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The March from Albany

Never had Canada known a more prosperous trade than now in the midst of her danger and tribulation. It was a triumph for Frontenac.Our special

He was born in Venice, and, when still very young, was taken to England with the rest of his family by his father.Continuing Cabots Discover North

If Sebastian Cabot had not been so much wrapped up in his own vainglory, we might have had a full record of the eventful voyage.Continuing Cabots

Places being supported by evidence of much weight: 1. That it was in Newfoundland; 2. That it was on the Labrador coast; 3. That it was on the island

This series has six easy 5-minute installments. This first installment: Were the Cabots Historical Figures.IntroductionThe Age of Exploration

IntroductionThe Golden Bull of Charles IV of Germany, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, first published at the Diet of Nuremberg in 1356, was a

Massachusetts had made an easy conquest of all Acadia; a conquest, however, which she had neither the men nor the money to secure by sufficient

Today's installment concludes Quebec Founded,our selection from The History of Canada under the French Regime by Henry H. Miles published in

Scarcely any land had been cleared, so that it was impossible by means of agriculture alone to provide against famine in the winter.Continuing