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124 of 124 (100%) sections assigned

124 of 124 (100%) sections completed

This project has a dedicated proof-listener who will listen to all sections: Kitty

SectionTitleReaderNotesListen UrlStatus
1 The landing of Columbus, by Petro Gabrini, painting, frontispiece  Kitty PL OK
2 Canada Part I: Discovery and exploration: Historical note  Kitty PL OK
3 What the Italians thought of John Cabot (1498), from two contemporary letters  neecheelok70 PL OK
4 Jacques Cartier at Quebec (1535), by John Fiske  Piotrek81 PL OK
5 Sir Humphrey Gilbert (1583), by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow  WiltedScribe PL OK
6 The last days of Henry Hudson (1611), by Agnes C. Laut  sphinxofblackquartz PL OK
7 The last voyage of Henry Hudson, by Hon. John Collier, painting p. 24  Kitty PL OK
8 Why the Iroquois hated the French (1609), by Eva March Tappan  adr6090 PL OK
9 Champlain and the impostor Vignan (1613), by Francis Parkman  matt4312 PL OK
10 Canada Part II: Heroes and heroines of early Canada: Historical note  WiltedScribe PL OK
11 The story of Jean Brébeuf (1633-1649), by Rev. J. O. Miller  matt4312 PL OK
12 The women who founded the Ursuline convent at Quebec (1639), by W. S. Herrington  neecheelok70 PL OK
13 The story of Ville Marie de Montreal (1642), by Agnes Maule Machar  neecheelok70 PL OK
14 Madame de la Tour and her defense of Fort St. John (1645), by Mary Hartwell Catherwood  neecheelok70 PL OK
15 The child who defended Castle Dangerous (1692), by Thomas G. Marquis  matt4312 PL OK
16 Canada Part III: Life in the French settlements: Historical note  knotyouraveragejo PL OK
17 In the days of Frontenac (1672-1698), by Rev. J. O. Miller  matt4312 PL OK
18 How people lived in New France (Seventeenth century), by Charles G. D. Roberts  Piotrek81 PL OK
19 The Coureur de Bois, by Samuel Mathewson Baylis  Kitty PL OK
20 Canada Part IV: Canada becomes a British Province: Historical note  knotyouraveragejo PL OK
21 The exile of the Acadians (1755), by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow  alanmapstone PL OK
22 The second capture of Louisburg (1758), by Agnes C. Laut  dmusgrove PL OK
23 The fall of Quebec (1759), by George Bancroft  neecheelok70 PL OK
24 The fall of Quebec, from an old print, painting p. 122  WiltedScribe PL OK
25 The troubles of the Loyalists (about 1783), by Eva March Tappan  sphinxofblackquartz PL OK
26 Loyalist Shelburne (1783), by Daniel Owen  jaredstarr1 PL OK
27 How a settler built his log barn (early part of the nineteenth century), by Samuel Thompson  mightyfelix PL OK
28 The second concession of Deer, by William Wye Smith  alanmapstone PL OK
29 Canada Part V: Scenes from Canadian history: Historical note  knotyouraveragejo PL OK
30 Monument to Joseph Brant, photograph p. 152  alanmapstone PL OK
31 When Tecumseh met General Brock (1812), by Walter R. Nursey  alanmapstone PL OK
32 Laura Secord, a heroine of the war of 1812 (1813), by Rev. J. O. Miller  adr6090 PL OK
33 The battle of Lundy's Lane (1814), by Agnes C. Laut  ColleenMc PL OK
34 The cutting-out of the Caroline (1837), by John Charles Dent  ColleenMc PL OK
35 Taken prisoner by the Fenians (1866), by David Junor  neecheelok70 PL OK
36 The Canadians on the Nile (1884-1885), by William Wye Smith  alanmapstone PL OK
37 Canada Part VI: Stories of the trappers: Historical note  knotyouraveragejo PL OK
38 A Canadian boat-song, by Thomas Moore  alanmapstone PL OK
39 How the Northwest Company lost Fort Gabriel (about 1820), by Sir Gilbert Parker  ColleenMc PL OK
