{"product_id":"2940013851177","title":"VOYAGES OF DISCOVERY AND EARLY EXPLORATIONS: 1000 A.D.-1682","description":"CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVOL. I--VOYAGES OF DISCOVERY AND EARLY EXPLORATIONS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePREFACE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eINTRODUCTION. By the Editor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDISCOVERIES BEFORE COLUMBUS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    I. Men from Asia and from Norway. By Justin Winsor\u003cbr\u003e   II. How the Norwegians Came to Vinland\u003cbr\u003e  III. The First European Child\u003cbr\u003e   IV. Other Pre-Columbian Voyages. By Henry Wheaton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE DISCOVERY BY COLUMBUS:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    I. As Described by Washington Irving\u003cbr\u003e   II. As Described by Columbus Himself\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE BULL OF POPE ALEXANDER VI PARTITIONING AMERICA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE DISCOVERY OF THE MAINLAND BY THE CABOTS:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    I. The Account Given by John A. Doyle\u003cbr\u003e   II. Peter Martyr's Account\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE VOYAGES OF VESPUCIUS. Vespucius' Own Account\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA BATTLE WITH THE INDIANS. As Described by Vespucius\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE FIRST ACCOUNT OF AMERICA PRINTED IN ENGLISH\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE DISCOVERY OF FLORIDA BY PONCE DE LEON. Parkman's Account\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE DISCOVERY OF THE PACIFIC BY BALBOA. By Manuel Jose Quintana\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE VOYAGE OF MAGELLAN TO THE PACIFIC. By John Fiske\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE DISCOVERY OF NEW YORK HARBOR BY VERAZZANO. Verazzano's Own Account\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCARTIER'S EXPLORATION OF THE ST. LAWRENCE:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    I. The Account Given by John A. Doyle\u003cbr\u003e   II. Cartier's Own Account\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSEARCHES FOR THE \"SEVEN CITIES OF CIBOLA.\" By Reuben Gold Thwaites\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCABEZA DE VACA'S JOURNEY TO THE SOUTH-WEST. De Vaca's Own Account\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE EXPEDITION OF CORONADO TO THE SOUTH-WEST. Coronado's Own Account\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE DISCOVERY OF THE MISSISSIPPI BY DE SOTO. Parkman's Account\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE DEATH OF DE SOTO. By One of De Soto's Companions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDRAKE'S VISIT TO CALIFORNIA. By One of Drake's Companions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHUDSON'S DISCOVERY OF THE HUDSON RIVER. By Robert Juet, Hudson's Secretary\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAMPLAIN'S BATTLE WITH THE IROQUOIS ON LAKE CHAMPLAIN. By Champlain\u003cbr\u003eHimself\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMARQUETTE'S DISCOVERY OF THE MISSISSIPPI. Marquette's Own Account\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE DEATH OF MARQUETTE. By Father Claude Dablon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE DISCOVERY OF NIAGARA FALLS. By Father Louis Hennepin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLA SALLE'S VOYAGE TO THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI. By Francis Parkman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVOYAGES OF DISCOVERY AND EARLY EXPLORATIONS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1000 A.D.--1682\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDISCOVERIES BEFORE COLUMBUS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE MEN FROM ASIA AND FROM NORWAY[1]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBY JUSTIN WINSOR\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere is not a race of eastern Asia--Siberian, Tatar, Chinese,\u003cbr\u003eJapanese, Malay, with the Polynesians--which has not been claimed as\u003cbr\u003ediscoverers, intending or accidental, of American shores, or as\u003cbr\u003eprogenitors, more or less perfect or remote, of American peoples; and\u003cbr\u003ethere is no good reason why any one of them may not have done all that\u003cbr\u003eis claimed. The historical evidence, however, is not such as is based\u003cbr\u003eon documentary proofs of indisputable character, and the recitals\u003cbr\u003eadvanced are often far from precise enough to be convincing in\u003cbr\u003edetails, if their general authenticity is allowed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNevertheless, it is much more than barely probable that the ice of\u003cbr\u003eBering Straits or the line of the Aleutian Islands was the pathway of\u003cbr\u003esuccessive immigrations, on occasions perhaps far apart, or maybe near\u003cbr\u003etogether; and there is hardly a stronger demonstration of such a\u003cbr\u003econnection between the two continents than the physical resemblances\u003cbr\u003eof the peoples now living on the opposite sides of the Pacific Ocean\u003cbr\u003ein these upper latitudes, with the similarity of the flora which\u003cbr\u003eenvirons them on either shore.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is quite as conceivable that the great northern current, setting\u003cbr\u003eeast athwart the Pacific, should from time to time have carried along\u003cbr\u003edisabled vessels, and stranded them on the shores of California and\u003cbr\u003efarther north leading to the infusion of Asiatic blood among whatever\u003cbr\u003ethere may have been antecedent or autochthonous in the coast peoples.\u003cbr\u003eIt is certainly in this way possible that the Chinese or Japanese may\u003cbr\u003ehave helped populate the western slopes of the American continent.\u003cbr\u003eThere is no improbability even of the Malays of southeastern Asia\u003cbr\u003eextending step by step to the Polynesian Islands, and among them and\u003cbr\u003ebeyond them, till the shores of a new world finally received the\u003cbr\u003eimpress of their footsteps and of their ethnic characteristics. We may\u003cbr\u003every likely recognize not proofs, but indications, along the shores of\u003cbr\u003eSouth America, that its original people constituted such a stock or\u003cbr\u003ewere increased by it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs respects the possible early connections of America on the side of\u003cbr\u003eEurope, there is an equally extensive array of claims, and they have\u003cbr\u003ebeen set forth, first and last, with more persistency than effect....","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47147595464944,"sku":"2940013851177","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013851177_p0.jpg?v=1763595525","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013851177","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}