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Narrative and Critical History of America, Vol. 3 (of 8) English Explorations and Settlements in North America 1497-1689

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About this book

Language
English
Subjects
America › Discovery and exploration, United States › History, America › History
Length
332,550 words · about 23 h 17 min
Sections
30 reader sections · Table of contents
Contents (30)
  1. Opening about 1 min
  2. Chapter II under 1 min
  3. Chapter III under 1 min
  4. Chapter IV under 1 min
  5. Chapter V under 1 min
  6. Chapter VI about 1 min
  7. Chapter VII under 1 min
  8. Chapter VIII about 1 min
  9. Chapter IX about 1 min
  10. Chapter X under 1 min
  11. Chapter XI under 1 min
  12. Chapter XII under 1 min
  13. Chapter XIII under 1 min
  14. I. THE VOYAGES OF THE CABOTS about 1 h 46 min
  15. II. HAWKINS AND DRAKE about 38 min
  16. III. EXPLORATIONS TO THE NORTH-WEST about 31 min
  17. Chapter IV about 40 min
  18. V. VIRGINIA, 1606-1689 about 1 h 19 min
  19. VI. NORUMBEGA AND ITS ENGLISH EXPLORERS about 1 h 38 min
  20. Chapter VII about 1 h 28 min
  21. VIII. THE PILGRIM CHURCH AND PLYMOUTH COLONY about 51 min
  22. IX. NEW ENGLAND about 36 min
  23. Chapter XII about 28 min
  24. Part IV about 1 h 33 min
  25. X. THE ENGLISH IN NEW YORK, 1664-1689 about 1 h 15 min
  26. XI. THE ENGLISH IN EAST AND WEST JERSEY. 1664-1689 about 1 h 32 min
  27. XII. THE FOUNDING OF PENNSYLVANIA about 1 h 25 min
  28. XIII. THE ENGLISH IN MARYLAND, 1632-1691 about 15 min
  29. Chapter V (part 1 of 2) about 5 h 45 min
  30. Chapter V (part 2 of 2) about 1 h 30 min

The opening of Chapter VIII

THE PILGRIM CHURCH AND PLYMOUTH COLONY. Franklin B. Dexter 257

ILLUSTRATIONS: Site of Scrooby Manor-House, 258; Map of Scrooby
and Austerfield, 259; Austerfield church, 260; Record of
William Bradford’s baptism, 260; Robinson’s House in Leyden,
262; Plan of Leyden, 263; Map of Cape Cod Harbor, 270; Map of
Plymouth Harbor, 272; Historic Swords, 274; Governor Edward
Winslow, 277; Pilgrim relics, 279; Governor Josiah Winslow, 282.

AUTOGRAPHS: John Smyth, 257; John Robinson, 259; Robert Browne,
261; Francis Johnson, 261; Signatures of Mayflower Pilgrims
(William Bradford, Myles Standish, William Brewster, John
Alden, John Howland, Edward Winslow, George Soule, Francis
Eaton, Isaac Allerton, Samuel Fuller, Peregrine White, Resolved
White, John Cooke), 268; Dorothy May, 268; William Bradford,
268; Thomas Cushman, 271; Alexander Standish, 273; James Cole,
senior, 273; Signers of the Patent, 1621 (Hamilton, Lenox,
Warwick, Sheffield, Ferdinando Gorges), 275; Governors of
Plymouth Colony (William Bradford, Edward Winslow, Thomas
Prence, Thomas Hinckley, Josiah Winslow), 278.

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