’Twas the voice that called them onward, ’twas the voice that is calling still,

And the voice will call ’till the end of it all, and the voice has a conquering will.

CONTENTS

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Preface[vii]
The Voice[ix]
Leif Ericson[1]
Christopher Columbus[15]
Amerigo Vespucci[43]
Juan Ponce de Leon[61]
Vasco Nuñez de Balboa[85]
Hernando Cortés[107]
Ferdinand Magellan[185]
Giovanni Verrazano[203]
Francisco Pizarro[217]
Hernando de Soto[249]
Samuel de Champlain[271]
Henry Hudson[303]
Pierre Esprit Radisson[337]
Father Marquette[361]
Robert de La Salle[383]
Robert Edwin Peary[409]
Epilogue[427]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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Amerigo Vespucci (See page [45])[Frontispiece]
Leif Ericson[8]
The Landing of Columbus[28]
Amerigo Vespucci off the coast of Venezuela[48]
Juan Ponce de Leon at the Fountain of Youth[80]
Balboa taking possession of the Pacific Ocean in the name of the King of Spain[97]
Capture by Cortés of the City of Mexico[178]
The Death of Magellan[200]
Giovanni Verrazano[208]
Execution of the Inca of Peru[245]
De Soto in the Florida Wilderness[256]
Champlain in the Indian Battle[285]
Henry Hudson in New York Harbor[317]
Marquette and Joliet discovering the Mississippi River[369]
La Salle at the mouth of the Mississippi River[397]
Robert Edwin Peary[413]