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Book of American Explorers

This book tells the story of exploration in America in the words of the explorers themselves. It consists of extracts from narratives of the early discoverers and explorers of the American continent from the Northmen in 10th century to 17th century Massachusets Bay Colony. - Summary by Kikisaulite

Year of Publication: 1877Genres: History , Exploration , *Non-fiction

Running Time: 09 hours 54 minutes 45 seconds

#	Chapter Name
1	Preface Larry Wilson	2:57
2	Book I, The Legends of the Northmen (985‒1008). Part 1, How the Northmen discovered North America Phil Schempf	6:32
3	Book I, Part 2, The Voyage of Leif the Lucky Phil Schempf	4:14
4	Book I, Part 3, Leif finds Vines, and goes back to Greenland Phil Schempf	2:57
5	Book I, Part 4, Thorvald, Leif’s Brother, goes to Vinland Phil Schempf	4:46
6	Book I, Part 5, Karlsefni’s Adventures Phil Schempf	5:08
7	Book II, Columbus and his Companions (1492‒1503). Part 1, The First Letter from Columbus Pete McElveen	12:51
8	Book II, Part 2, The Second Voyage of Columbus Pete McElveen	8:47
9	Book II, Part 3, Columbus reaches the Mainland Pete McElveen	5:16
10	Book II, Part 4, Columbus at the Mouth of the Orinoco Pete McElveen	3:50
11	Book II, Part 5, Columbus thinks himself near the Earthly Paradise Pete McElveen	4:51
12	Book II, Part 6, Daring Deed of Diego Mendez Deon Gines	7:35
13	Book II, Part 7, How Diego Mendez got Food for Columbus Deon Gines	7:15
14	Book II, Part 8, How Diego Mendez saved Columbus Deon Gines	12:17
15	Book II, Part 9, Appeal of Columbus in his Old Age Deon Gines	5:07
16	Book III, Cabot and Verrazzano (1497‒1524). Part 1, First News of John and Sebastian Cabot John	3:50
17	Book III, Part 2, Sebastian Cabot’s Voyage John	6:15
18	Book III, Part 3, Verrazzano’s Letter to the King John	17:33
19	Book IV, The Strange Voyage of Cabeza de Vaca (1528‒1533). Part 1, The Strange Voyage Elsie Selwyn	14:06
20	Book IV, Part 2, Cabeza de Vaca saved by Indians Elsie Selwyn	7:16
21	Book IV, Part 3, Cabeza de Vaca’s Captivity Elsie Selwyn	5:59
22	Book IV, Part 4, The Indians of the Gulf of Mexico Elsie Selwyn	2:58
23	Book IV, Part 5, Cabeza de Vaca’s Escape Elsie Selwyn	5:29
24	Book V, The French in Canada (1534‒1536). Part 1, Cartier’s Visit to Bay of Chaleur Sabrina Antonelli	6:01
25	Book V, Part 2, Cartier sets up a Cross Rita Boutros	4:04
26	Book V, Part 3, Cartier ascends the St. Lawrence Rita Boutros	7:59
27	Book V, Part 4, How the Indians tried to frighten Cartier Rita Boutros	5:13
28	Book V, Part 5, How Cartier reached Hochelaga, now Montreal Rita Boutros	7:20
29	Book V, Part 6, The Festivities at Hochelaga Rita Boutros	8:27
30	Book VI, Adventures of De Soto (1538‒1542). Part 1, How De Soto set sail Rita Boutros	7:01
31	Book VI, Part 2, De Soto attacks the Indians, and finds a Fellow Countryman April6090	4:11
32	Book VI, Part 3, The Story of John Ortiz Deon Gines	10:28
33	Book VI, Part 4, De Soto discovers the Mississippi Deon Gines	7:59
34	Book VI, Part 5, De Soto’s Vain Attempts to reach the Sea Deon Gines	6:45
35	Book VI, Part 6, Death and Burial of De Soto Deon Gines	5:21
