Heroes of discovery in America . HEROES OF DISCOVERY IN AMERICA BY CHARLES MORRIS AUTHOR OF HISTORICAL TALES,* HALF-HOURS WITHAMERICAN AUTHORS, ETC. SECOND EDITION REVISED AND ENLARGED. PHILADELPHIA AND LONDON J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY £7; ?A COPYRIGHT, 1906, BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANYCOPYRIGHT, 1919, BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY BtC 2 \v\^ ©Ci; PREFACE There has been a high note of heroism throughoutthe history of America. From the early days of itssettlement down to a late date the best blood of Europesought its shores,—the adventurous, the daring, thelovers of old romance and new per
Heroes of discovery in America . HEROES OF DISCOVERY IN AMERICA BY CHARLES MORRIS AUTHOR OF HISTORICAL TALES,* HALF-HOURS WITHAMERICAN AUTHORS, ETC. SECOND EDITION REVISED AND ENLARGED. PHILADELPHIA AND LONDON J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY £7; ?A COPYRIGHT, 1906, BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANYCOPYRIGHT, 1919, BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY BtC 2 \v\^ ©Ci; PREFACE There has been a high note of heroism throughoutthe history of America. From the early days of itssettlement down to a late date the best blood of Europesought its shores,—the adventurous, the daring, thelovers of old romance and new performance. Rarelyhas the world seen such a host of bold and brave spirits,ready to do and to dare, men of might who stayed notfor difficulty and halted not for danger. These werethe men who made America, men like Cortez andPizarro, who did not hesitate to invade populous king-doms with a handful of warriors; men like Orellana,who trusted himself boldly to the vast unknown floodof the Amazon; men like La Salle, who dared the perilsof that other great unknown stream, the Mississippi;adventurers like De Soto, Champlain, and dozens ofothers that might be named, instinct with da
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