40 Shopping at a Hudson's Bay Company's fort, by H. M. Robinson  ColleenMc PL OK
41 The trade into the north, by Aubrey Fullerton  jaredstarr1 PL OK
42 Canada Part VII: The Canadian Northwest: Historical note  knotyouraveragejo PL OK
43 How Alexander Mackenzie reached the Pacific Ocean (1793), by Rev. J. O. Miller  WiltedScribe PL OK
44 How Canada acquired the Northwest (1869), by Eva March Tappan  neecheelok70 PL OK
45 How the Canadian Pacific crossed the Selkirks (1881-1886), by Frederic A. Talbot  neecheelok70 PL OK
46 A glacier in the Selkirk Mountains, photograph p. 228  adr6090 PL OK
47 The Canadian Northwest mounted police (Twentieth century), by W. G. Fitz-Gerald  neecheelok70 PL OK
48 How the Canadian Northwest awoke (End of the nineteenth century), by A. G. Bradley  StevenW PL OK
49 Canada Part VIII: The Empire of the North: Historical note  knotyouraveragejo PL OK
50 The cable hymn (1858), by John G. Whittier  WiltedScribe PL OK
51 The bore of the Bay of Fundy, by Eliza B. Chase  adr6090 PL OK
52 How Dr. Grenfell was saved (Twentieth century), by George Andrews, one of the rescuers  matt4312 PL OK
53 Given to hospitality (Twentieth century), by Dr. Wilfred Thomason Grenfell  matt4312 PL OK
54 Canada of the future (Twentieth century), by Agnes C. Laut  matt4312 PL OK
55 South America Part I: Stories of the Incas: Historical note  knotyouraveragejo PL OK
56 The stolen child of the Inca (before 1532), by Sir Clements R. Markham  mightyfelix PL OK
57 Machu Picchu, a ruined city of the Incas, photograph p. 288  catharmaiden PL OK
58 How Pizarro captured the Inca (1532), by William Hickling Prescott  hayduo PL OK
59 The golden ransom (1532), by Charles Bradford Hudson  adr6090 PL OK
60 The execution of Atahuallpa (1533), by W. H. Davenport Adams  neecheelok70 PL OK
61 The hidden treasure of the Incas (after 1532), from the Spanish of Valverde  Availle PL OK
62 South America Part II: Peru, Chile, Bolivia, and Ecuador: Historical note  knotyouraveragejo PL OK
63 The highest railroad in the World (about 1865), by Frederic A. Talbot  ToddHW PL OK
64 How to conduct a Spanish-American revolution (about 1860), by F. Hassaurek  ToddHW PL OK
65 The unconquerable Araucanians (Twentieth century), by Nevin O. Winter  Availle PL OK
66 The Christ of the Andes, by Nevin O. Winter  Kitty PL OK
67 South America Part III: Venezuela, Colombia, and the Guianas: Historical note  knotyouraveragejo PL OK
68 The adventures of Columbus off the coast of Trinidad (1498), by Washington Irving  alanmapstone PL OK
69 What Sir Walter Raleigh thought of Guiana (1595), by Sir Walter Raleigh  alanmapstone PL OK
70 The story of Bolívar (1817-1830), by Lindon Bates, Jr.  sphinxofblackquartz PL OK
71 The statue of Bolívar, Caracas, Venezuela, photograph p. 364  sphinxofblackquartz PL OK
72 The sword of Bolívar, by Unknown  catharmaiden PL OK
73 The Asphalt Lake of Trinidad (Twentieth century), by Lindon Bates, Jr.  Kitty PL OK
74 Modern Columbia (Twentieth century), by Francis E. Clarke  Kikisaulite PL OK
75 South America Part IV: Brazil: Historical note  Kikisaulite PL OK
76 The discovery of Brazil (1500), by Robert Grant Watson  Kikisaulite PL OK
77 Why Brazil belonged to Portugal (1500), by Thomas Bonaventure Lawler  mightyfelix PL OK
78 How King John VI came to Brazil (1808), by D. P. Kidder and J. C. Fletcher  Leni PL OK
79 Dom Pedro II, the exiled emperor (1889), by Marie Robinson Wright  Leni PL OK
80 An American colony in Brazil (1910), by Nevin O. Winter  KevinS PL OK
