World’s Story Volume XI: Canada, South America, Central America, Mexico and the West Indies

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 31, 2023

In Category - Poetry, Travel & Geography, History

Authors: Eva March Tappan In Year : 1914

Book Language: English

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The landing of Columbus, by Petro Gabrini, painting, frontispiece
Canada Part I: Discovery and exploration: Historical note
What the Italians thought of John Cabot (1498), from two contemporary letters
Jacques Cartier at Quebec (1535), by John Fiske
Sir Humphrey Gilbert (1583), by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The last days of Henry Hudson (1611), by Agnes C. Laut
The last voyage of Henry Hudson, by Hon. John Collier, painting p. 24
Why the Iroquois hated the French (1609), by Eva March Tappan
Champlain and the impostor Vignan (1613), by Francis Parkman
Canada Part II: Heroes and heroines of early Canada: Historical note
The story of Jean Brébeuf (1633-1649), by Rev. J. O. Miller
The women who founded the Ursuline convent at Quebec (1639), by W. S. Herrington
The story of Ville Marie de Montreal (1642), by Agnes Maule Machar
Madame de la Tour and her defense of Fort St. John (1645), by Mary Hartwell Catherwood
The child who defended Castle Dangerous (1692), by Thomas G. Marquis
Canada Part III: Life in the French settlements: Historical note
In the days of Frontenac (1672-1698), by Rev. J. O. Miller
How people lived in New France (Seventeenth century), by Charles G. D. Roberts
The Coureur de Bois, by Samuel Mathewson Baylis
Canada Part IV: Canada becomes a British Province: Historical note
The exile of the Acadians (1755), by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The second capture of Louisburg (1758), by Agnes C. Laut
The fall of Quebec (1759), by George Bancroft
The fall of Quebec, from an old print, painting p. 122
The troubles of the Loyalists (about 1783), by Eva March Tappan
Loyalist Shelburne (1783), by Daniel Owen
How a settler built his log barn (early part of the nineteenth century), by Samuel Thompson
The second concession of Deer, by William Wye Smith
Canada Part V: Scenes from Canadian history: Historical note
Monument to Joseph Brant, photograph p. 152
When Tecumseh met General Brock (1812), by Walter R. Nursey
Laura Secord, a heroine of the war of 1812 (1813), by Rev. J. O. Miller
The battle of Lundy's Lane (1814), by Agnes C. Laut
The cutting-out of the Caroline (1837), by John Charles Dent
Taken prisoner by the Fenians (1866), by David Junor
The Canadians on the Nile (1884-1885), by William Wye Smith
Canada Part VI: Stories of the trappers: Historical note
A Canadian boat-song, by Thomas Moore
How the Northwest Company lost Fort Gabriel (about 1820), by Sir Gilbert Parker
Shopping at a Hudson's Bay Company's fort, by H. M. Robinson
The trade into the north, by Aubrey Fullerton
Canada Part VII: The Canadian Northwest: Historical note
How Alexander Mackenzie reached the Pacific Ocean (1793), by Rev. J. O. Miller
How Canada acquired the Northwest (1869), by Eva March Tappan
How the Canadian Pacific crossed the Selkirks (1881-1886), by Frederic A. Talbot
A glacier in the Selkirk Mountains, photograph p. 228
The Canadian Northwest mounted police (Twentieth century), by W. G. Fitz-Gerald
How the Canadian Northwest awoke (End of the nineteenth century), by A. G. Bradley
Canada Part VIII: The Empire of the North: Historical note
The cable hymn (1858), by John G. Whittier
The bore of the Bay of Fundy, by Eliza B. Chase
How Dr. Grenfell was saved (Twentieth century), by George Andrews, one of the rescuers
Given to hospitality (Twentieth century), by Dr. Wilfred Thomason Grenfell
Canada of the future (Twentieth century), by Agnes C. Laut
South America Part I: Stories of the Incas: Historical note
The stolen child of the Inca (before 1532), by Sir Clements R. Markham
Machu Picchu, a ruined city of the Incas, photograph p. 288
How Pizarro captured the Inca (1532), by William Hickling Prescott
The golden ransom (1532), by Charles Bradford Hudson
