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A Book of American Explorers

Thomas Wentworth Higginson (1823 - 1911)

This book tells the story of exploration in America in the words of the explorers themselves. It consists of extracts from narratives of the early discoverers and explorers of the American continent from the Northmen in 10th century to 17th century Massachusets Bay Colony. - Summary by Kikisaulite

Genre(s): *Non-fiction, History, Exploration

Language: English

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 00	Preface	Larry Wilson	00:02:57
Play 01	Book I, The Legends of the Northmen (985‒1008). Part 1, How the Northmen discovered North America	Phil Schempf	00:06:32
Play 02	Book I, Part 2, The Voyage of Leif the Lucky	Phil Schempf	00:04:14
Play 03	Book I, Part 3, Leif finds Vines, and goes back to Greenland	Phil Schempf	00:02:57
Play 04	Book I, Part 4, Thorvald, Leif’s Brother, goes to Vinland	Phil Schempf	00:04:46
Play 05	Book I, Part 5, Karlsefni’s Adventures	Phil Schempf	00:05:08
Play 06	Book II, Columbus and his Companions (1492‒1503). Part 1, The First Letter from Columbus	Pete McElveen	00:12:51
Play 07	Book II, Part 2, The Second Voyage of Columbus	Pete McElveen	00:08:47
Play 08	Book II, Part 3, Columbus reaches the Mainland	Pete McElveen	00:05:16
Play 09	Book II, Part 4, Columbus at the Mouth of the Orinoco	Pete McElveen	00:03:50
Play 10	Book II, Part 5, Columbus thinks himself near the Earthly Paradise	Pete McElveen	00:04:51
Play 11	Book II, Part 6, Daring Deed of Diego Mendez	Deon Gines	00:07:35
Play 12	Book II, Part 7, How Diego Mendez got Food for Columbus	Deon Gines	00:07:15
Play 13	Book II, Part 8, How Diego Mendez saved Columbus	Deon Gines	00:12:17
Play 14	Book II, Part 9, Appeal of Columbus in his Old Age	Deon Gines	00:05:07
Play 15	Book III, Cabot and Verrazzano (1497‒1524). Part 1, First News of John and Sebastian Cabot	John	00:03:50
Play 16	Book III, Part 2, Sebastian Cabot’s Voyage	John	00:06:15
Play 17	Book III, Part 3, Verrazzano’s Letter to the King	John	00:17:33
Play 18	Book IV, The Strange Voyage of Cabeza de Vaca (1528‒1533). Part 1, The Strange Voyage	Elsie Selwyn	00:14:06
Play 19	Book IV, Part 2, Cabeza de Vaca saved by Indians	Elsie Selwyn	00:07:16
Play 20	Book IV, Part 3, Cabeza de Vaca’s Captivity	Elsie Selwyn	00:05:59
Play 21	Book IV, Part 4, The Indians of the Gulf of Mexico	Elsie Selwyn	00:02:58
Play 22	Book IV, Part 5, Cabeza de Vaca’s Escape	Elsie Selwyn	00:05:29
Play 23	Book V, The French in Canada (1534‒1536). Part 1, Cartier’s Visit to Bay of Chaleur	Sabrina Antonelli	00:06:01
Play 24	Book V, Part 2, Cartier sets up a Cross	Rita Boutros	00:04:04
Play 25	Book V, Part 3, Cartier ascends the St. Lawrence	Rita Boutros	00:07:59
Play 26	Book V, Part 4, How the Indians tried to frighten Cartier	Rita Boutros	00:05:13
Play 27	Book V, Part 5, How Cartier reached Hochelaga, now Montreal	Rita Boutros	00:07:20
Play 28	Book V, Part 6, The Festivities at Hochelaga	Rita Boutros	00:08:27
Play 29	Book VI, Adventures of De Soto (1538‒1542). Part 1, How De Soto set sail	Rita Boutros	00:07:01
Play 30	Book VI, Part 2, De Soto attacks the Indians, and finds a Fellow Countryman	April6090	00:04:11
Play 31	Book VI, Part 3, The Story of John Ortiz	Deon Gines	00:10:28
Play 32	Book VI, Part 4, De Soto discovers the Mississippi	Deon Gines	00:07:59
Play 33	Book VI, Part 5, De Soto’s Vain Attempts to reach the Sea	Deon Gines	00:06:45
Play 34	Book VI, Part 6, Death and Burial of De Soto	Deon Gines	00:05:21
Play 35	Book VII, The French in Florida (1562‒1565). Part 1, Jean Ribaut in Florida	Duane Desalvo	00:12:07
