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This is the eleventh volume of the 15-volume series of The World’s Story: a history of the World in story, song and art, edited by Eva March Tappan. Each book is a compilation of selections from prose literature, poetry and pictures and offers a comprehensive presentation of the world's history, art and culture, from the early times till the beginning of the 20th century. Part XI contains stories about Canadian history and about the discovery of Central and South America, from the early Inca and Aztec civilizations to the 20th century revolutions and upheavals. - Summary by Sonia
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The landing of Columbus, by Petro Gabrini, painting, frontispieceCanada Part I: Discovery and exploration: Historical noteWhat the Italians thought of John Cabot (1498), from two contemporary lettersJacques Cartier at Quebec (1535), by John FiskeSir Humphrey Gilbert (1583), by Henry Wadsworth LongfellowThe last days of Henry Hudson (1611), by Agnes C. LautThe last voyage of Henry Hudson, by Hon. John Collier, painting p. 24Why the Iroquois hated the French (1609), by Eva March TappanChamplain and the impostor Vignan (1613), by Francis ParkmanCanada Part II: Heroes and heroines of early Canada: Historical noteThe story of Jean Brébeuf (1633-1649), by Rev. J. O. MillerThe women who founded the Ursuline convent at Quebec (1639), by W. S. HerringtonThe story of Ville Marie de Montreal (1642), by Agnes Maule MacharMadame de la Tour and her defense of Fort St. John (1645), by Mary Hartwell CatherwoodThe child who defended Castle Dangerous (1692), by Thomas G. MarquisCanada Part III: Life in the French settlements: Historical noteIn the days of Frontenac (1672-1698), by Rev. J. O. MillerHow people lived in New France (Seventeenth century), by Charles G. D. RobertsThe Coureur de Bois, by Samuel Mathewson BaylisCanada Part IV: Canada becomes a British Province: Historical noteThe exile of the Acadians (1755), by Henry Wadsworth LongfellowThe second capture of Louisburg (1758), by Agnes C. LautThe fall of Quebec (1759), by George BancroftThe fall of Quebec, from an old print, painting p. 122The troubles of the Loyalists (about 1783), by Eva March TappanLoyalist Shelburne (1783), by Daniel OwenHow a settler built his log barn (early part of the nineteenth century), by Samuel ThompsonThe second concession of Deer, by William Wye SmithCanada Part V: Scenes from Canadian history: Historical noteMonument to Joseph Brant, photograph p. 152When Tecumseh met General Brock (1812), by Walter R. NurseyLaura Secord, a heroine of the war of 1812 (1813), by Rev. J. O. MillerThe battle of Lundy's Lane (1814), by Agnes C. LautThe cutting-out of the Caroline (1837), by John Charles DentTaken prisoner by the Fenians (1866), by David JunorThe Canadians on the Nile (1884-1885), by William Wye SmithCanada Part VI: Stories of the trappers: Historical noteA Canadian boat-song, by Thomas MooreHow the Northwest Company lost Fort Gabriel (about 1820), by Sir Gilbert ParkerShopping at a Hudson's Bay Company's fort, by H. M. RobinsonThe trade into the north, by Aubrey FullertonCanada Part VII: The Canadian Northwest: Historical noteHow Alexander Mackenzie reached the Pacific Ocean (1793), by Rev. J. O. MillerHow Canada acquired the Northwest (1869), by Eva March TappanHow the Canadian Pacific crossed the Selkirks (1881-1886), by Frederic A. TalbotA glacier in the Selkirk Mountains, photograph p. 228The Canadian Northwest mounted police (Twentieth century), by W. G. Fitz-GeraldHow the Canadian Northwest awoke (End of the nineteenth century), by A. G. BradleyCanada Part VIII: The Empire of the North: Historical noteThe cable hymn (1858), by John G. WhittierThe bore of the Bay of Fundy, by Eliza B. ChaseHow Dr. Grenfell was saved (Twentieth century), by George Andrews, one of the rescuersGiven to hospitality (Twentieth century), by Dr. Wilfred Thomason GrenfellCanada of the future (Twentieth century), by Agnes C. LautSouth America Part I: Stories of the Incas: Historical noteThe stolen child of the Inca (before 1532), by Sir Clements R. MarkhamMachu Picchu, a ruined city of the Incas, photograph p. 288How Pizarro captured the Inca (1532), by William Hickling PrescottThe golden ransom (1532), by Charles Bradford HudsonThe execution of Atahuallpa (1533), by W. H. Davenport AdamsThe hidden treasure of the Incas (after 1532), from the Spanish of ValverdeSouth America Part II: Peru, Chile, Bolivia, and Ecuador: Historical noteThe highest railroad in the World (about 1865), by Frederic A. TalbotHow to conduct a Spanish-American revolution (about 1860), by F. HassaurekThe unconquerable Araucanians (Twentieth century), by Nevin O. WinterThe Christ of the Andes, by Nevin O. WinterSouth America Part III: Venezuela, Colombia, and the Guianas: Historical noteThe adventures of Columbus off the coast of Trinidad (1498), by Washington IrvingWhat Sir Walter Raleigh thought of Guiana (1595), by Sir Walter RaleighThe story of Bolívar (1817-1830), by Lindon Bates, Jr.The statue of Bolívar, Caracas, Venezuela, photograph p. 364The sword of Bolívar, by UnknownThe Asphalt Lake of Trinidad (Twentieth century), by Lindon Bates, Jr.Modern Columbia (Twentieth century), by Francis E. ClarkeSouth America Part IV: Brazil: Historical noteThe discovery of Brazil (1500), by Robert Grant WatsonWhy Brazil belonged to Portugal (1500), by Thomas Bonaventure LawlerHow King John VI came to Brazil (1808), by D. P. Kidder and J. C. FletcherDom Pedro II, the exiled emperor (1889), by Marie Robinson WrightAn American colony in Brazil (1910), by Nevin O. WinterSouth America Part V: Paraguay and Uruguay: Historical noteLife at a Paraguayan ''Reduction'', by Mrs. Marion G. MulhallThe escape of the American minister from Paraguay (1868), by Charles A. WashburnA visit to Artigas (about 1815), by W. H. KoebelUruguay and the Uruguayans (Twentieth century), by Francis E. ClarkSouth America Part VI: The Argentine Republic: Historical noteArgentine independence (1810-1910), by Hiram BinghamThe people of the Argentine Pampas (about 1870), by Dr. Domingo Faustino SarmientoA real Patagonian (about 1880), by Lady Florence DixieIn Buenos Aires (Twentieth century), by Hiram BinghamCentral America: Historical noteA sacrifice to Tohil, by William T. BrighamCopan, by Joaquin MillerBalboa (1513), by Thomas Buchanan ReadChief Nicaragua and the Spaniards (1522), by Frederick PalmerWilliam Walker, ''the last of the Filibusters'' (1853-1860), by Joaquin MillerThe cargadors of Guatemala (Twentieth century), by Nevin O. WinterHappy little Costa Rica (Twentieth century), by Frederick PalmerMexico Part I: Stories of the Aztecs: Historical noteA hymn of the ancient MexicansNezahualcoyotl, king of the Tuscucans, by William Hickling PrescottMexican hieroglyphics, photograph p. 482How an Aztec boy became a knight, by Hubert Howe BancroftHow the Aztec king passed his time (early part of the sixteenth century), by Hubert Howe BancroftMexico Part II: The coming of the Spaniards: Historical noteHas the god Quetzalcoatl come to Mexico ? (1519), by William Hickling PrescottThe king without a throne, by Hubert Howe BancroftThe fall of the city of Mexico (1521), by Jacob AbbottStatue of Quauhtemoc, photograph p. 516Mexico Part III: Modern Mexico: Historical noteThe angels of Buena Vista (1847), by John G. WhittierMaximilian at Queretaro (1872), by Margaret Junkin PrestonThe last moments of Maximilian, by Jean Paul Laurens (France, 1838), painting p. 524The rule of Porfirio Diaz (1877-1919), by Channing Arnold and Frederick J. Tabor FrostThe National Palace, city of Mexico, photograph p. 534The West Indies: Historical noteThe first landing of Columbus (1492), by Ferdinand Columbus, son of Christopher ColumbusToussaint L'Ouverture (1801), by Wendell Phillips''The marble memory of Josephine'', empress of France, by Lafcadio HearnThe Fer-de-Lance of Martinique, by Lafcadio HearnThe eruption of Mont Pelée (1902), by Charles Augustus StoddardThe Court of Justice of General Gomez (1895), by Grover FlintExecution Wall, Havana, photograph p. 568How freedom came to Porto Rico (1898), by William Dinwiddie
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