Great Epochs in American History, Volume I by Francis Whiting Halsey (1851 - 1919)

La Salle's voyage to the mouth of the Mississippi (1682) by Francis Parkman

Discovery of Niagara Falls (1678) by Father Louis Hennepin

The death of Marquette (1675) by Father Claude Dablon

Marquette's discovery of the Mississippi (1673): Marquette's own account

Champlain's battle with the Iroquois on lake Champlain (1609) by Champlain himself

Hudson's discovery of the Hudson river (1609) by Robert Juet, Hudson's secretary

Drake's visit to California (1579) by one of Drake's companions

The death of de Soto (1542) by one of de Soto's companions

The discovery of the Mississippi by de Soto (1541): Parkman's account

The expedition of Coronado to the Southwest (1540-1541): Coronado's own account

Cabeza de Vaca's journey to the Southwest (1535-1536): de Vaca's own account

Searches for "The seven cities of Cibola" (1530-1540): the account by Reuben Gold Thwaites

Cartier's exploration of the St.Lawrence (1534) II: Cartier's own account

Cartier's exploration of the St.Lawrence (1534) I: the account given by John A. Doyle

The discovery of New York harbor by Verazzano (1524): Verazzano's own account

The voyage of Magellan to the Pacific (1520): John Fiske's account

The discovery of the Pacific by Balboa (1513): the account by Manuel Jose Quintana

The discovery of Florida by Ponce de Leon (1512): Parkman's account

The first account of America printed in English (1511)

A battle wih the Indians (1497) as described by Americus Vecpucius