Introductory American HistoryBourne, Henry Eldridge
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Introductory American History
Bourne, Henry Eldridge
United States -- History
Foote and Skinner, Explorers and Founders of America; W.F. Gordy,
Stories of American Explorers; W.E. Griffis, The Romance of
Discovery; Haaren and Poland, Famous Men of Modern Times; Higginson,
Young Folks' Book of American Explorers; Jeannette B. Hodgdon, A
First Course in American History, Book I; W.H. Johnson, The World's
Discoverers, 2 volumes; Lawyer, The Story of Columbus and Magellan;
Lummis, The Spanish Pioneers; Mara L. Pratt, America's Story for
America's Children, Book 2; Gertrude V.D. Southworth, Builders of
our Country, Book I; Rosa V. Winterburn, The Spanish in the
Southwest.
_(c) Stories of explorations as told by the explorers themselves_.
Columbus' own account of his discovery of America is in Hart, Source
Readers in American History, No. 1, pp. 4-7. Early accounts of John
Cabot's discovery and of Drake's Voyage in Hart, Source Readers, No.
1, pp. 7-10, 23-25. The Death and Burial of De Soto as described by
one of his followers, in Hart, Source Readers, pp. 16-19. The Old
South Leaflets, No. 20, Coronado; Nos. 29 and 31, Columbus; No. 31,
the Voyages to Vinland; No. 35, Cortes' Account of the City of
Mexico; No. 36, The Death of De Soto; Nos. 37 and 115, the Voyages
of the Cabots; No. 89, The Founding of St. Augustine; No. 92, The
First Voyage to Roanoke; No. 102, Columbus' Account of Cuba; No.
116, Sir Francis Drake on the Coast of California; No. 118,
Gilbert's Expedition; No. 119, Raleigh's Colony at Roanoke.
_(d) The Stories of Indian Life in Spanish America,_ of Cortes,
Coronado, and the Seven Cities of Cibola, and of the Missions. (See
Rosa V. Winterburn, The Spanish in the Southwest.)
INDEX
Acropolis,
Africa, explored,
Aldine Press,
Alexander the Great,
Alexandria,
founded,
end of trade route,
Alfred, King,
Alps,
Hannibal crosses,
Alva, in Netherlands,
America,
discovered by Columbus,
origin of name,
Amphitheater,
at Rome,
Arles,
Anglo-Saxons,
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle,
Apollo,
Aqueducts,
Roman,
Aztec,
Arabic numerals,
Arabs,
see Mohammedans,
Arches,
Roman,
triumphal,
Gothic,
in Renaissance,
Architecture,
Greek,
Roman,
early Church,
Mediaeval,
Renaissance,
Aristocracy,
origin of,
Armada (ar-ma'da),
expedition of,
Arms, Athenian,
Gallic,
Mediaeval,
Aztec,
Arthur, King,
Astrolabe,
Athens,
Augustus, Emperor,
Azores,
Aztecs,
Bahama Islands,
Balboa (balbo'a),
Basilicas,
Bayeux tapestry (ba-yu),
Beggars of the Sea,
Black Sea,
Bologna (bo-lon'ya),
University of,
Boniface,
Books,
Greek,
carried to Italy,
see printing,
Borromeo (bor-ro-me'o),
Boxing, Greek,
Britain,
name changed to England,
Byzantium (bi-zan'shi-um),
founded,
named Constantinople,
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