Thomas Wentworth Higginson
A Book of American Explorers
Published by Good Press, 2019
EAN 4057664619389
Table of Contents
BOOK I. THE LEGENDS OF THE NORTHMEN. (A.D. 985 – 1008.)
I. —How the Northmen discovered North America.
II. —The Voyage of Leif the Lucky.
III. —Leif finds Vines, and goes back to Greenland.
IV. —Thorvald, Leif’s Brother, goes to Vinland.
BOOK II. COLUMBUS AND HIS COMPANIONS. (A.D. 1492 – 1503.)
I. —The First Letter from Columbus.
II. —Second Voyage of Columbus.
III. —Columbus reaches the Mainland.
IV. —Columbus at the Mouth of the Orinoco.
V. —Columbus thinks Himself near the Earthly Paradise.
VI. —Daring Deed of Diego Mendez.
VII. —How Diego Mendez got Food for Columbus.
VIII. —How Diego Mendez saved Columbus.
IX. —Appeal of Columbus in his Old Age.
BOOK III. CABOT AND VERRAZZANO. (A.D. 1497 – 1524.)
I. —First News of John and Sebastian Cabot.
II. —Sebastian Cabot’s Voyage.
III. —Verrazzano’s Letter to the King.
BOOK IV. THE STRANGE VOYAGE OF CABEZA DE VACA. (A.D. 1528 – 1533.)
II. —Cabeza de Vaca Saved by Indians.
III. —Cabeza de Vaca’s Captivity.
IV. —The Indians of the Gulf of Mexico.
BOOK V. THE FRENCH IN CANADA. (A.D. 1534 – 1536.)
I. —Cartier’s Visit to Bay of Chaleur.
III. —Cartier ascends the St. Lawrence as far as Quebec.
IV. —How the Indians tried to frighten Cartier.
V. —How Cartier reached Hochelaga, now Montreal, at last.
VI. —The Festivities at Hochelaga.
BOOK VI. THE ADVENTURES OF DE SOTO. (A.D. 1538 – 1542.)
II. —De Soto attacks the Indians, and finds a Fellow-Countryman.
III. —The Story of John Ortiz.
IV. —De Soto discovers the Mississippi.
V. —De Soto’s vain attempts to reach the Sea.
VI. —Death and Burial of De Soto.
BOOK VII. THE FRENCH IN FLORIDA. (A.D. 1562 – 1565.)
III. —Laudonnière’s Search for the Colonists.
IV. —The Capture of Fort Caroline by the Spaniards.
BOOK VIII. SIR HUMPHREY GILBERT. (A.D. 1583.)