Play 36	Book VII, Part 2, Alone in the New World	Duane Desalvo	00:13:24
Play 37	Book VII, Part 3, Laudonnière’s Search for the Colonists	Duane Desalvo	00:05:47
Play 38	Book VII, Part 4, Capture of Fort Caroline by the Spaniards	Duane Desalvo	00:13:18
Play 39	Book VIII, Sir Humphrey Gilbert (1583)	Duane Desalvo	00:10:49
Play 40	Book IX, The Lost Colonies of Virginia (1584‒1590). Part 1, The First Voyage to Virginia	Duane Desalvo	00:12:23
Play 41	Book IX, Part 2, Visit to an Indian Princess	April6090	00:04:50
Play 42	Book IX, Part 3, Adventures of the First Virginia Colony	Deon Gines	00:05:54
Play 43	Book IX, Part 4, The Second English Colony in Virginia	Deon Gines	00:13:15
Play 44	Book IX, Part 5, Search for the Lost Colony	Deon Gines	00:08:20
Play 45	Book X, Unsuccessful New England Settlements (1602‒1607). Part 1, Gosnold’s Fort at Cuttyhunk	Deon Gines	00:21:23
Play 46	Book X, Part 2, Captain Waymouth explores the Penobscot	Deon Gines	00:18:46
Play 47	Book X, Part 3, The Popham Colony on the Kennebec	ChadH94	00:06:50
Play 48	Book X, Part 4, Captain Gilbert’s Adventure with Indians	April6090	00:04:52
Play 49	Book XI, Captain John Smith (1606‒1631). Part 1, The Virginia Colony	BettyB	00:08:01
Play 50	Book XI, Part 2, The Colonists	BettyB	00:03:40
Play 51	Book XI, Part 3, Captain Smith’s Capture by Indians	BettyB	00:07:47
Play 52	Book XI, Part 4, Captain Smith and Pocahontas	BettyB	00:09:02
Play 53	Book XI, Part 5, King Powhatan	BettyB	00:03:46
Play 54	Book XI, Part 6, A Virginia Princess	BettyB	00:02:22
Play 55	Book XI, Part 7, An Indian Dance in Virginia	BettyB	00:02:34
Play 56	Book XI, Part 8, Indian Children	BettyB	00:02:57
Play 57	Book XI, Part 9, “The Planter’s Pleasure and Profit”	BettyB	00:04:10
Play 58	Book XI, part 10, The Glories of Fishing	BettyB	00:04:16
Play 59	Book XI, part 11, Visit of Pocahontas to London	BettyB	00:10:24
Play 60	Book XI, Part 12, First Buildings of the Virginia Colonists	BettyB	00:02:05
Play 61	Book XI, Part 13, Captain Smith’s Recollections	BettyB	00:02:17
Play 62	Book XII, Champlain on the War-Path (1609)	Duane Desalvo	00:16:10
Play 63	Book XIII, Henry Hudson and the New Netherlands (1609‒1626). Part 1, Discovery of the Hudson River	KevinS	00:16:52
Play 64	Book XIII, Part 2, Indian Traditions of Hudson’s Arrival	KevinS	00:10:52
Play 65	Book XIII, Part 3, Hudson’s Last Voyage, and how he was set adrift in the Ice	Duane Desalvo	00:12:55
Play 66	Book XIII, Part 4, Dutch Settlement of the New Netherlands	ChadH94	00:07:27
Play 67	Book XIV, The Pilgrims at Plymouth (1620‒1621). Part 1, Sailing of the Pilgrims	Larry Wilson	00:03:03
Play 68	Book XIV, Part 2, Miles Standish at Cape Cod	Larry Wilson	00:10:32
Play 69	Book XIV, Part 3, The First Encounter	Larry Wilson	00:11:14
Play 70	Book, XIV, Part 4, The Landing on Plymouth Rock	Larry Wilson	00:02:49
Play 71	Book XIV, Part 5, Plymouth Village founded	Larry Wilson	00:07:14
Play 72	Book XIV, Part 6, “Welcome, Englishmen!”	Larry Wilson	00:07:00
Play 73	Book XV, The Massachusetts Bay Colony (1629‒1631). Part 1, Voyage of the Massachusetts Colonists	Larry Wilson	00:05:35
Play 74	Book XV, Part 2, The Puritans in Salem Harbor	Larry Wilson	00:04:30
Play 75	Book XV, Part 3, The Four Elements in New England	Larry Wilson	00:14:02
Play 76	Book XV, Part 4, A Sea-Adventure of the Puritans	Larry Wilson	00:03:56
Play 77	Book XV, Part 5, Governor Winthrop’s Night out of Doors	Larry Wilson	00:02:03
Play 78	Book XV, Part 6, The Privations of the Puritans	Larry Wilson	00:04:34

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