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The Discovery of New Worlds

by M. B. Synge Author

Relates the rise and fall of the Roman Empire, the middle ages in Europe, the rise of Islam and the Crusades, and finally the age of exploration, and the establishment of trade with the Far East. The book concludes with the discoveries of Columbus and the Spanish settlements in the New World.

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Additional Details

Resource Type
Book
ISBN
159915014X
Print Status
In Print
Chapters
50
Pages
252
Suggested Grades
1st - 8th
Historical Setting
30 - 1500
Publisher
Yesterday's Classics
Edition
Second in Story of the World series
Copyright
2006
Written
1903

Chapters

  • 1 The Roman World
  • 2 A Great World Power
  • 3 Voyage and Shipwreck
  • 4 The Tragedy of Nero
  • 5 The Great Fire in Rome
  • 6 The Destruction of Pompeii
  • 7 Marcus Aurelius
  • 8 Decline of the Roman Empire
  • 9 Christians to the Lions
  • 10 A New Rome
  • 11 The Armies of the North
  • 12 The Dark Ages
  • 13 King Arthur and His Knights
  • 14 The Hero of Two Nations
  • 15 The Hardy Northmen
  • 16 How the Nortmen Conquered England
  • 17 A Spanish Hero
  • 18 The First Crusade
  • 19 Frederick Barbarossa
  • 20 The Third Crusade
  • 21 The Days of Chivalry
  • 22 Queen of the Adriatic
  • 23 The Story of Marco Polo
  • 24 Dante's Great Poem
  • 25 The Maid of Orleans
  • 26 The Sea of Darkness
  • 27 Prince Henry, the Sailor
  • 28 A Famous Voyage
  • 29 The Invention of Printing
  • 30 The Stormy Cape
  • 31 Vasco da Gama's Great Voyage
  • 32 India at Last
  • 33 The New Trade-Route
  • 34 Golden Goa
  • 35 Christopher Columbus
  • 36 The Last of the Moors
  • 37 Discovery of the New World
  • 38 The West Indies
  • 39 Columbus in Chains
  • 40 A Great Mistake
  • 41 Follow the Leader
  • 42 Discovery of the Pacific
  • 43 Magellan's Great Plan
  • 44 Magellan's Straits
  • 45 Round the World
  • 46 The Finding of Mexico
  • 47 Montezuma
  • 48 Siege and Fall of Mexico
  • 49 Conquest of Peru
  • 50 A Great Awakening

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