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Great Epochs in American History, Volume I

by Francis Whiting HALSEY (1851 - 1919)

Searches for "The seven cities of Cibola" (1530-1540): the account by Reuben Gold Thwaites

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

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Listen next episodes of Great Epochs in American History, Volume I:
Cabeza de Vaca's journey to the Southwest (1535-1536): de Vaca's own account , Champlain's battle with the Iroquois on lake Champlain (1609) by Champlain himself , Discovery of Niagara Falls (1678) by Father Louis Hennepin , Drake's visit to California (1579) by one of Drake's companions , Hudson's discovery of the Hudson river (1609) by Robert Juet, Hudson's secretary , 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 de Soto (1542) by one of de Soto's companions , The death of Marquette (1675) by Father Claude Dablon , The discovery of the Mississippi by de Soto (1541): Parkman's account , The expedition of Coronado to the Southwest (1540-1541): Coronado's own account