CONTENTS

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[To Foresta][v]
[Contents][vii]
[List of Illustrations][ix]
I
[Asgard the Beautiful (1348)][1]
[The Viking's Secret][17]
II
[The Runes of the Wind-Wife (1364)][18]
[The Navigators (1415-1460)][34]
III
[Sea of Darkness (1475)][35]
[Sunset Song][48]
IV
[Pedro and His Admiral (1492)][50]
[The Queen's Prayer][65]
V
[The Man Who Could Not Die (1493-1494)][66]
[The Escape][80]
VI
[Locked Harbors (1497)][81]
[Gray Sails][93]
VII
[Little Venice (1500)][94]
[The Gold Road][104]
VIII
[The Dog with Two Masters (1512)][105]
[Cold o' the Moon (1519)][117]
IX
[Wampum Town (1508-1524)][121]
[The Drum][133]
X
[The Gods of Taxmar (1512-1519)][134]
[The Legend of Malinche][148]
XI
[The Thunder Birds (1519-1520)][150]
[Moccasin Flower][165]
XII
[Gifts from Norumbega (1533-1535)][167]
[The Mustangs][181]
XIII
[The White Medicine Man (1528-1536)][182]
[Lone Bayou (1542)][195]
XIV
[The Face of the Terror (1564)][197]
[The Destroyers][214]
XV
[The Fleece of Gold (1561-1577)][215]
[A Watch-dog of England (1583)][237]
XVI
[Lords of Roanoke (1584)][238]
[The Changelings][250]
XVII
[The Gardens of Helêne (1607-1609)][252]
[The Wooden Shoe][269]
XVIII
[The Fires that Talked (1610)][270]
[Imperialism][282]
XIX
[Admiral of New England (1600-1614)][284]
[The Discoverers][299]
[Bibliography][300]

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

"'I will tell you where there is plenty of it'" (in color)[Frontispiece]
"'And Freya came from Asgard in her chariot drawn by two cats'" (in color)[4]
"Nils marked out an inscription in Runic letters"[30]
"The miniature globe took form as the children watched, fascinated"[44]
"He proposed that Caonaba should put on the gift the Spanish captain had brought"[78]
"A sapling, bent down, was attached to a noose ingeniously hidden"[86]
"The natives seemed prepared to traffic in all peace and friendliness" (in color)[132]
"Cortes flung about his shoulders his own cloak"[146]
"Moteczuma awaited them in the courtyard" (in color)[162]
"Cartier read from his service-book"[176]
"The creatures darkened the plain almost as far as the eye could see"[190]
"'Gentlemen, whence does this fleet come?'"[204]
"Drake was silent, fingering the slender Milanese poniard"[226]
"If he had to wear her fetters, they should at least be golden"[244]
"The Grand Master of the day entered the dining hall"[266]

[Contents]

DAYS OF THE DISCOVERERS

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