A Book of American Explorers

Name: A Book of American Explorers
Author: Higginson, Thomas Wentworth

Higginson, Thomas Wentworth

America -- Discovery and exploration; United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775

Saint Cler, Monsieur, 162.
    Salem (Mass.) harbor, 343, 349.
    Samoset, 337.
    Sanchez, Raphael, 19.
    Satouriona, 157, 158.
    Scribner’s Monthly, on “Pocahontas,” 245.
    Sea-adventure of Puritans, 355.
    Shakspeare, William, 55, 221.
    Skraelings, The, 13, 14.
    Smith, Buckingham, 72.
      Captain John, 200, 229‒266.
    Snorri, 14.
    Southey’s “History of Brazil,” 96.
    Sparks, Jared, 142.
    Spicer, Edward, 191.
    Stadacona (Quebec), 104.
    Staffe, Philip, 302.
    Stafford, Master, 192.
    Standish, Miles, 312‒319.
    Stowe, John, 57.
    Strachey, William, 200, 202, 222, 230, 245.
    Stukely, Sir Thomas, 263.


                                  T.

    Taignoagny, 105, 106, 107, 109, 110.
    Tellez, Captain, 77, 81.
    Theodoro, Don, 76.
    Thomas, John, 298, 300, 301.
    Thorvald, 10‒12.
    Tilley, Edward, 314, 319.
    Tobacco used by Indians, 336.
    Tyrker, 8.


                                  U.

    Ucita, 127, 128, 129, 130.


                                  V.

    Vaca, Cabeza (or Cabeça) de, Voyage of, 71‒94, 122.
    Vasconselos, Andrew de, 122, 124.
    Verrazzano, John de, Letter of, 60‒69, 54, 99.
    Vetamatomakkin, 261.
    Vinland, 2, 9, 10.
    Virginia, Colonies in, 186, 189, 229, 263.


                                  W.

    Wassenaer’s “Historie van Europa,” 280.
    Water of New England, The, 349.
    Waymouth, Captain George, Voyage of, 202, 213‒221.
    “Welcome, Englishmen!” 333.
    White, Governor John, 189, 196.
    Whittier’s “Norsemen,” 2.
    Wilson, William, 296, 298, 299, 300, 302.
    Wingfield, E. M., 231, 233.
    Wingma, 180.
    Winslow, Governor Edward, 310.
    Winthrop, Governor John, 355, 357, 360.
    Worthington, William, 59.
    Wydhouse, Thomas, 302.


                                  Y.

    Young’s “Chronicles of Plymouth,” 310;
      of Massachusetts, 340.




           _UNIFORM WITH THE “BOOK OF AMERICAN EXPLORERS.”_

                             YOUNG FOLKS’
                     HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES.

                                  BY

                      THOMAS WENTWORTH HIGGINSON.

    Square 16mo. 380 pp. With over 100 Illustrations. Price $1.50.


_The theory of the book can be briefly stated: it is, that American
history is in itself one of the most attractive of all subjects,
and can be made interesting to old and young by being presented in a
simple, clear, and graphic way. In this book only such names and dates
are introduced as are necessary to secure a clear and definite thread
of connected incident in the mind of the reader; and the space thus
saved is devoted to illustrative traits and incidents, and the details
of daily living. By this means it is believed that much more can
be conveyed, even of the philosophy of history, than where this is
overlaid and hidden by a mass of mere statistics._

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History

A Book of American Explorers

Higginson, Thomas Wentworth

America -- Discovery and exploration; United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775

Saint Cler, Monsieur, 162.
    Salem (Mass.) harbor, 343, 349.
    Samoset, 337.
    Sanchez, Raphael, 19.
    Satouriona, 157, 158.
    Scribner’s Monthly, on “Pocahontas,” 245.
    Sea-adventure of Puritans, 355.
    Shakspeare, William, 55, 221.
    Skraelings, The, 13, 14.
    Smith, Buckingham, 72.
      Captain John, 200, 229‒266.
    Snorri, 14.
    Southey’s “History of Brazil,” 96.
    Sparks, Jared, 142.
    Spicer, Edward, 191.
    Stadacona (Quebec), 104.
    Staffe, Philip, 302.
    Stafford, Master, 192.
    Standish, Miles, 312‒319.
    Stowe, John, 57.
    Strachey, William, 200, 202, 222, 230, 245.
    Stukely, Sir Thomas, 263.


                                  T.

    Taignoagny, 105, 106, 107, 109, 110.
    Tellez, Captain, 77, 81.
    Theodoro, Don, 76.
    Thomas, John, 298, 300, 301.
    Thorvald, 10‒12.
    Tilley, Edward, 314, 319.
    Tobacco used by Indians, 336.
    Tyrker, 8.


                                  U.

    Ucita, 127, 128, 129, 130.


                                  V.

    Vaca, Cabeza (or Cabeça) de, Voyage of, 71‒94, 122.
    Vasconselos, Andrew de, 122, 124.
    Verrazzano, John de, Letter of, 60‒69, 54, 99.
    Vetamatomakkin, 261.
    Vinland, 2, 9, 10.
    Virginia, Colonies in, 186, 189, 229, 263.


                                  W.

    Wassenaer’s “Historie van Europa,” 280.
    Water of New England, The, 349.
    Waymouth, Captain George, Voyage of, 202, 213‒221.
    “Welcome, Englishmen!” 333.
    White, Governor John, 189, 196.
    Whittier’s “Norsemen,” 2.
    Wilson, William, 296, 298, 299, 300, 302.
    Wingfield, E. M., 231, 233.
    Wingma, 180.
    Winslow, Governor Edward, 310.
    Winthrop, Governor John, 355, 357, 360.
    Worthington, William, 59.
    Wydhouse, Thomas, 302.


                                  Y.

    Young’s “Chronicles of Plymouth,” 310;
      of Massachusetts, 340.




           _UNIFORM WITH THE “BOOK OF AMERICAN EXPLORERS.”_

                             YOUNG FOLKS’
                     HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES.

                                  BY

                      THOMAS WENTWORTH HIGGINSON.

    Square 16mo. 380 pp. With over 100 Illustrations. Price $1.50.


_The theory of the book can be briefly stated: it is, that American
history is in itself one of the most attractive of all subjects,
and can be made interesting to old and young by being presented in a
simple, clear, and graphic way. In this book only such names and dates
are introduced as are necessary to secure a clear and definite thread
of connected incident in the mind of the reader; and the space thus
saved is devoted to illustrative traits and incidents, and the details
of daily living. By this means it is believed that much more can
be conveyed, even of the philosophy of history, than where this is
overlaid and hidden by a mass of mere statistics._

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

A Book of American Explorers

A Book of American Explorers

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