John Cabot: 40 books

pubOne.info present you this wonderfully illustrated edition. The career of Hernando Cortez is one of the most wild and adventurous recorded in the annals of fact or fiction, and yet all the prominent events in his wondrous history are well authenticated. All truth carries with itself an important moral....

No one now takes much interest in the history of the world before the coming of Christ. The old dynasties of Babylon, Media, Assyria, are but dim spectres lost in the remoteness of the long-forgotten past. Though the Christian lingers with solemn pleasure over the faintly-revealed scenes of patriarchal...

Few, even of our most intelligent men, if we except those who are devoted to literary pursuits, are acquainted with the adventures which our forefathers encountered in the settlement of New England. The claims of business are now so exacting, that those whose time is engrossed by its cares have but little...

It is not surprising that many persons, not familiar with the wild and wondrous events of the past, should judge that many of the honest narratives of history must be fictions—mere romances. But it is difficult for the imagination to invent scenes more wonderful than can be found in the annals of...

Characters developed by the French Revolution. – Madame Roland. – Gratien Phlippon. – His repinings at his lot. – Views of Phlippon. – His hostility to the Church. – Origin of the French Revolution. – Character of Madame Phlippon. – Birth of Jane Maria. – Adored by her parents. –...

The world is now too busy to read voluminous history. The interminable details of battles, and the petty intrigues of courtiers and mistresses, have lost their interest. In this volume it has been our object to trace perspicuously the path which Russia has trod from earliest infancy to the present hour....

Nicolbee had nightmares; but his life was a nightmare too and sometimes he couldn't tell them apart or which was most real …

Korean Communication, Media, and Culture is a bibliography of English-language publications for non-Korean-speaking academics, researchers, and professionals. In addition to the actual annotations of all the major books, book chapters, journal articles, and theses/dissertations, each chapter includes...

Elizabeth, the maiden queen of England, commenced her long and eventful reign by issuing in May, 1659 a law concerning religion entitled the “Act of Uniformity.” By this law all ministers were prohibited from conducting public worship otherwise than in accordance with minute directions for the...

Next to George Washington, we must write, upon the Catalogue of American Patriots, the name of Benjamin Franklin. He had so many virtues that there is no need of exaggerating them; so few imperfections that they need not be concealed. The writer has endeavored to give a perfectly accurate view of...

pubOne.info thank you for your continued support and wish to present you this new edition. We all live a double life: the external life which the world sees, and the internal life of hopes and fears, joys and griefs, temptations and sins, which the world sees not, and of which it knows but little. None lead this double life more emphatically than those who are seated upon thrones.

This edition features a linked Table of Contents CONTENTS (abridged list) CHAPTER I. The Enterprise of James Marquette. CHAPTER II. The First Exploration of the Mississippi River. CHAPTER III. Marquette's Last Voyage, and Death. CHAPTER IV. Life upon the St. Lawrence and the Lakes Two Hundred...