This work is copiously illustrated with over 600 engravings from original designs, containing over 1000 pages, printed on the first quality of paper, with bold, clear type, and bound in leather binding, with spring back and heavy sides, in the most durable manner. The book should be in the hands of every family in the United States, especially of our adopted citizens, from the shores of the Pacific, on the West, to that of the extreme Atlantic, on the East. No man or woman who wishes to become acquainted with our institutions,--Character, Rise, Progress, and Commerce of our adopted country,--will fail to procure a copy of this work of intrinsic merit. Five hundred active men wanted to circulate this work through the country. PIONEER HEROES OF THE NEW WORLD, Comprising the Lives of the most famous Discoverers, Explorers, and Conquerors of North and South America; an Account of the Foundation of Colonies and the Settlement of States and Provinces; the History of the Sufferings and Privations of the Early Settlers, and their Wars with the Native Inhabitants; a Description of the most important Expeditions of Survey; and a View of the gradual Extension of Discovery and Civilization in the Western Hemisphere. BY HENRY HOWARD BROWNELL, A. M. Our hearts are closely linked to the stirring deeds of our pioneer fathers, and in this volume is found the most reliable and graphic account of their unexampled achievements and thrilling adventures ever written. Transcriber's Notes: Punctuation and spelling were made consistent when a predominant preference was found in this book; otherwise they were not changed. Simple typographical errors were corrected; occasional unbalanced quotation marks retained and are not individually noted here. Ambiguous hyphens at the ends of lines were retained. Page 10: The list of Illustrations is incomplete. Page 227: "beneath his feet" was misprinted as "beneath hi feet" (with extra space where the "s" belongs); corrected here. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Arctic Whaleman, by Lewis Holmes