX, Part 5, Search for the Lost Colony (8:20)
Book X, Unsuccessful New England Settlements (1602‒1607). Part 1, Gosnold’s Fort at Cuttyhunk (21:23)
Book X, Part 2, Captain Waymouth explores the Penobscot (18:46)
Book X, Part 3, The Popham Colony on the Kennebec (6:50)
Book X, Part 4, Captain Gilbert’s Adventure with Indians (4:52)
Book XI, Captain John Smith (1606‒1631). Part 1, The Virginia Colony (8:01)
Book XI, Part 2, The Colonists (3:40)
Book XI, Part 3, Captain Smith’s Capture by Indians (7:47)
Book XI, Part 4, Captain Smith and Pocahontas (9:02)
Book XI, Part 5, King Powhatan (3:46)
Book XI, Part 6, A Virginia Princess (2:22)
Book XI, Part 7, An Indian Dance in Virginia (2:34)
Book XI, Part 8, Indian Children (2:57)
Book XI, Part 9, “The Planter’s Pleasure and Profit” (4:10)
Book XI, part 10, The Glories of Fishing (4:16)
Book XI, part 11, Visit of Pocahontas to London (10:24)
Book XI, Part 12, First Buildings of the Virginia Colonists (2:05)
Book XI, Part 13, Captain Smith’s Recollections (2:17)
Book XII, Champlain on the War-Path (1609) (16:10)
Book XIII, Henry Hudson and the New Netherlands (1609‒1626). Part 1, Discovery of the Hudson River (16:52)
Book XIII, Part 2, Indian Traditions of Hudson’s Arrival (10:52)
Book XIII, Part 3, Hudson’s Last Voyage, and how he was set adrift in the Ice (12:55)
Book XIII, Part 4, Dutch Settlement of the New Netherlands (7:27)
Book XIV, The Pilgrims at Plymouth (1620‒1621). Part 1, Sailing of the Pilgrims (3:03)
Book XIV, Part 2, Miles Standish at Cape Cod (10:32)
Book XIV, Part 3, The First Encounter (11:14)
Book, XIV, Part 4, The Landing on Plymouth Rock (2:49)
Book XIV, Part 5, Plymouth Village founded (7:14)
Book XIV, Part 6, “Welcome, Englishmen!” (7:00)
Book XV, The Massachusetts Bay Colony (1629‒1631). Part 1, Voyage of the Massachusetts Colonists (5:35)
Book XV, Part 2, The Puritans in Salem Harbor (4:30)
Book XV, Part 3, The Four Elements in New England (14:02)
Book XV, Part 4, A Sea-Adventure of the Puritans (3:56)
Book XV, Part 5, Governor Winthrop’s Night out of Doors (2:03)
Book XV, Part 6, The Privations of the Puritans (4:34)