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The World’s Story Volume XI: Canada, South America, Central America, Mexico and the West Indies

The World’s Story Volume XI: Canada, South America, Central America, Mexico and the West Indies

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Number of Chapters: 124

Length: 15 hours and 56 minutes

Language: English

This is the eleventh volume of the 15-volume series of The World’s Story: a history of the World in story, song and art, edited by Eva March Tappan. Each book is a compilation of selections from prose literature, poetry and pictures and offers a comprehensive presentation of the world's history, art and culture, from the early times till the beginning of the 20th century. Part XI contains stories about Canadian history and about the discovery of Central and South America, from the early Inca and Aztec civilizations to the 20th century revolutions and upheavals. - Summary by Sonia

Cast list for The Court of Justice of General Gomez:
Major: Jim Locke / Gomez: Monika M.C. / Narrator: Sonia

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The landing of Columbus, by Petro Gabrini, painting, frontispiece (Sonia)
Canada Part I: Discovery and exploration: Historical note (Sonia)
What the Italians thought of John Cabot (1498), from two contemporary letters (Jim Locke)
Jacques Cartier at Quebec (1535), by John Fiske (Piotr Nater)
Sir Humphrey Gilbert (1583), by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Tomas Peter)
The last days of Henry Hudson (1611), by Agnes C. Laut (Albert Shu)
The last voyage of Henry Hudson, by Hon. John Collier, painting p. 24 (Sonia)
Why the Iroquois hated the French (1609), by Eva March Tappan (April6090)
Champlain and the impostor Vignan (1613), by Francis Parkman (Matt Stevens)
Canada Part II: Heroes and heroines of early Canada: Historical note (Tomas Peter)
The story of Jean Brébeuf (1633-1649), by Rev. J. O. Miller (Matt Stevens)
The women who founded the Ursuline convent at Quebec (1639), by W. S. Herrington (Jim Locke)
The story of Ville Marie de Montreal (1642), by Agnes Maule Machar (Jim Locke)
Madame de la Tour and her defense of Fort St. John (1645), by Mary Hartwell Catherwood (Jim Locke)
The child who defended Castle Dangerous (1692), by Thomas G. Marquis (Matt Stevens)
Canada Part III: Life in the French settlements: Historical note (J. M. Smallheer)
In the days of Frontenac (1672-1698), by Rev. J. O. Miller (Matt Stevens)
How people lived in New France (Seventeenth century), by Charles G. D. Roberts (Piotr Nater)
The Coureur de Bois, by Samuel Mathewson Baylis (Sonia)
Canada Part IV: Canada becomes a British Province: Historical note (J. M. Smallheer)
The exile of the Acadians (1755), by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Alan Mapstone)
The second capture of Louisburg (1758), by Agnes C. Laut (dmusgrove)
The fall of Quebec (1759), by George Bancroft (Jim Locke)
The fall of Quebec, from an old print, painting p. 122 (Tomas Peter)
The troubles of the Loyalists (about 1783), by Eva March Tappan (Albert Shu)
Loyalist Shelburne (1783), by Daniel Owen (Jared Starr)
How a settler built his log barn (early part of the nineteenth century), by Samuel Thompson (Devorah Allen)
The second concession of Deer, by William Wye Smith (Alan Mapstone)
Canada Part V: Scenes from Canadian history: Historical note (J. M. Smallheer)
Monument to Joseph Brant, photograph p. 152 (Alan Mapstone)
When Tecumseh met General Brock (1812), by Walter R. Nursey (Alan Mapstone)
