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Start of eBook	1
THE FIRST ACCOUNT OF AMERICA PRINTED IN ENGLISH	1
VOYAGES OF DISCOVERY AND EARLY EXPLORATIONS	1
DISCOVERIES BEFORE COLUMBUS	1
I	1
BY JUSTIN WINSOR	1
II	5
III	9
IV	10
BY HENRY WHEATON	10
THE DISCOVERY BY COLUMBUS	11
I	11
II	15
THE BULL OF POPE ALEXANDER VI. PARTITIONING AMERICA[1]	20
THE DISCOVERY OF THE MAINLAND BY THE CABOTS	24
I	24
II	26
THE VOYAGES OF AMERICUS VESPUCIUS	28
A BATTLE WITH THE INDIANS	34
THE FIRST ACCOUNT OF AMERICA PRINTED IN ENGLISH[1]	36
THE DISCOVERY OF FLORIDA BY PONCE DE LEON	36
THE DISCOVERY OF THE PACIFIC BY BALBOA	38
THE VOYAGE OF MAGELLAN TO THE PACIFIC	43
THE DISCOVERY OF NEW YORK HARBOR BY VERAZZANO	48
CARTIER’S EXPLORATION OF THE ST. LAWRENCE	54
I	54
II	57
SEARCHES FOR “THE SEVEN CITIES OF CIBOLA”	61
CABEZA DE VACA’S JOURNEY TO THE SOUTHWEST	64
THE EXPEDITION OF CORONADO TO THE SOUTHWEST	69
THE DISCOVERY OF THE MISSISSIPPI BY DE SOTO	76
THE DEATH OF DE SOTO	79
DRAKE’S VISIT TO CALIFORNIA	80
HUDSON’S DISCOVERY OF THE HUDSON RIVER	87
CHAMPLAIN’S BATTLE WITH THE IROQUOIS ON LAKE CHAMPLAIN	92
MARQUETTE’S DISCOVERY OF THE MISSISSIPPI	96
THE DEATH OF MARQUETTE	100
DISCOVERY OF NIAGARA FALLS	101
LA SALLE’S VOYAGE TO THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI	103
END OF VOL. I	107

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