Great Epochs in American History, Volume I

by Francis Whiting HALSEY (1851 - 1919)

Hudson's discovery of the Hudson river (1609) by Robert Juet, Hudson's secretary

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


Listen next episodes of Great Epochs in American History, Volume I:
Champlain's battle with the Iroquois on lake Champlain (1609) by Champlain himself , Discovery of Niagara Falls (1678) by Father Louis Hennepin , La Salle's voyage to the mouth of the Mississippi (1682) by Francis Parkman , Marquette's discovery of the Mississippi (1673): Marquette's own account , The death of Marquette (1675) by Father Claude Dablon