The execution of Atahuallpa (1533), by W. H. Davenport Adams
The hidden treasure of the Incas (after 1532), from the Spanish of Valverde
South America Part II: Peru, Chile, Bolivia, and Ecuador: Historical note
The highest railroad in the World (about 1865), by Frederic A. Talbot
How to conduct a Spanish-American revolution (about 1860), by F. Hassaurek
The unconquerable Araucanians (Twentieth century), by Nevin O. Winter
The Christ of the Andes, by Nevin O. Winter
South America Part III: Venezuela, Colombia, and the Guianas: Historical note
The adventures of Columbus off the coast of Trinidad (1498), by Washington Irving
What Sir Walter Raleigh thought of Guiana (1595), by Sir Walter Raleigh
The story of Bolívar (1817-1830), by Lindon Bates, Jr.
The statue of Bolívar, Caracas, Venezuela, photograph p. 364
The sword of Bolívar, by Unknown
The Asphalt Lake of Trinidad (Twentieth century), by Lindon Bates, Jr.
Modern Columbia (Twentieth century), by Francis E. Clarke
South America Part IV: Brazil: Historical note
The discovery of Brazil (1500), by Robert Grant Watson
Why Brazil belonged to Portugal (1500), by Thomas Bonaventure Lawler
How King John VI came to Brazil (1808), by D. P. Kidder and J. C. Fletcher
Dom Pedro II, the exiled emperor (1889), by Marie Robinson Wright
An American colony in Brazil (1910), by Nevin O. Winter
South America Part V: Paraguay and Uruguay: Historical note
Life at a Paraguayan ''Reduction'', by Mrs. Marion G. Mulhall
The escape of the American minister from Paraguay (1868), by Charles A. Washburn
A visit to Artigas (about 1815), by W. H. Koebel
Uruguay and the Uruguayans (Twentieth century), by Francis E. Clark
South America Part VI: The Argentine Republic: Historical note
Argentine independence (1810-1910), by Hiram Bingham
The people of the Argentine Pampas (about 1870), by Dr. Domingo Faustino Sarmiento
A real Patagonian (about 1880), by Lady Florence Dixie
In Buenos Aires (Twentieth century), by Hiram Bingham
Central America: Historical note
A sacrifice to Tohil, by William T. Brigham
Copan, by Joaquin Miller
Balboa (1513), by Thomas Buchanan Read
Chief Nicaragua and the Spaniards (1522), by Frederick Palmer
William Walker, ''the last of the Filibusters'' (1853-1860), by Joaquin Miller
The cargadors of Guatemala (Twentieth century), by Nevin O. Winter
Happy little Costa Rica (Twentieth century), by Frederick Palmer
Mexico Part I: Stories of the Aztecs: Historical note
A hymn of the ancient Mexicans
Nezahualcoyotl, king of the Tuscucans, by William Hickling Prescott
Mexican hieroglyphics, photograph p. 482
How an Aztec boy became a knight, by Hubert Howe Bancroft
How the Aztec king passed his time (early part of the sixteenth century), by Hubert Howe Bancroft
Mexico Part II: The coming of the Spaniards: Historical note
Has the god Quetzalcoatl come to Mexico ? (1519), by William Hickling Prescott
The king without a throne, by Hubert Howe Bancroft
The fall of the city of Mexico (1521), by Jacob Abbott
Statue of Quauhtemoc, photograph p. 516
Mexico Part III: Modern Mexico: Historical note
The angels of Buena Vista (1847), by John G. Whittier
Maximilian at Queretaro (1872), by Margaret Junkin Preston
The last moments of Maximilian, by Jean Paul Laurens (France, 1838), painting p. 524
The rule of Porfirio Diaz (1877-1919), by Channing Arnold and Frederick J. Tabor Frost
The National Palace, city of Mexico, photograph p. 534
The West Indies: Historical note
The first landing of Columbus (1492), by Ferdinand Columbus, son of Christopher Columbus
Toussaint L'Ouverture (1801), by Wendell Phillips
''The marble memory of Josephine'', empress of France, by Lafcadio Hearn
The Fer-de-Lance of Martinique, by Lafcadio Hearn
The eruption of Mont Pelée (1902), by Charles Augustus Stoddard
The Court of Justice of General Gomez (1895), by Grover Flint
Execution Wall, Havana, photograph p. 568
How freedom came to Porto Rico (1898), by William Dinwiddie

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
Cast list for The Court of Justice of General Gomez:
Major: Jim Locke / Gomez: Monika M.C. / Narrator: Sonia