Acknowledgments are also due to Miss Beulah Marie Dix for very many admirable suggestions as to language and form.

The author will cordially welcome criticisms and suggestions from any one, especially from teachers, and will be very glad to receive notice of any errors.
CAMBRIDGE, March 29, 1900.
TABLE OF CONTENTS I DISCOVERY AND EXPLORATION, 1000-1600.
1.

The European Discovery of America.
2.

Spanish and French Pioneers in the United States.
3.

Pioneers of England.
II COLONIZATION, 1600-1660.
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