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In addition to the artistic illustrations of our two hundred typical 

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 of the feathers; fourth, the terminology of a bird, and including a 

 copious text embracing the general outlines of the Science of Orni- 

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The Discovery of America by Christopher Columbus 



BY HARRY HAK1ES, M.D. 



The preface of the author of this interesting book is concise and 

 to the point, and tells in a few words its scope and aim: "that the mass 

 of mankind in this hurrying age will neither purchase, peruse, nor pos- 

 sess the extensive literature pertaining to the ' Discovery of America ' ; 

 then he hopes the following pages may be found to contain a suffi- 

 ciently full historical statement, to elucidate the great event. 



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The English Rediscovery andColonization of America 



BY JOHN B. AND MARIE A. SHIPLEY 



The authors trace the discovery of America from its earliest be- 

 ginnings, in a series of chapters embracing the Norse Discovery, a de- 

 piction of the motives and results of the voyages of Columbus, and the 

 actual discovery of North America by John and Sebastian Cabot, show- 

 ing how these various events were mutually inter-related, and how the 

 last named led to the existence of the present United States of America. 



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