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| The Northmen Discover the New World |
| Leif Ericson, Who Discovered Vinland | 1 |
| Early Explorers in America |
| Christopher Columbus, the First Great Man in American History | 2 |
| Ponce de Leon, Who Sought a Marvelous Land and Was Disappointed | 17 |
| CortÉs, Who Found the Rich City of Mexico | 18 |
| Pizarro, Who Found the Richest City in the World | 23 |
| Coronado, Who Penetrated Southwestern United States but Found Nothing but Beautiful Scenery | 24 |
| De Soto, the Discoverer of the Mississippi | 24 |
| Magellan, Who Proved that the World Is Round | 28 |
| The Men Who Made America Known to England and Who Checked the Progress of Spain |
| John Cabot also Searches for a Shorter Route to India and Finds the Mainland of North America | 34 |
| Sir Francis Drake, the English "Dragon," Who Sailed the Spanish Main and Who "Singed the King of Spain's Beard" | 37 |
| Sir Walter Raleigh, the Friend of Elizabeth, Plants a Colony in America to Check the Power of Spain | 42 |
| The Men Who Planted New France in America, Founded Quebec, Explored the Great Lake Region, and Penetrated the Mississippi Valley |
| Samuel de Champlain, the Father of New France | 49 |
| Joliet and Marquette, Fur Trader and Missionary, Explore the Mississippi Valley for New France | 53 |
| What the Dutch Accomplished in the Colonization of the New World |
| Henry Hudson, Whose Discoveries Led Dutch Traders to Colonize New Netherland | 54 |
| Famous People in Early Virginia |
| John Smith the Savior of Virginia, and Pocahontas its Good Angel | 60 |
| Lord Baltimore, in a Part of Virginia, Founds Maryland as a Home for Persecuted Catholics and Welcomes Protestants | 68 |
| Industries, Manners, and Customs of First Settlers of Virginia | 71 |
| Pilgrims and Puritans in New England |
| Miles Standish, the Pilgrim Soldier, and the Story of "Plymouth Rock" | 73 |
| John Winthrop, the Founder of Boston; John Eliot, the Great English Missionary; and King Philip, an Indian Chief the Equal of the White Man | 81 |
| Industries, Manners, and Customs | 85 |
| The Men Who Planted Colonies for Many Kinds of People |
| Peter Stuyvesant, the Great Dutch Governor | 87 |
| Manners and Customs of New Netherland | 91 |
| William Penn, the Quaker, Who Founded the City of Brotherly Love | 92 |
| Quaker Ways in Old Pennsylvania | 98 |
| James Oglethorpe, the Founder of Georgia as a Home for English Debtors, as a Place for Persecuted Protestants, and as a Barrier against the Spaniards | 100 |
| Industries, Manners, and Customs of the Southern Planters | 103 |
| Robert Cavelier de la Salle, Who Followed the Father of Waters to its Mouth, and Established New France from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico |
| La Salle Pushed Forward the Work Begun by Joliet and Marquette | 106 |
| The Men of New France | 113 |
| George Washington, the First General and First President of the United States |
| The "Father of His Country" | 115 |
| The Man Who Helped Win Independence by Winning the Hearts of Frenchmen for America |
| Benjamin Franklin, the Wisest American of His Time | 147 |
| Patrick Henry and Samuel Adams, Famous Men of the Revolution, Who Defended America with Tongue and Pen |
| Patrick Henry, the Orator of the Revolution | 158 |
| Samuel Adams, the Firebrand of the Revolution | MACE'S BEGINNER'S HISTORY
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