Peter Parley's Tales About America and Australia
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The Project Gutenberg eBook, Peter Parley's Tales About America and Australia, by Samuel Griswold Goodrich, Edited by Rev. T. Wilson, Illustrated by S. Williams
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TALES
ABOUT
AMERICA AND AUSTRALIA.
BY
PETER PARLEY.
A New Edition,
BROUGHT DOWN TO THE PRESENT TIME.
REVISED BY
BROUGHT DOWN TO THE PRESENT TIME.
REVISED BY
THE REV. T. WILSON.
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY S. WILLIAMS.
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY S. WILLIAMS.
CONTENTS.
A New Edition,
BROUGHT DOWN TO THE PRESENT TIME.
REVISED BY
BROUGHT DOWN TO THE PRESENT TIME.
REVISED BY
THE REV. T. WILSON.
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY S. WILLIAMS.
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY S. WILLIAMS.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
PARLEY TELLS HOW AMERICA WAS FIRST DISCOVERED, AND ABOUT COLUMBUS THE DISCOVERER.
PARLEY TELLS HOW AMERICA WAS FIRST DISCOVERED, AND ABOUT COLUMBUS THE DISCOVERER.
CHAPTER II.
PARLEY DESCRIBES THE INHABITANTS.
PARLEY DESCRIBES THE INHABITANTS.
CHAPTER III.
COLUMBUS SETS SAIL TO RETURN TO SPAIN, AND ENCOUNTERS A DREADFUL STORM.
COLUMBUS SETS SAIL TO RETURN TO SPAIN, AND ENCOUNTERS A DREADFUL STORM.
CHAPTER IV.
COLUMBUS PREPARES FOR ANOTHER VOYAGE.
COLUMBUS PREPARES FOR ANOTHER VOYAGE.
CHAPTER V.
PARLEY TELLS HOW COLUMBUS DISCOVERS THE CONTINENT OF AMERICA.
PARLEY TELLS HOW COLUMBUS DISCOVERS THE CONTINENT OF AMERICA.
CHAPTER VI.
PARLEY TELLS HOW COLUMBUS WAS ROBBED OF THE HONOUR OF GIVING HIS NAME TO AMERICA.
PARLEY TELLS HOW COLUMBUS WAS ROBBED OF THE HONOUR OF GIVING HIS NAME TO AMERICA.
CHAPTER VII.
PARLEY TELLS HOW COLUMBUS WAS SHIPWRECKED, AND ALSO OF THE MANNER OF HIS DEATH.
PARLEY TELLS HOW COLUMBUS WAS SHIPWRECKED, AND ALSO OF THE MANNER OF HIS DEATH.
CHAPTER VIII.
PARLEY TELLS OF OVANDO'S CRUEL TREATMENT OF ANACAONA, THE PRINCESS OF HAYTI.
PARLEY TELLS OF OVANDO'S CRUEL TREATMENT OF ANACAONA, THE PRINCESS OF HAYTI.
CHAPTER IX.
PARLEY DESCRIBES THE TREES, PLANTS, AND FLOWERS OF THE NEW WORLD.
PARLEY DESCRIBES THE TREES, PLANTS, AND FLOWERS OF THE NEW WORLD.
CHAPTER X.
PARLEY TELLS OF THE CONQUEST OF MEXICO.
PARLEY TELLS OF THE CONQUEST OF MEXICO.
CHAPTER XI.
PARLEY RELATES HOW PIZARRO DISCOVERED AND CONQUERED PERU.
PARLEY RELATES HOW PIZARRO DISCOVERED AND CONQUERED PERU.
CHAPTER XII.
PARLEY DESCRIBES THE NATURAL BEAUTIES OF AMERICA.
PARLEY DESCRIBES THE NATURAL BEAUTIES OF AMERICA.
CHAPTER XIII.
PARLEY TELLS OF THE FIRST ENGLISH COLONY IN AMERICA.
PARLEY TELLS OF THE FIRST ENGLISH COLONY IN AMERICA.
CHAPTER XIV.
PARLEY TELLS OF THE ORIGINAL NATIVE AMERICANS.
PARLEY TELLS OF THE ORIGINAL NATIVE AMERICANS.
CHAPTER XV.
PARLEY TELLS ABOUT THE UNITED STATES.
PARLEY TELLS ABOUT THE UNITED STATES.
AUSTRALIA.
CHAPTER XVI.
PARLEY TELLS ABOUT NEW SOUTH WALES.
PARLEY TELLS ABOUT NEW SOUTH WALES.
CHAPTER XVI.
PARLEY TELLS ABOUT NEW SOUTH WALES.
PARLEY TELLS ABOUT NEW SOUTH WALES.
CHAPTER XVII.
PARLEY DESCRIBES THE INHABITANTS, VEGETABLES, AND ANIMALS OF AUSTRALIA—THE BRITISH SETTLEMENTS—THE GOLD REGIONS—RECENT EXPLORATIONS
PARLEY DESCRIBES THE INHABITANTS, VEGETABLES, AND ANIMALS OF AUSTRALIA—THE BRITISH SETTLEMENTS—THE GOLD REGIONS—RECENT EXPLORATIONS
CONCLUSION.
THE END.
THE END.
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