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Great Epochs in American History, Volume I

Name: Great Epochs in American History, Volume I
Author: Francis Whiting Halsey

Francis Whiting Halsey

Read by BettyB, Linda Johnson, Anita Sloma-Martinez, Michael Fassio, Ciufi Galeazzi, Rita Boutros, Larry Wilson, timli, Bill Mosley and Jddykst · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

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Preface (3:13)
Introduction (8:40)
Discoveries before Columbus I: The men from Asia and from Norway by Justin Winsor (12:04)
Discoveries before Columbus II: How the Norwegians came to Winland (1000 AD) (13:16)
Discoveries before Columbus III: The first child of European race born in America (About 1000 AD) (5:37)
Discoveries before Columbus IV: Other Pre-columbian voyages by Henry Wheaton (4:18)
The Discovery by Columbus (1492) I: as described by Washington Irving (13:42)
The Discovery by Columbus (1492) II: as described by Columbus himself (12:36)
The Bull of Pope Alexander VI partitioning America (1493) (13:41)
The discovery of the mainland by the Cabots (1497) I: the account given by John A. Doyle (8:30)
The discovery of the mainland by the Cabots (1497) II: Peter Martyr's account (4:55)
The voyages of Americus Vespucius (1497): Vespuciu's own account (15:19)
A battle wih the Indians (1497) as described by Americus Vecpucius (6:27)
The first account of America printed in English (1511) (3:57)
The discovery of Florida by Ponce de Leon (1512): Parkman's account (6:00)
The discovery of the Pacific by Balboa (1513): the account by Manuel Jose Quintana (14:43)
The voyage of Magellan to the Pacific (1520): John Fiske's account (22:48)
The discovery of New York harbor by Verazzano (1524): Verazzano's own account (19:10)
Cartier's exploration of the St.Lawrence (1534) I: the account given by John A. Doyle (11:24)
Cartier's exploration of the St.Lawrence (1534) II: Cartier's own account (15:41)
Searches for "The seven cities of Cibola" (1530-1540): the account by Reuben Gold Thwaites (8:02)
Cabeza de Vaca's journey to the Southwest (1535-1536): de Vaca's own account (19:44)
The expedition of Coronado to the Southwest (1540-1541): Coronado's own account (28:43)
The discovery of the Mississippi by de Soto (1541): Parkman's account (7:53)
The death of de Soto (1542) by one of de Soto's companions (8:08)
Drake's visit to California (1579) by one of Drake's companions (19:42)
Hudson's discovery of the Hudson river (1609) by Robert Juet, Hudson's secretary (16:01)
Champlain's battle with the Iroquois on lake Champlain (1609) by Champlain himself (9:17)
Marquette's discovery of the Mississippi (1673): Marquette's own account (10:30)
The death of Marquette (1675) by Father Claude Dablon (4:41)
Discovery of Niagara Falls (1678) by Father Louis Hennepin (3:16)
La Salle's voyage to the mouth of the Mississippi (1682) by Francis Parkman (11:59)