Landmark giant

Traces the history of New York City from the discovery of the site by Henrik Hudson in 1526 to its present day status as one of the world's most important cities.

From George Washington's choice of a site on the Potomac and Pierre L'Enfant's design, to today's urban problems in a city whose chief manufactures are decisions, this historical survey describes the individuals and events which have highlighted the growth of our capital.

Traces the history of New York City from the discovery of the site by Henrik Hudson in 1526 to its present day status as one of the world's most important cities.

Text, drawings, and reproductions of medieval pictures re-create how people lived in the villages, towns, and feudal castles of the middle ages and how the young men of that time trained for war or the clergy, for law or medicine, and in arts and crafts.

Describes the various groups that contributed to the development of America between Appomattox, 1865, and the moon, 1970.