The Bull of Pope Alexander VI partitioning America (1493)

History

Great Epochs in American History, Volume I

by Francis Whiting HALSEY (1851 - 1919)

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:
The discovery of the mainland by the Cabots (1497) II: Peter Martyr's account , Cartier's exploration of the St.Lawrence (1534) II: Cartier's own account , A battle wih the Indians (1497) as described by Americus Vecpucius , Cabeza de Vaca's journey to the Southwest (1535-1536): de Vaca's own account , Cartier's exploration of the St.Lawrence (1534) I: the account given by John A. Doyle , 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 , Searches for "The seven cities of Cibola" (1530-1540): the account by Reuben Gold Thwaites , 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 Florida by Ponce de Leon (1512): Parkman's account , The discovery of New York harbor by Verazzano (1524): Verazzano's own account , The discovery of the mainland by the Cabots (1497) I: the account given by John A. Doyle , The discovery of the Mississippi by de Soto (1541): Parkman's account , The discovery of the Pacific by Balboa (1513): the account by Manuel Jose Quintana , The expedition of Coronado to the Southwest (1540-1541): Coronado's own account , The first account of America printed in English (1511) , The voyage of Magellan to the Pacific (1520): John Fiske's account , The voyages of Americus Vespucius (1497): Vespuciu's own account