The Leading Facts of American HistoryGinn, 1891 - 359 pages |
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... John C. Calhoun . 165 225 241 IX . Daniel Webster . 242 X. Abraham Lincoln .. 279 XI . Grant's " Unconditional Surrender " Letter .. 297 XII . General Lee ....... 302 XIII . Lincoln's Proclamation of Emancipation .. 305 XIV . View from ...
... John C. Calhoun . 165 225 241 IX . Daniel Webster . 242 X. Abraham Lincoln .. 279 XI . Grant's " Unconditional Surrender " Letter .. 297 XII . General Lee ....... 302 XIII . Lincoln's Proclamation of Emancipation .. 305 XIV . View from ...
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... John Cabot discovers the Continent of North America . But great as was the merit of Columbus , he was not destined to be the first to look on the mainland of America , nor was he to give it the name it bears . The discovery of the ...
... John Cabot discovers the Continent of North America . But great as was the merit of Columbus , he was not destined to be the first to look on the mainland of America , nor was he to give it the name it bears . The discovery of the ...
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... [ John ] Cabot , who first made the northern continent in 1497. " Thus the country was found . Let us see , next , how it was named . 1 Another map , since discovered in Germany , and now preserved in Paris , bears date 1494. Whether this ...
... [ John ] Cabot , who first made the northern continent in 1497. " Thus the country was found . Let us see , next , how it was named . 1 Another map , since discovered in Germany , and now preserved in Paris , bears date 1494. Whether this ...
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... John Cabot did ( June 24 , 1497 ) ; and more than a year before Columbus saw it , on his third voyage ( Aug. 1 , 1498 ) . In 1499 Vespucci , following in the track of Colum- bus , visited the northeastern coast of South America , part ...
... John Cabot did ( June 24 , 1497 ) ; and more than a year before Columbus saw it , on his third voyage ( Aug. 1 , 1498 ) . In 1499 Vespucci , following in the track of Colum- bus , visited the northeastern coast of South America , part ...
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... John's River in Florida , where they built a fort . Later , Jean Ribaut arrived with re - enforcements , determined , it would seem , to hold the peninsula against the Spaniards . 2 3 - - 24. Menendez destroys the Huguenot Settlement ...
... John's River in Florida , where they built a fort . Later , Jean Ribaut arrived with re - enforcements , determined , it would seem , to hold the peninsula against the Spaniards . 2 3 - - 24. Menendez destroys the Huguenot Settlement ...
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