Book of American Explorers
by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
About this book
This book tells the story of exploration in America in the words of the explorers themselves. It consists of extracts from narratives of the early discoverers and explorers of the American continent from the Northmen in 10th century to 17th century Massachusets Bay Colony. - Summary by Kikisaulite
Chapters (78)
1 Book I, The Legends of the Northmen (985‒1008). Part 1, How the Northmen discovered North America
2 Book I, Part 2, The Voyage of Leif the Lucky
3 Book I, Part 3, Leif finds Vines, and goes back to Greenland
4 Book I, Part 4, Thorvald, Leif’s Brother, goes to Vinland
5 Book I, Part 5, Karlsefni’s Adventures
6 Book II, Columbus and his Companions (1492‒1503). Part 1, The First Letter from Columbus
7 Book II, Part 2, The Second Voyage of Columbus
8 Book II, Part 3, Columbus reaches the Mainland
9 Book II, Part 4, Columbus at the Mouth of the Orinoco
10 Book II, Part 5, Columbus thinks himself near the Earthly Paradise
11 Book II, Part 6, Daring Deed of Diego Mendez
12 Book II, Part 7, How Diego Mendez got Food for Columbus
13 Book II, Part 8, How Diego Mendez saved Columbus
14 Book II, Part 9, Appeal of Columbus in his Old Age
15 Book III, Cabot and Verrazzano (1497‒1524). Part 1, First News of John and Sebastian Cabot
16 Book III, Part 2, Sebastian Cabot’s Voyage
17 Book III, Part 3, Verrazzano’s Letter to the King
18 Book IV, The Strange Voyage of Cabeza de Vaca (1528‒1533). Part 1, The Strange Voyage
19 Book IV, Part 2, Cabeza de Vaca saved by Indians
20 Book IV, Part 3, Cabeza de Vaca’s Captivity
21 Book IV, Part 4, The Indians of the Gulf of Mexico
22 Book IV, Part 5, Cabeza de Vaca’s Escape
23 Book V, The French in Canada (1534‒1536). Part 1, Cartier’s Visit to Bay of Chaleur
24 Book V, Part 2, Cartier sets up a Cross
25 Book V, Part 3, Cartier ascends the St. Lawrence
26 Book V, Part 4, How the Indians tried to frighten Cartier
27 Book V, Part 5, How Cartier reached Hochelaga, now Montreal
28 Book V, Part 6, The Festivities at Hochelaga
29 Book VI, Adventures of De Soto (1538‒1542). Part 1, How De Soto set sail
30 Book VI, Part 2, De Soto attacks the Indians, and finds a Fellow Countryman
31 Book VI, Part 3, The Story of John Ortiz
32 Book VI, Part 4, De Soto discovers the Mississippi
33 Book VI, Part 5, De Soto’s Vain Attempts to reach the Sea
34 Book VI, Part 6, Death and Burial of De Soto
35 Book VII, The French in Florida (1562‒1565). Part 1, Jean Ribaut in Florida
36 Book VII, Part 2, Alone in the New World
37 Book VII, Part 3, Laudonnière’s Search for the Colonists
38 Book VII, Part 4, Capture of Fort Caroline by the Spaniards
39 Book VIII, Sir Humphrey Gilbert (1583)
40 Book IX, The Lost Colonies of Virginia (1584‒1590). Part 1, The First Voyage to Virginia
41 Book IX, Part 2, Visit to an Indian Princess
42 Book IX, Part 3, Adventures of the First Virginia Colony
43 Book IX, Part 4, The Second English Colony in Virginia
44 Book IX, Part 5, Search for the Lost Colony
45 Book X, Unsuccessful New England Settlements (1602‒1607). Part 1, Gosnold’s Fort at Cuttyhunk
46 Book X, Part 2, Captain Waymouth explores the Penobscot
47 Book X, Part 3, The Popham Colony on the Kennebec
48 Book X, Part 4, Captain Gilbert’s Adventure with Indians
49 Book XI, Captain John Smith (1606‒1631). Part 1, The Virginia Colony
50 Book XI, Part 2, The Colonists
51 Book XI, Part 3, Captain Smith’s Capture by Indians
52 Book XI, Part 4, Captain Smith and Pocahontas
53 Book XI, Part 5, King Powhatan
54 Book XI, Part 6, A Virginia Princess
55 Book XI, Part 7, An Indian Dance in Virginia
56 Book XI, Part 8, Indian Children
57 Book XI, Part 9, “The Planter’s Pleasure and Profit”
58 Book XI, part 10, The Glories of Fishing
59 Book XI, part 11, Visit of Pocahontas to London
60 Book XI, Part 12, First Buildings of the Virginia Colonists
61 Book XI, Part 13, Captain Smith’s Recollections
62 Book XII, Champlain on the War-Path (1609)
63 Book XIII, Henry Hudson and the New Netherlands (1609‒1626). Part 1, Discovery of the Hudson River
64 Book XIII, Part 2, Indian Traditions of Hudson’s Arrival
65 Book XIII, Part 3, Hudson’s Last Voyage, and how he was set adrift in the Ice
66 Book XIII, Part 4, Dutch Settlement of the New Netherlands
67 Book XIV, The Pilgrims at Plymouth (1620‒1621). Part 1, Sailing of the Pilgrims
68 Book XIV, Part 2, Miles Standish at Cape Cod
69 Book XIV, Part 3, The First Encounter
70 Book, XIV, Part 4, The Landing on Plymouth Rock
71 Book XIV, Part 5, Plymouth Village founded
72 Book XIV, Part 6, “Welcome, Englishmen!”
73 Book XV, The Massachusetts Bay Colony (1629‒1631). Part 1, Voyage of the Massachusetts Colonists
74 Book XV, Part 2, The Puritans in Salem Harbor
75 Book XV, Part 3, The Four Elements in New England
76 Book XV, Part 4, A Sea-Adventure of the Puritans
77 Book XV, Part 5, Governor Winthrop’s Night out of Doors
78 Book XV, Part 6, The Privations of the Puritans
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