Laura Secord, a heroine of the war of 1812 (1813), by Rev. J. O. Miller (April6090)
The battle of Lundy's Lane (1814), by Agnes C. Laut (Colleen McMahon)
The cutting-out of the Caroline (1837), by John Charles Dent (Colleen McMahon)
Taken prisoner by the Fenians (1866), by David Junor (Jim Locke)
The Canadians on the Nile (1884-1885), by William Wye Smith (Alan Mapstone)
Canada Part VI: Stories of the trappers: Historical note (J. M. Smallheer)
A Canadian boat-song, by Thomas Moore (Alan Mapstone)
How the Northwest Company lost Fort Gabriel (about 1820), by Sir Gilbert Parker (Colleen McMahon)
Shopping at a Hudson's Bay Company's fort, by H. M. Robinson (Colleen McMahon)
The trade into the north, by Aubrey Fullerton (Jared Starr)
Canada Part VII: The Canadian Northwest: Historical note (J. M. Smallheer)
How Alexander Mackenzie reached the Pacific Ocean (1793), by Rev. J. O. Miller (Tomas Peter)
How Canada acquired the Northwest (1869), by Eva March Tappan (Jim Locke)
How the Canadian Pacific crossed the Selkirks (1881-1886), by Frederic A. Talbot (Jim Locke)
A glacier in the Selkirk Mountains, photograph p. 228 (April6090)
The Canadian Northwest mounted police (Twentieth century), by W. G. Fitz-Gerald (Jim Locke)
How the Canadian Northwest awoke (End of the nineteenth century), by A. G. Bradley (Steven Winterburn)
Canada Part VIII: The Empire of the North: Historical note (J. M. Smallheer)
The cable hymn (1858), by John G. Whittier (Tomas Peter)
The bore of the Bay of Fundy, by Eliza B. Chase (April6090)
How Dr. Grenfell was saved (Twentieth century), by George Andrews, one of the rescuers (Matt Stevens)
Given to hospitality (Twentieth century), by Dr. Wilfred Thomason Grenfell (Matt Stevens)
Canada of the future (Twentieth century), by Agnes C. Laut (Matt Stevens)
South America Part I: Stories of the Incas: Historical note (J. M. Smallheer)
The stolen child of the Inca (before 1532), by Sir Clements R. Markham (Devorah Allen)
Machu Picchu, a ruined city of the Incas, photograph p. 288 (cathar maiden)
How Pizarro captured the Inca (1532), by William Hickling Prescott (hayduo)
The golden ransom (1532), by Charles Bradford Hudson (April6090)
The execution of Atahuallpa (1533), by W. H. Davenport Adams (Jim Locke)
The hidden treasure of the Incas (after 1532), from the Spanish of Valverde (Availle)
South America Part II: Peru, Chile, Bolivia, and Ecuador: Historical note (J. M. Smallheer)
The highest railroad in the World (about 1865), by Frederic A. Talbot (ToddHW)
How to conduct a Spanish-American revolution (about 1860), by F. Hassaurek (ToddHW)
The unconquerable Araucanians (Twentieth century), by Nevin O. Winter (Availle)
The Christ of the Andes, by Nevin O. Winter (Sonia)
South America Part III: Venezuela, Colombia, and the Guianas: Historical note (J. M. Smallheer)
The adventures of Columbus off the coast of Trinidad (1498), by Washington Irving (Alan Mapstone)
What Sir Walter Raleigh thought of Guiana (1595), by Sir Walter Raleigh (Alan Mapstone)
The story of Bolívar (1817-1830), by Lindon Bates, Jr. (Albert Shu)
The statue of Bolívar, Caracas, Venezuela, photograph p. 364 (Albert Shu)
The sword of Bolívar, by Unknown (cathar maiden)
The Asphalt Lake of Trinidad (Twentieth century), by Lindon Bates, Jr. (Sonia)
Modern Columbia (Twentieth century), by Francis E. Clarke (Kristine Bekere)
South America Part IV: Brazil: Historical note (Kristine Bekere)
The discovery of Brazil (1500), by Robert Grant Watson (Kristine Bekere)
