Pizarro, Who Found the Richest City in the World 23 Coronado, Who Penetrated Southwestern United States but Found Nothing but Beautiful Scenery 24 De Soto, the Discoverer of the Mississippi 24 Magellan, Who Proved that the World Is Round 28 THE MEN WHO MADE AMERICA KNOWN TO ENGLAND AND WHO CHECKED THE PROGRESS OF SPAIN John Cabot also Searches for a Shorter Route to India and Finds the Mainland of North America 34 Sir Francis Drake, the English "Dragon," Who Sailed the Spanish Main and Who "Singed the King of Spain's Beard" 37 Sir Walter Raleigh, the Friend of Elizabeth, Plants a Colony in America to Check the Power of Spain 42 THE MEN WHO PLANTED NEW FRANCE IN AMERICA, FOUNDED QUEBEC, EXPLORED THE GREAT LAKE REGION, AND PENETRATED THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY Samuel de Champlain, the Father of New France 49 Joliet and Marquette, Fur Trader and Missionary, Explore the Mississippi Valley for New France 53 WHAT THE DUTCH ACCOMPLISHED IN THE COLONIZATION OF THE NEW WORLD Henry Hudson, Whose Discoveries Led Dutch Traders to Colonize New Netherland 54 FAMOUS PEOPLE IN EARLY VIRGINIA John Smith the Savior of Virginia, and Pocahontas its Good Angel 60 Lord Baltimore, in a Part of Virginia, Founds Maryland as a Home for Persecuted Catholics and Welcomes Protestants 68 Industries, Manners, and Customs of First Settlers of Virginia 71 PILGRIMS AND PURITANS IN NEW ENGLAND Miles Standish, the Pilgrim Soldier, and the Story of "Plymouth Rock" 73 John Winthrop, the Founder of Boston; John Eliot, the Great English Missionary; and King Philip, an Indian Chief the Equal of the White Man 81 Industries, Manners, and Customs 85 THE MEN WHO PLANTED COLONIES FOR MANY KINDS OF PEOPLE Peter Stuyvesant, the Great Dutch Governor 87 Manners and Customs of New Netherland 91 William Penn, the Quaker, Who Founded the City of Brotherly Love 92 Quaker Ways in Old Pennsylvania 98 James Oglethorpe, the Founder of Georgia as a Home for English Debtors, as a Place for Persecuted Protestants, and as a Barrier against the Spaniards 100 Industries, Manners, and Customs of the Southern Planters 103