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The Eyes of Discovery: The Pageant of North America as Seen by the First Explorers

by John Bakeless

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Fascinating portrait of the New World as the first explorers and settlers experienced it -- Manhattan teeming with wildflowers, Boston with beavers, Chicago with a buffalo run. Based on scores of original journals, diaries and letters, authentic Indian narratives. 68 illustrations, 39 especially for this edition. Bibliography.

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Canonical title: The Eyes of Discovery: The Pageant of North America as Seen by the First Explorers
Original publication date: 1950

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Genres: Nonfiction, History, General Nonfiction, Travel
DDC/MDS: 973.1 — History & geography History of North America United States America to 1607
LCC: E162 .B3 — History of the United States United States General
BISAC: HIS HISTORY United States Colonial Period (1600-1775)

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Published: 1950
Genres: Nonfiction, History, General Nonfiction, Travel
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