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The Pilgrims, brave settlers of Plymouth

Describes the first years of the Pilgrims of Plymouth colony, showing how their thrift and industry subdued a wilderness and established a new nation. Based on the journal of Governor William Bradford.

New Amsterdam; old Holland in the New World

A portrait of the prosperous Dutch settlement established by the Dutch West Indies Company on the southern end of Manhattan Island, describing family life, customs, industry and trade, and dangers and hardships.

Young Paul Revere's Boston

In the Massachusetts Bay Colony's bustling seaport city, young Paul Revere saw about him the heart of Colonial America. Here is Boston as he and other early patriots knew it.

A medieval monk

A slave in ancient Greece

A Roman gladiator

A medieval serf

The Pilgrims, brave settlers of Plymouth

Describes the first years of the Pilgrims of Plymouth colony, showing how their thrift and industry subdued a wilderness and established a new nation. Based on the journal of Governor William Bradford.

New Amsterdam; old Holland in the New World

A portrait of the prosperous Dutch settlement established by the Dutch West Indies Company on the southern end of Manhattan Island, describing family life, customs, industry and trade, and dangers and hardships.

New Amsterdam; old Holland in the New World

A portrait of the prosperous Dutch settlement established by the Dutch West Indies Company on the southern end of Manhattan Island, describing family life, customs, industry and trade, and dangers and hardships.

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