The Discovery and Exploration of America: A Book for American Boys and Girls (Classic Reprint) - Softcover
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No branch of the work of education seems to the author of greater importance than this of giving the young their first impressions of the history of their own land. With a deep sense of this truth, the latest authorities have been made tributary to this volume, and the author has spared no pains to have it correct in every statement of facts, and in the difficult matter of dates.
The work is a study of authorities, under the lead of such writers as those who have contributed to Mr. Winsor's invaluable Narrative and Critical History of America, and of those whose works are mentioned in the very extensive notes appended to its different chapters. For other author ities the Library of Harvard College has furnished ample resources, and they have been extensively used.
Among the works especially valuable for the period covered by this volume are the narratives of the early navigators, found in the publications of the Hakluyt Society and else where. The young are not qualified to investigate these books, but they contain much that is of great interest to them.
The more difficult words are explained at the close of the volume. The author limits the list in the hope that the young reader may not be discouraged by it, and he trusts that teachers will cultivate in them the habit of consulting dictionaries and other works of reference. Such a habit is of great importance, for no book contains all that may be well said on any subject.
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No branch of the work of education seems to the author of greater importance than this of giving the young their first impressions of the history of their own land. With a deep sense of this truth, the latest authorities have been made tributary to this volume, and the author has spared no pains to have it correct in every statement of facts, and in the difficult matter of dates.
The work is a study of authorities, under the lead of such writers as those who have contributed to Mr. Winsor's invaluable Narrative and Critical History of America, and of those whose works are mentioned in the very extensive notes appended to its different chapters. For other author ities the Library of Harvard College has furnished ample resources, and they have been extensively used.
Among the works especially valuable for the period covered by this volume are the narratives of the early navigators, found in the publications of the Hakluyt Society and else where. The young are not qualified to investigate these books, but they contain much that is of great interest to them.
The more difficult words are explained at the close of the volume. The author limits the list in the hope that the young reader may not be discouraged by it, and he trusts that teachers will cultivate in them the habit of consulting dictionaries and other works of reference. Such a habit is of great importance, for no book contains all that may be well said on any subject.
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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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- Publication date2024
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- ISBN 13 9781333876036
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- Number of pages132
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