The Humpherys Family

Stories of American Explorers and Settlers

Record Added: 9/29/2016
A Favorite Book
Setting United States
Topic History: American Colonia
Publisher John C. Winston Company
Year 1941
Age 9-12   Pages 262
Description Old, blue cloth binding
 
VERY interesting early geography textbook. This book was written with the intent to"make the story so interesting that it will appeal to pupils in the intermediate grades". It contains some wonderful full page colored illustrations as well as black and while smaller ones.

Chapter Characters Include:
  1. Christopher Columbus
  2. Ferdinand Magellan
  3. Ponce de Leon
  4. Hernando Cortez
  5. Do Soto, Coronado
  6. Sir Francis Drake
  7. John Cabot, Walter Raleigh
  8. Captain John Smith
  9. Miles Standish
  10. Roger Williams
  11. William Penn
  12. Peter Stuyvesant
  13. Samuel de Champlain
  14. Robert La Salle
  15. Wolfe, Moncalm
  16. American Patriots
  17. George Washington
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