MAPS
[Schöner's Globe, with Magellan's Route and Demarcation Line; Drawn 1523]
[Areas settled by 1660, and between 1660 and 1700]
[Growth of English Settlements, 1700-1760]
[Area of German Settlements and Frontier Line in 1775]
[Area of Settlement in 1774; Boundary proposed by Spain in 1782; Boundary secured by Treaty of 1783; and Settlements West of Alleghanies in 1783]
BEGINNINGS OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
CHAPTER I
THE DISCOVERY OF THE OLD WORLD AND THE NEW
We come in search of Christians and spices.
Vasco da Gama.
Gold is excellent; gold is treasure, and he that possesses it does all that he wishes to in this world, and succeeds in helping souls into paradise.
Christopher Columbus.
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