Project Gutenberg 2015-11-09 Public domain in the USA. 74 Johnston, Charles H. L. (Charles Haven Ladd) 1877 1943 Johnston, Charles Haven Ladd Johnston, C. H. L. (Charles Haven Ladd) Famous Discoverers and Explores of America Their Voyages, Battles, and Hardships in Traversing and Conquering the Unknown Territories of a New World Preface -- The voice -- Leif Erickson -- Christopher Columbus -- Amerigo Vespucci -- Juan Ponce de Leon -- Vasco Nuñez de Balboa -- Hernando Cortés -- Ferdinand Magellan -- Giovanni Verrazano -- Francisco Pizarro -- Hernando de Soto -- Samuel de Champlain -- Henry Hudson -- Pierre Esprit Radisson -- Father Marquette -- Robert de La Salle -- Robert Edwin Peary -- Epilogue. E-text prepared by Giovanni Fini, David Edwards, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org) "Famous Discoverers and Explorers of America" by Charles H. L. Johnston is a historical account likely written in the early 20th century. The text chronicles the significant figures involved in the exploration and discovery of the Americas, emphasizing their journeys, struggles, and achievements. The book aims to paint a vivid picture of these daring adventurers, celebrating their contributions to the world. The opening of the book introduces Leif Ericson, portraying him as a young boy deeply fascinated by the sea and adventures to the west. It delves into his ambitions sparked by legends of unexplored lands, followed by Ericson's eventual maturity into a strong Viking. The narrative then outlines Ericson's historic voyage to the New World, where he and his crew became the first Europeans to settle in America, establishing a settlement in a land rich with resources, later referred to as Vinland. This initial chapter not only sets the stage for exploring Ericson's discoveries but also emphasizes the theme of adventure and the relentless human spirit of exploration. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en America -- Discovery and exploration Explorers E011 Text Browsing: History - American Browsing: Travel & Geography 746772 746540 2024-09-21T05:39:50.224160 2023-09-22T03:34:26.768378 text/html text/html 749293 2015-11-09T14:09:30 text/html 1024181 2015-11-09T14:12:05 text/html application/zip 1105102 2024-09-21T05:40:03.006105 application/epub+zip 1101578 2024-09-21T05:39:52.830144 application/epub+zip 345227 2024-09-21T05:39:51.424183 application/epub+zip 1304783 2024-09-21T05:40:10.382055 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1245589 2024-09-21T05:40:01.700142 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 491504 2022-09-22T18:25:11.580421 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 647314 647126 2024-09-21T05:39:48.593155 2023-09-22T03:34:25.131379 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 647432 2020-06-14T18:23:22 text/plain; charset=utf-8 243092 2020-06-14T18:23:22 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 18785 2024-09-21T05:40:10.536050 application/rdf+xml 18787 2024-09-21T05:39:51.543158 image/jpeg 3217 2024-09-21T05:39:51.484144 image/jpeg 1028985 2024-09-21T05:39:50.325155 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog