Book of American Explorers

Chapters

1. 0 PrefaceLarry Wilson 2:57
2. 1 Book I, The Legends of the Northmen (985‒1008). Part 1, How the Northmen discovered North AmericaPhil Schempf 6:32
3. 2 Book I, Part 2, The Voyage of Leif the LuckyPhil Schempf 4:14
4. 3 Book I, Part 3, Leif finds Vines, and goes back to GreenlandPhil Schempf 2:57
5. 4 Book I, Part 4, Thorvald, Leif’s Brother, goes to VinlandPhil Schempf 4:46
6. 5 Book I, Part 5, Karlsefni’s AdventuresPhil Schempf 5:08
7. 6 Book II, Columbus and his Companions (1492‒1503). Part 1, The First Letter from ColumbusPete McElveen 12:51
8. 7 Book II, Part 2, The Second Voyage of ColumbusPete McElveen 8:47
9. 8 Book II, Part 3, Columbus reaches the MainlandPete McElveen 5:16
10. 9 Book II, Part 4, Columbus at the Mouth of the OrinocoPete McElveen 3:50
11. 10 Book II, Part 5, Columbus thinks himself near the Earthly ParadisePete McElveen 4:51
12. 11 Book II, Part 6, Daring Deed of Diego MendezDeon Gines 7:35
13. 12 Book II, Part 7, How Diego Mendez got Food for ColumbusDeon Gines 7:15
14. 13 Book II, Part 8, How Diego Mendez saved ColumbusDeon Gines 12:17
15. 14 Book II, Part 9, Appeal of Columbus in his Old AgeDeon Gines 5:07
16. 15 Book III, Cabot and Verrazzano (1497‒1524). Part 1, First News of John and Sebastian CabotJohn 3:50
17. 16 Book III, Part 2, Sebastian Cabot’s VoyageJohn 6:15
18. 17 Book III, Part 3, Verrazzano’s Letter to the KingJohn 17:33
19. 18 Book IV, The Strange Voyage of Cabeza de Vaca (1528‒1533). Part 1, The Strange VoyageElsie Selwyn 14:06
20. 19 Book IV, Part 2, Cabeza de Vaca saved by IndiansElsie Selwyn 7:16
21. 20 Book IV, Part 3, Cabeza de Vaca’s CaptivityElsie Selwyn 5:59
22. 21 Book IV, Part 4, The Indians of the Gulf of MexicoElsie Selwyn 2:58
23. 22 Book IV, Part 5, Cabeza de Vaca’s EscapeElsie Selwyn 5:29
24. 23 Book V, The French in Canada (1534‒1536). Part 1, Cartier’s Visit to Bay of ChaleurSabrina Antonelli 6:01
25. 24 Book V, Part 2, Cartier sets up a CrossRita Boutros 4:04
26. 25 Book V, Part 3, Cartier ascends the St. LawrenceRita Boutros 7:59
27. 26 Book V, Part 4, How the Indians tried to frighten CartierRita Boutros 5:13
28. 27 Book V, Part 5, How Cartier reached Hochelaga, now MontrealRita Boutros 7:20
29. 28 Book V, Part 6, The Festivities at HochelagaRita Boutros 8:27
30. 29 Book VI, Adventures of De Soto (1538‒1542). Part 1, How De Soto set sailRita Boutros 7:01
31. 30 Book VI, Part 2, De Soto attacks the Indians, and finds a Fellow CountrymanApril6090 4:11
32. 31 Book VI, Part 3, The Story of John OrtizDeon Gines 10:28
33. 32 Book VI, Part 4, De Soto discovers the MississippiDeon Gines 7:59
34. 33 Book VI, Part 5, De Soto’s Vain Attempts to reach the SeaDeon Gines 6:45
35. 34 Book VI, Part 6, Death and Burial of De SotoDeon Gines 5:21
36. 35 Book VII, The French in Florida (1562‒1565). Part 1, Jean Ribaut in FloridaDuane Desalvo 12:07
37. 36 Book VII, Part 2, Alone in the New WorldDuane Desalvo 13:24
38. 37 Book VII, Part 3, Laudonnière’s Search for the ColonistsDuane Desalvo 5:47
39. 38 Book VII, Part 4, Capture of Fort Caroline by the SpaniardsDuane Desalvo 13:18
40. 39 Book VIII, Sir Humphrey Gilbert (1583)Duane Desalvo 10:49
41. 40 Book IX, The Lost Colonies of Virginia (1584‒1590). Part 1, The First Voyage to VirginiaDuane Desalvo 12:23
42. 41 Book IX, Part 2, Visit to an Indian PrincessApril6090 4:50
43. 42 Book IX, Part 3, Adventures of the First Virginia ColonyDeon Gines 5:54
44. 43 Book IX, Part 4, The Second English Colony in VirginiaDeon Gines 13:15
45. 44 Book IX, Part 5, Search for the Lost ColonyDeon Gines 8:20
46. 45 Book X, Unsuccessful New England Settlements (1602‒1607). Part 1, Gosnold’s Fort at CuttyhunkDeon Gines 21:23
47. 46 Book X, Part 2, Captain Waymouth explores the PenobscotDeon Gines 18:46
48. 47 Book X, Part 3, The Popham Colony on the KennebecChadH94 6:50
49. 48 Book X, Part 4, Captain Gilbert’s Adventure with IndiansApril6090 4:52
50. 49 Book XI, Captain John Smith (1606‒1631). Part 1, The Virginia ColonyBettyB 8:01
51. 50 Book XI, Part 2, The ColonistsBettyB 3:40
52. 51 Book XI, Part 3, Captain Smith’s Capture by IndiansBettyB 7:47
53. 52 Book XI, Part 4, Captain Smith and PocahontasBettyB 9:02
54. 53 Book XI, Part 5, King PowhatanBettyB 3:46
55. 54 Book XI, Part 6, A Virginia PrincessBettyB 2:22
56. 55 Book XI, Part 7, An Indian Dance in VirginiaBettyB 2:34
57. 56 Book XI, Part 8, Indian ChildrenBettyB 2:57
58. 57 Book XI, Part 9, “The Planter’s Pleasure and Profit”BettyB 4:10
59. 58 Book XI, part 10, The Glories of FishingBettyB 4:16
60. 59 Book XI, part 11, Visit of Pocahontas to LondonBettyB 10:24
61. 60 Book XI, Part 12, First Buildings of the Virginia ColonistsBettyB 2:05
62. 61 Book XI, Part 13, Captain Smith’s RecollectionsBettyB 2:17
63. 62 Book XII, Champlain on the War-Path (1609)Duane Desalvo 16:10
64. 63 Book XIII, Henry Hudson and the New Netherlands (1609‒1626). Part 1, Discovery of the Hudson RiverKevinS 16:52
65. 64 Book XIII, Part 2, Indian Traditions of Hudson’s ArrivalKevinS 10:52
66. 65 Book XIII, Part 3, Hudson’s Last Voyage, and how he was set adrift in the IceDuane Desalvo 12:55
67. 66 Book XIII, Part 4, Dutch Settlement of the New NetherlandsChadH94 7:27
68. 67 Book XIV, The Pilgrims at Plymouth (1620‒1621). Part 1, Sailing of the PilgrimsLarry Wilson 3:03
69. 68 Book XIV, Part 2, Miles Standish at Cape CodLarry Wilson 10:32
70. 69 Book XIV, Part 3, The First EncounterLarry Wilson 11:14
71. 70 Book, XIV, Part 4, The Landing on Plymouth RockLarry Wilson 2:49
72. 71 Book XIV, Part 5, Plymouth Village foundedLarry Wilson 7:14
73. 72 Book XIV, Part 6, “Welcome, Englishmen!”Larry Wilson 7:00
74. 73 Book XV, The Massachusetts Bay Colony (1629‒1631). Part 1, Voyage of the Massachusetts ColonistsLarry Wilson 5:35
75. 74 Book XV, Part 2, The Puritans in Salem HarborLarry Wilson 4:30
76. 75 Book XV, Part 3, The Four Elements in New EnglandLarry Wilson 14:02
77. 76 Book XV, Part 4, A Sea-Adventure of the PuritansLarry Wilson 3:56
78. 77 Book XV, Part 5, Governor Winthrop’s Night out of DoorsLarry Wilson 2:03
79. 78 Book XV, Part 6, The Privations of the PuritansLarry Wilson 4:34