REFERENCES  FOR  TEACHERS

Bassett,  J.  S.,  Short  History  of  the  United  States,  pp.  23-27.
Becker,  C.  L.,  Beginnings  of  the  American  People  (Riverside  Series),

pp.  1-12.
Channing,  Edward,  History  of  the  United  States,  I,  ch.  I.
Cheyney,  E.  P.,  European  Background  of  American  History  (American

Nation  Series),  chs.  I-IV.
REFERENCES  FOR  PUPILS

Hall,  Jennie,  Our  Ancestors  in  Europe,  pp.  341-349.
Hart,  A.  B.,  Editor,  American  Patriots  and  Statesmen,  I,  pp.  31-35.
Johnson,  W.  H,  French  Pathfmders  in  North  America,  chs.  IV-V.
Johnson,  W.  H,  The  World's  Discoverers,  chs.  II,  VIII-XI.
Parkman,  Francis,  The  Struggle  for  a  Continent,  pp.  69-82.
SPECIAL  TOPICS  FOR  PUPILS

1.  Early  Ideas  about  the  Earth.  Archer,  A.  B.,  Stories  of  Ex-
ploration and  Discovery,  ch.  I ;  Fiske,  John,  Discovery  of  America,  I,
chs.  III-IV;   Sparks,  E.  E.,  Expansion  of  the  American  People,  ch.  I.
2.  The  Crusades.  Gordy,  W.  F.,  American  Beginnings  in  Europe,
chs.  XIX-XX ;   Hall,  Jennie,  Our  Ancestors  in  Europe,  pp.  329-333.
3.  Marco  Polo.  Archer,  A.  B.,  Stories  of  Exploration  and  Dis-
covery, ch.  Ill ;  Fiske,  John,  Discovery  of  America,  I,  p.  280 ;  John-
son, W.  H.,  The  World's  Discoverers,  ch.  I.
CHAPTER  II


THE   DISCOVERY    OF   A   NEW   WORLD


Christopher  Columbus.  All  this  travel  toward  Asia  paved  the
way  for  some  bold  mariner  to  act  on  the  theory  that  by  sailing
to  the  west,  "  the  Indies  in  the  East  might  be  readily  found."
The  man  for  this  undertaking  was  Christopher  Columbus,  the
son  of  a  humble  woolcomber  of  Genoa.  Born  about  the  year
1446  or  1447,  Columbus  was
a  sailor  on  the  Mediterranean
at  the  age  of  fourteen.  He
soon  became  a  fearless  navi-
gator, as  well  as  an  expert
maker  of  maps  and  charts.
About  the  year  1471  Colum-
bus went  to  Lisbon  to  live.
