The Leading Facts of American HistoryGinn & Company, 1898 - 367 pages |
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... Europe ) , 1509 to 1600 .. III . Permanent English and French Settlements ( the Thirteen Colonies , French Exploration of the West , Wars with the Indians and with the French , Colonial Life ) , 1607 to 1763 . IV . The Revolution ; the ...
... Europe ) , 1509 to 1600 .. III . Permanent English and French Settlements ( the Thirteen Colonies , French Exploration of the West , Wars with the Indians and with the French , Colonial Life ) , 1607 to 1763 . IV . The Revolution ; the ...
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... Europe , 3 part of Asia , a narrow strip of Northern and Eastern Africa ; and , finally , a few islands , of which Iceland was the largest . * 1 Amerigo Vespucci ( or Americus Vespucius ) : Italian pronunciation , Ah - ma- ree'go Ves ...
... Europe , 3 part of Asia , a narrow strip of Northern and Eastern Africa ; and , finally , a few islands , of which Iceland was the largest . * 1 Amerigo Vespucci ( or Americus Vespucius ) : Italian pronunciation , Ah - ma- ree'go Ves ...
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... Europe Asia Indian Ocean The world as known in 1436 . The faint , dotted outline of the coast of Africa shows the unexplored por- tion . The monsters represent the terrors of unknown regions . was believed to be covered with thick ...
... Europe Asia Indian Ocean The world as known in 1436 . The faint , dotted outline of the coast of Africa shows the unexplored por- tion . The monsters represent the terrors of unknown regions . was believed to be covered with thick ...
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... Europe knew anything of such a country as Leif describes . It is there- fore quite safe to say that when Columbus sailed , in 1492 , one half the world did not so much as suspect the existence of the other half . - 4. What Land Columbus ...
... Europe knew anything of such a country as Leif describes . It is there- fore quite safe to say that when Columbus sailed , in 1492 , one half the world did not so much as suspect the existence of the other half . - 4. What Land Columbus ...
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... Europe could season a dish of meat or spice a cup of wine , without adding something to the profits of one of those cities . Each had a route of its own . Genoa took the northern one , and sent her ships by way of Constantinople to the ...
... Europe could season a dish of meat or spice a cup of wine , without adding something to the profits of one of those cities . Each had a route of its own . Genoa took the northern one , and sent her ships by way of Constantinople to the ...
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