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Great Epochs in American History, Volume I

This is the first volume in ten volume series of great epochs in the history of the United States, from the landing of Columbus to the building of the Panama Canal. In large part, events composing each epoch are described by men who participated in them, or were personal eye-witnesses of them. Volume I describes the early period from 1000 AD to 1682. - Summary by Kikisaulite

Year of Publication: 1916Genres: History , *Non-fiction

Running Time: 06 hours 03 minutes 57 seconds

#	Chapter Name
1	Preface BettyB	3:13
2	Introduction BettyB	8:40
3	Discoveries before Columbus I: The men from Asia and from Norway by Justin Winsor BettyB	12:04
4	Discoveries before Columbus II: How the Norwegians came to Winland (1000 AD) Linda Johnson	13:16
5	Discoveries before Columbus III: The first child of European race born in America (About 1000 AD) Linda Johnson	5:37
6	Discoveries before Columbus IV: Other Pre-columbian voyages by Henry Wheaton Linda Johnson	4:18
7	The Discovery by Columbus (1492) I: as described by Washington Irving Anita Sloma-Martinez	13:42
8	The Discovery by Columbus (1492) II: as described by Columbus himself Michael Fassio	12:36
9	The Bull of Pope Alexander VI partitioning America (1493) Linda Johnson	13:41
10	The discovery of the mainland by the Cabots (1497) I: the account given by John A. Doyle Ciufi Galeazzi	8:30
11	The discovery of the mainland by the Cabots (1497) II: Peter Martyr's account Ciufi Galeazzi	4:55
12	The voyages of Americus Vespucius (1497): Vespuciu's own account Michael Fassio	15:19
13	A battle wih the Indians (1497) as described by Americus Vecpucius Michael Fassio	6:27
14	The first account of America printed in English (1511) Rita Boutros	3:57
15	The discovery of Florida by Ponce de Leon (1512): Parkman's account Larry Wilson	6:00
16	The discovery of the Pacific by Balboa (1513): the account by Manuel Jose Quintana Rita Boutros	14:43
17	The voyage of Magellan to the Pacific (1520): John Fiske's account timli	22:48
18	The discovery of New York harbor by Verazzano (1524): Verazzano's own account Michael Fassio	19:10
19	Cartier's exploration of the St.Lawrence (1534) I: the account given by John A. Doyle Rita Boutros	11:24
20	Cartier's exploration of the St.Lawrence (1534) II: Cartier's own account Rita Boutros	15:41
21	Searches for "The seven cities of Cibola" (1530-1540): the account by Reuben Gold Thwaites Ciufi Galeazzi	8:02
22	Cabeza de Vaca's journey to the Southwest (1535-1536): de Vaca's own account Bill Mosley	19:44
23	The expedition of Coronado to the Southwest (1540-1541): Coronado's own account Bill Mosley	28:43
24	The discovery of the Mississippi by de Soto (1541): Parkman's account Jddykst	7:53
25	The death of de Soto (1542) by one of de Soto's companions Bill Mosley	8:08
26	Drake's visit to California (1579) by one of Drake's companions Ciufi Galeazzi	19:42
27	Hudson's discovery of the Hudson river (1609) by Robert Juet, Hudson's secretary BettyB	16:01
28	Champlain's battle with the Iroquois on lake Champlain (1609) by Champlain himself BettyB	9:17
29	Marquette's discovery of the Mississippi (1673): Marquette's own account BettyB	10:30
30	The death of Marquette (1675) by Father Claude Dablon BettyB	4:41
31	Discovery of Niagara Falls (1678) by Father Louis Hennepin Michael Fassio	3:16
32	La Salle's voyage to the mouth of the Mississippi (1682) by Francis Parkman BettyB	11:59