Discovery & Exploration of America: 1000 - 1542: Volume 1 (Original Source Series) - Tapa blanda

Volume I of the Original Source Series by PowerThink Publishing, offers you the seeds of American culture, traditions, and distinctive history as rooted in the original words of the explorers. From them we gain the correct version of events as they happened; not some interpretation of scholars, nor revisionist speculation by agenda driven communities of our day, but actual first-hand accounts of the discovery of America. Those first discoveries and explorations branched into colonies, then states, and finally the United States of America. By peering into the window of the explorer’s lives we understand their backgrounds and driving force, and thus our present day inheritance as a nation. Indeed, the national family tree is made up of a diversity of cultures, ethnicities, and belief systems, springing from the identities and motivations of these first explorers, all which have come together to make something unique in all the world. Everywhere this “thing” is now simply known by the proper title, “American.” Enjoy the first hand accounts; the letters, diaries, and correspondence, of those who knew America before it became colonies of foreign powers in this volume of original source history. Included Works: · Pre-Columbian Voyages by John Fiske · The Men from Asia and from Norway by Justin Winsor · Other Pre-Columbian Voyages by Henry Wheaton · The Voyages of the Norsemen From the Saga of Eric the Red · The Voyages to Vinland From the Saga of Eric the Red · The Travels of Marco Polo by John Fiske · Marco Polo's Account of Japan and Java by Marco Polo · Prologue to the Book of Ser Marco Polo by Marco Polo · Early Life of Columbus by Washington Irving · Letters From Toscanelli Approving Columbus' Project by Paul Toscanelli · The Journal of Columbus by Christopher Columbus · Columbus in Spain by Washington Irving · The Discovery by Columbus by Christopher Columbus · The Discovery by Columbus by Irving · The Discovery of America by Ferdinand Columbus · The Letter of Columbus to Luis De Sant Angel Announcing His Discovery by Christopher Columbus · Reception of Columbus in Spain by Irving · Papal Bull Dividing the New World by Pope Alexander VI · The Discovery of the Mainland by the Cabots by John A. Doyle · Peter Martyr's Account by Peter Martyr · The Voyages of the Cabots by King Henry VII and Sebastian Cabot · John Cabot's Discovery of North America by Pasqualigo and di Soncino · Amerigo Vespucci's Account of His First Voyage by Amerigo Vespucci · Fourth and Last Voyage of Columbus by Christopher Columbus · The Death of Columbus by Irving · The Naming of America by Waltzee-Muller · Balboa Discovers the Pacific by Manuel Quintana · The Discovery of Florida by Ponce de Leon by Parkman · Ponce de Leon in Florida by George Bancroft · The Origin of Negro Slavery in America by Sir Arthur Helps · The Voyage of Magellan to the Pacific by John Fiske · Verrazzano's Voyage by John de Verrazzano · Cartier's Exploration of the St. Lawrence by John Doyle · Cartier Discovers the St. Lawrence by Jacques Cartier · De Vaca's Journey to New Mexico by Cabeza de Vaca · Searches for "The Seven Cities of Cibola" by Reuben Thwaites · Coronado's Wanderings by Francis Vasques de Coronado · De Soto's Discovery of the Mississippi by Francis Parkman · Death of De Soto by Unknown My Father W. Cleon Skousen, author of The Five Thousand Year Leap, would call this must-have collection of original source documents nothing short of pure gold of the rarest kind. This resource would have spared him decades of clawing through untold stacks and volumes of materials during his research and writing years. He would have treasured these books for that very purpose, and joins me in highly recommending these volumes to scholars and casual readers alike; anyone looking for accurate answers to difficult questions about America, freedom, and our era of unprecedented prosperity. -Paul Skousen, author, speaker, CIA analyst, and Reagan White House intelligence officer