Volume I Part 1 (2/2)

Arts.

Fate of the Mound-builders.

The Indians.

Their Number.

Degree of Civilization.

Power of Endurance.

Religion.

The Various Nations.

Original Brute Inhabitants of North America.

Plants, Fruits, and Trees.

Indian Agriculture.

Part First

THE FORE-HISTORY

PERIOD I

DISCOVERY AND SETTLEMENT

1492-1660

CHAPTER 1. COLUMBUS.

Bretons and Normans in the New World.

The Northmen Question.

Marco Polo's Travels.

His Pictures of Eastern Asia.

Influence on Columbus.

Early Life of Columbus.

His Cruises and Studies.

Asia to be Reached by Sailing West.

Appeals for Aid.

Rebuffs.

Success.

Sails from Palos.

The Voyage.

America Discovered.

Columbus's Later Voyages and Discoveries.

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