Why Brazil belonged to Portugal (1500), by Thomas Bonaventure Lawler (Devorah Allen)
How King John VI came to Brazil (1808), by D. P. Kidder and J. C. Fletcher (Leni)
Dom Pedro II, the exiled emperor (1889), by Marie Robinson Wright (Leni)
An American colony in Brazil (1910), by Nevin O. Winter (KevinS)
South America Part V: Paraguay and Uruguay: Historical note (Kristine Bekere)
Life at a Paraguayan ''Reduction'', by Mrs. Marion G. Mulhall (Jim Locke)
The escape of the American minister from Paraguay (1868), by Charles A. Washburn (Kristine Bekere)
A visit to Artigas (about 1815), by W. H. Koebel (dmusgrove)
Uruguay and the Uruguayans (Twentieth century), by Francis E. Clark (Piotr Nater)
South America Part VI: The Argentine Republic: Historical note (Corey Kendrick)
Argentine independence (1810-1910), by Hiram Bingham (Jim Locke)
The people of the Argentine Pampas (about 1870), by Dr. Domingo Faustino Sarmiento (Piotr Nater)
A real Patagonian (about 1880), by Lady Florence Dixie (Jim Locke)
In Buenos Aires (Twentieth century), by Hiram Bingham (Jim Locke)
Central America: Historical note (Tomas Peter)
A sacrifice to Tohil, by William T. Brigham (Jared Starr)
Copan, by Joaquin Miller (Sonia)
Balboa (1513), by Thomas Buchanan Read (Alan Mapstone)
Chief Nicaragua and the Spaniards (1522), by Frederick Palmer (Piotr Nater)
William Walker, ''the last of the Filibusters'' (1853-1860), by Joaquin Miller (Alan Mapstone)
The cargadors of Guatemala (Twentieth century), by Nevin O. Winter (Piotr Nater)
Happy little Costa Rica (Twentieth century), by Frederick Palmer (alzounes)
Mexico Part I: Stories of the Aztecs: Historical note (Jim Locke)
A hymn of the ancient Mexicans (Alan Mapstone)
Nezahualcoyotl, king of the Tuscucans, by William Hickling Prescott (Jim Locke)
Mexican hieroglyphics, photograph p. 482 (Tomas Peter)
How an Aztec boy became a knight, by Hubert Howe Bancroft (Devorah Allen)
How the Aztec king passed his time (early part of the sixteenth century), by Hubert Howe Bancroft (Jim Locke)
Mexico Part II: The coming of the Spaniards: Historical note (Jared Starr)
Has the god Quetzalcoatl come to Mexico ? (1519), by William Hickling Prescott (Piotr Nater)
The king without a throne, by Hubert Howe Bancroft (Jim Locke)
The fall of the city of Mexico (1521), by Jacob Abbott (Jim Locke)
Statue of Quauhtemoc, photograph p. 516 (Alan Mapstone)
Mexico Part III: Modern Mexico: Historical note (Jared Starr)
The angels of Buena Vista (1847), by John G. Whittier (Jim Locke)
Maximilian at Queretaro (1872), by Margaret Junkin Preston (Alan Mapstone)
The last moments of Maximilian, by Jean Paul Laurens (France, 1838), painting p. 524 (Alan Mapstone)
The rule of Porfirio Diaz (1877-1919), by Channing Arnold and Frederick J. Tabor Frost (Fernando Borrego)
The National Palace, city of Mexico, photograph p. 534 (Fernando Borrego)
The West Indies: Historical note (Jared Starr)
The first landing of Columbus (1492), by Ferdinand Columbus, son of Christopher Columbus (Piotr Nater)
Toussaint L'Ouverture (1801), by Wendell Phillips (Piotr Nater)
''The marble memory of Josephine'', empress of France, by Lafcadio Hearn (Sonia)
The Fer-de-Lance of Martinique, by Lafcadio Hearn (April6090)
The eruption of Mont Pelée (1902), by Charles Augustus Stoddard (April6090)
The Court of Justice of General Gomez (1895), by Grover Flint (Group)
Execution Wall, Havana, photograph p. 568 (Monika M. C.)
How freedom came to Porto Rico (1898), by William Dinwiddie (Sonia)
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