36	Book VII, The French in Florida (1562‒1565). Part 1, Jean Ribaut in Florida Duane Desalvo	12:07
37	Book VII, Part 2, Alone in the New World Duane Desalvo	13:24
38	Book VII, Part 3, Laudonnière’s Search for the Colonists Duane Desalvo	5:47
39	Book VII, Part 4, Capture of Fort Caroline by the Spaniards Duane Desalvo	13:18
40	Book VIII, Sir Humphrey Gilbert (1583) Duane Desalvo	10:49
41	Book IX, The Lost Colonies of Virginia (1584‒1590). Part 1, The First Voyage to Virginia Duane Desalvo	12:23
42	Book IX, Part 2, Visit to an Indian Princess April6090	4:50
43	Book IX, Part 3, Adventures of the First Virginia Colony Deon Gines	5:54
44	Book IX, Part 4, The Second English Colony in Virginia Deon Gines	13:15
45	Book IX, Part 5, Search for the Lost Colony Deon Gines	8:20
46	Book X, Unsuccessful New England Settlements (1602‒1607). Part 1, Gosnold’s Fort at Cuttyhunk Deon Gines	21:23
47	Book X, Part 2, Captain Waymouth explores the Penobscot Deon Gines	18:46
48	Book X, Part 3, The Popham Colony on the Kennebec ChadH94	6:50
49	Book X, Part 4, Captain Gilbert’s Adventure with Indians April6090	4:52
50	Book XI, Captain John Smith (1606‒1631). Part 1, The Virginia Colony BettyB	8:01
51	Book XI, Part 2, The Colonists BettyB	3:40
52	Book XI, Part 3, Captain Smith’s Capture by Indians BettyB	7:47
53	Book XI, Part 4, Captain Smith and Pocahontas BettyB	9:02
54	Book XI, Part 5, King Powhatan BettyB	3:46
55	Book XI, Part 6, A Virginia Princess BettyB	2:22
56	Book XI, Part 7, An Indian Dance in Virginia BettyB	2:34
57	Book XI, Part 8, Indian Children BettyB	2:57
58	Book XI, Part 9, “The Planter’s Pleasure and Profit” BettyB	4:10
59	Book XI, part 10, The Glories of Fishing BettyB	4:16
60	Book XI, part 11, Visit of Pocahontas to London BettyB	10:24
61	Book XI, Part 12, First Buildings of the Virginia Colonists BettyB	2:05
62	Book XI, Part 13, Captain Smith’s Recollections BettyB	2:17
63	Book XII, Champlain on the War-Path (1609) Duane Desalvo	16:10
64	Book XIII, Henry Hudson and the New Netherlands (1609‒1626). Part 1, Discovery of the Hudson River KevinS	16:52
65	Book XIII, Part 2, Indian Traditions of Hudson’s Arrival KevinS	10:52
66	Book XIII, Part 3, Hudson’s Last Voyage, and how he was set adrift in the Ice Duane Desalvo	12:55
67	Book XIII, Part 4, Dutch Settlement of the New Netherlands ChadH94	7:27
68	Book XIV, The Pilgrims at Plymouth (1620‒1621). Part 1, Sailing of the Pilgrims Larry Wilson	3:03
69	Book XIV, Part 2, Miles Standish at Cape Cod Larry Wilson	10:32
70	Book XIV, Part 3, The First Encounter Larry Wilson	11:14
71	Book, XIV, Part 4, The Landing on Plymouth Rock Larry Wilson	2:49
72	Book XIV, Part 5, Plymouth Village founded Larry Wilson	7:14
73	Book XIV, Part 6, “Welcome, Englishmen!” Larry Wilson	7:00
74	Book XV, The Massachusetts Bay Colony (1629‒1631). Part 1, Voyage of the Massachusetts Colonists Larry Wilson	5:35
75	Book XV, Part 2, The Puritans in Salem Harbor Larry Wilson	4:30
76	Book XV, Part 3, The Four Elements in New England Larry Wilson	14:02
77	Book XV, Part 4, A Sea-Adventure of the Puritans Larry Wilson	3:56
78	Book XV, Part 5, Governor Winthrop’s Night out of Doors Larry Wilson	2:03
79	Book XV, Part 6, The Privations of the Puritans Larry Wilson	4:34