81 South America Part V: Paraguay and Uruguay: Historical note  Kikisaulite PL OK
82 Life at a Paraguayan ''Reduction'', by Mrs. Marion G. Mulhall  neecheelok70 PL OK
83 The escape of the American minister from Paraguay (1868), by Charles A. Washburn  Kikisaulite PL OK
84 A visit to Artigas (about 1815), by W. H. Koebel  dmusgrove PL OK
85 Uruguay and the Uruguayans (Twentieth century), by Francis E. Clark  Piotrek81 PL OK
86 South America Part VI: The Argentine Republic: Historical note  CoreyKendrick PL OK
87 Argentine independence (1810-1910), by Hiram Bingham  neecheelok70 PL OK
88 The people of the Argentine Pampas (about 1870), by Dr. Domingo Faustino Sarmiento  Piotrek81 PL OK
89 A real Patagonian (about 1880), by Lady Florence Dixie  neecheelok70 PL OK
90 In Buenos Aires (Twentieth century), by Hiram Bingham  neecheelok70 PL OK
91 Central America: Historical note  WiltedScribe PL OK
92 A sacrifice to Tohil, by William T. Brigham  jaredstarr1 PL OK
93 Copan, by Joaquin Miller  Kitty PL OK
94 Balboa (1513), by Thomas Buchanan Read  alanmapstone PL OK
95 Chief Nicaragua and the Spaniards (1522), by Frederick Palmer  Piotrek81 PL OK
96 William Walker, ''the last of the Filibusters'' (1853-1860), by Joaquin Miller  alanmapstone PL OK
97 The cargadors of Guatemala (Twentieth century), by Nevin O. Winter  Piotrek81 PL OK
98 Happy little Costa Rica (Twentieth century), by Frederick Palmer  alzounes PL OK
99 Mexico Part I: Stories of the Aztecs: Historical note  neecheelok70 PL OK
100 A hymn of the ancient Mexicans  alanmapstone PL OK
101 Nezahualcoyotl, king of the Tuscucans, by William Hickling Prescott  neecheelok70 PL OK
102 Mexican hieroglyphics, photograph p. 482  WiltedScribe PL OK
103 How an Aztec boy became a knight, by Hubert Howe Bancroft  mightyfelix PL OK
104 How the Aztec king passed his time (early part of the sixteenth century), by Hubert Howe Bancroft  neecheelok70 PL OK
105 Mexico Part II: The coming of the Spaniards: Historical note  jaredstarr1 PL OK
106 Has the god Quetzalcoatl come to Mexico ? (1519), by William Hickling Prescott  Piotrek81 PL OK
107 The king without a throne, by Hubert Howe Bancroft  neecheelok70 PL OK
108 The fall of the city of Mexico (1521), by Jacob Abbott  neecheelok70 PL OK
109 Statue of Quauhtemoc, photograph p. 516  alanmapstone PL OK
110 Mexico Part III: Modern Mexico: Historical note  jaredstarr1 PL OK
111 The angels of Buena Vista (1847), by John G. Whittier  neecheelok70 PL OK
112 Maximilian at Queretaro (1872), by Margaret Junkin Preston  alanmapstone PL OK
113 The last moments of Maximilian, by Jean Paul Laurens (France, 1838), painting p. 524  alanmapstone PL OK
114 The rule of Porfirio Diaz (1877-1919), by Channing Arnold and Frederick J. Tabor Frost  FernandoBorrego PL OK
115 The National Palace, city of Mexico, photograph p. 534  FernandoBorrego PL OK
116 The West Indies: Historical note  jaredstarr1 PL OK
117 The first landing of Columbus (1492), by Ferdinand Columbus, son of Christopher Columbus  Piotrek81 PL OK
118 Toussaint L'Ouverture (1801), by Wendell Phillips  Piotrek81 PL OK
119 ''The marble memory of Josephine'', empress of France, by Lafcadio Hearn  Kitty PL OK
120 The Fer-de-Lance of Martinique, by Lafcadio Hearn  adr6090 PL OK
121 The eruption of Mont Pelée (1902), by Charles Augustus Stoddard  adr6090 PL OK
122 The Court of Justice of General Gomez (1895), by Grover Flint  moniaqua Kitty neecheelok70 PL OK
123 Execution Wall, Havana, photograph p. 568  moniaqua PL OK
124 How freedom came to Porto Rico (1898), by William Dinwiddie  Kitty PL OK