Bold Explorers in the New World, 1450 to 1733
By: contributors, Daniel Powell, William M. McCarthy, Pearl J. Slaton, Earl Schenck Miers, Jerry Wolfert ; special consultants, Bernard S. Miller, Kenneth W. Lund, Kenneth L. Peters
Series: Pictorial encyclopedia of American history ; v. 1
Publisher: United States History Society, Inc.
Published: 1962
Place of publication: Skokie, IL
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Copyright date: 1962
Table of contents: title: Foreword; title: Changes in the Old World led to the discovery of the New; title: A pathfinder of the seas; title: A new route to India; title: The world as they saw it in 1490; title: Christopher Columbus; title: Treasure chest of the Orient; title: England entered the New World picture; title: The new lands were named; title: Dream of a fountain of youth; title: Another striking horizon; title: A voyage around the world; title: Cortez found the treasures; title: Cruel and bloody fighting; title: France joined the competition for the New World; title: Across America on foot; title: Spain's richest plunder; title: Up a great river; title: The mighty Mississippi; title: The "Seven Cities of Cibola"; title: Spanish influence leaves its mark on the New World; title: England was stirred awake; title: The first city built north of the Mexican border; title: Prey of the sea raiders; title: Terror of the Spanish main; title: Drake broke all the rules; title: Sir Walter Raleigh; title: A baby was born; title: A mighty Spanish armada; title: All England was prepared; title: England founded its first permanent colony; title: New France was born; title: France's hold on its new province; title: A determined leader; title: A wide river and a bleak bay; title: Different goals sent Europeans hurrying to American shores; title: Family life in Virginia; title: The first Negro workers; title: A new spirit of self-rule; title: England's second colony in America; title: The Pilgrims chose Plymouth; title: A time for Thanksgiving; title: New Netherland's expansion; title: New English colonies; title: Strict and often harsh rules; title: Private ownership of a colony; title: Education was not left behind; title: Outspoken criticism of New England churches; title: The first college in the American colonies; title: Connecticut adopted the first formal constitution in an American colony; title: New England colonies united; title: Democracy planted its roots on American soil; title: England's navigation acts restricted American trade; title: England took New Netherland from the Dutch; title: The Mississippi River was explored by the French; title: The French had a bitter foe; title: Farming and warfare occupied the Indians; title: Friendly Indians helped early settlers survive; title: Tempers flared in Virginia; title: Persecuted Quakers; title: LaSalle drove a French wedge through mid-America; title: Witchcraft fear hysteria swept New England colonies; title: Cunning pirates roamed the oceans; title: The Boston News-Letter; title: Colonial literature and art; title: North America's last corner; title: England's thirteenth colony; title: Wide variety of workers earned their living in the New World; title: The beachhead for democracy in 1733!