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Narrative and Critical History of America, Vol. 4 (of 8) French Explorations and Settlements in North America and Those of the Portuguese, Dutch, and Swedes 1500-1700

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277,238 words · about 19 h 25 min to read

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The text of Narrative and Critical History of America, Vol. 4 (of 8) French Explorations and Settlements in North America and Those of the Portuguese, Dutch, and Swedes 1500-1700 comes from Project Gutenberg e-text #51291. It is public domain in the United States. Edited by Justin Winsor. Project Gutenberg’s header and license text are removed, and RedLectern sets the text out for reading on screen; no words of the book are rewritten or summarized. More formats (EPUB, Kindle) · How RedLectern is built

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Language
English
Subjects
America › Discovery and exploration, United States › History, America › History
Length
277,238 words · about 19 h 25 min
Sections
26 reader sections · Table of contents

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Contents (26)
  1. Opening about 1 min
  2. Chapter I under 1 min
  3. Chapter II about 1 min
  4. Chapter III under 1 min
  5. Chapter IV about 1 min
  6. Chapter V about 1 min
  7. Chapter VI about 1 min
  8. Chapter VII about 1 min
  9. Chapter VIII under 1 min
  10. Chapter IX about 1 min
  11. Introduction under 1 min
  12. I. PHYSIOGRAPHY OF NORTH AMERICA about 22 min
  13. Part II about 47 min
  14. I. CORTEREAL, VERRAZANO, GOMEZ, THEVET about 4 min
  15. Part I about 1 h 17 min
  16. II. JACQUES CARTIER AND HIS SUCCESSORS about 1 h 17 min
  17. III. CHAMPLAIN about 12 min
  18. Book I about 22 min
  19. Part II about 14 min
  20. IV. ACADIA about 26 min
  21. V. DISCOVERY ALONG THE GREAT LAKES about 2 h 34 min
  22. VI. THE JESUITS, RECOLLECTS, AND THE INDIANS about 1 h 53 min
  23. VII. FRONTENAC AND HIS TIMES about 2 h 4 min
  24. VIII. NEW NETHERLAND, OR THE DUTCH IN NORTH AMERICA about 1 h 28 min
  25. IX. NEW SWEDEN, OR THE SWEDES ON THE DELAWARE about 1 h 8 min
  26. Part I about 5 h 10 min

The opening of Chapter II

JACQUES CARTIER AND HIS SUCCESSORS. Benjamin F. De Costa 47

ILLUSTRATION: Jacques Cartier, 48.

AUTOGRAPHS: Jacques Cartier, 48; Henri the Dauphin, 56.

CRITICAL ESSAY 62

ILLUSTRATIONS: Maps of Allefonsce, 74, 75, 76, 77; of Des Liens (1566), 78.

CARTOGRAPHY OF THE NORTHEAST COAST OF NORTH AMERICA. 1535-1600.
The Editor 81

ILLUSTRATIONS: The Nancy Globe, 81; Ulpius Globe (1542), 82;
Maps of Rotz (1542), 83, 83; Cabot Mappemonde (1544), 84;
Münster’s Map (1545), 84; Map of Medina (1545), 85; of Henri II.
(1546), 85; of Freire (1546), 86; in British Museum, 87; of Nic.
Vallard, 87; of Gastaldi, 88; belonging to Jomard, 89; of
Bellero, 89; of Baptista Agnese (1544), 90; of Volpellio, 90;
of Gastaldi in Ramusio, 91; of Homem (1558), 92; of Ruscelli
(1561), 92; of Zaltieri (1566), 93; of Mercator (1569), 94;
of Ortelius (1570), 95; of Porcacchi (1572), 96; of Martines
(1578), 97; of Judæis (1593), 97; of John Dee (1580), 98; of De
Bry, (1596), 99; of Wytfliet, 100; of Quadus (1600), 101.

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