Great Epochs in American History, Volume I | Francis Whiting Halsey

This is the first volume in ten volume series of great epochs in the history of the United States, from the landing of Columbus to the building of the Panama Canal. In large part, events composing each epoch are described by men who participated in them, or were personal eye-witnesses of them. Volume I describes the early period from 1000 AD to 1682. Contents: 00 Preface 01 Introduction 02 Discoveries before Columbus I: The men from Asia and from Norway by Justin Winsor 03 Discoveries before Columbus II: How the Norwegians came to Winland (1000 AD) 04 Discoveries before Columbus III: The first child of European race born in America (About 1000 AD) 05 Discoveries before Columbus IV: Other Pre-columbian voyages by Henry Wheaton 06 The Discovery by Columbus (1492) I: as described by Washington Irving 07 The Discovery by Columbus (1492) II: as described by Columbus himself 08 The Bull of Pope Alexander VI partitioning America (1493) 09 The discovery of the mainland by the Cabots (1497) I: the account given by John A. Doyle 10 The discovery of the mainland by the Cabots (1497) II: Peter Martyr's account 11 The voyages of Americus Vespucius (1497): Vespuciu's own account 12 A battle wih the Indians (1497) as described by Americus Vecpucius 13 The first account of America printed in English (1511) 14 The discovery of Florida by Ponce de Leon (1512): Parkman's account 15 The discovery of the Pacific by Balboa (1513): the account by Manuel Jose Quintana 16 The voyage of Magellan to the Pacific (1520): John Fiske's account 17 The discovery of New York harbor by Verazzano (1524): Verazzano's own account 18 Cartier's exploration of the St. Lawrence (1534) I: the account given by John A. Doyle 19 Cartier's exploration of the St. Lawrence (1534) II: Cartier's own account 20 Searches for "The seven cities of Cibola" (1530-1540): the account by Reuben Gold Thwaites 21 Cabeza de Vaca's journey to the Southwest (1535-1536): de Vaca's own account 22 The expedition of Coronado to the Southwest (1540-1541): Coronado's own account 23 The discovery of the Mississippi by de Soto (1541): Parkman's account 24 The death of de Soto (1542) by one of de Soto's companions 25 Drake's visit to California (1579) by one of Drake's companions 26 Hudson's discovery of the Hudson river (1609) by Robert Juet, Hudson's secretary 27 Champlain's battle with the Iroquois on lake Champlain (1609) by Champlain himself 28 Marquette's discovery of the Mississippi (1673): Marquette's own account 29 The death of Marquette (1675) by Father Claude Dablon 30 Discovery of Niagara Falls (1678) by Father Louis Hennepin 31 La Salle's voyage to the mouth of the Mississippi (1682) by Francis Parkman