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Volume I of the Original Source Series by PowerThink Publishing, offers you the seeds of American culture, traditions, and distinctive history as rooted in the original words of the explorers. From them we gain the correct version of events as they happened; not some interpretation of scholars, nor revisionist speculation by agenda driven communities of our day, but actual first-hand accounts of the discovery of America.

Those first discoveries and explorations branched into colonies, then states, and finally the United States of America. By peering into the window of the explorer’s lives we understand their backgrounds and driving force, and thus our present day inheritance as a nation.

Indeed, the national family tree is made up of a diversity of cultures, ethnicities, and belief systems, springing from the identities and motivations of these first explorers, all which have come together to make something unique in all the world. Everywhere this “thing” is now simply known by the proper title, “American.”

Enjoy the first hand accounts; the letters, diaries, and correspondence, of those who knew America before it became colonies of foreign powers in this volume of original source history.

Included Works:
Pre-Columbian Voyages by John Fiske
The Men from Asia and from Norway by Justin Winsor
Other Pre-Columbian Voyages by Henry Wheaton
The Voyages of the Norsemen by From the Saga of Eric the Red
The Voyages to Vinland by From the Saga of Eric the Red
The Travels of Marco Polo by John Fiske
Marco Polo's Account of Japan and Java by Marco Polo
Prologue to the Book of Ser Marco Polo by Marco Polo
Early Life of Columbus by Washington Irving
Letters From Toscanelli Approving Columbus' Project by Paul Toscanelli
The Journal of Columbus by Christopher Columbus
Columbus in Spain by Washington Irving
The Discovery by Columbus by Christopher Columbus
The Discovery by Columbus by Washington Irving
The Discovery of America by Ferdinand Columbus
The Letter of Columbus to Luis De Sant Angel Announcing His Discovery by Christopher Columbus
Reception of Columbus in Spain by Washington Irving
Papal Bull Dividing the New World by Pope Alexander VI
The Discovery of the Mainland by the Cabots by John A. Doyle
Peter Martyr's Account by Peter Martyr
The Voyages of the Cabots by King Henry VII and Sebastian Cabot
John Cabot's Discovery of North America by Pasqualigo and di Soncino
Amerigo Vespucci's Account of His First Voyage by Amerigo Vespucci
Fourth and Last Voyage of Columbus by Christopher Columbus
The Death of Columbus by Washington Irving
The Naming of America by Martin Waltzee-Muller
Balboa Discovers the Pacific by Manuel Jose Quintana
The Discovery of Florida by Ponce de Leon by Parkman
Ponce de Leon in Florida by George Bancroft
The Origin of Negro Slavery in America by Sir Arthur Helps
The Voyage of Magellan to the Pacific by John Fiske
Verrazzano's Voyage by John de Verrazzano
Cartier's Exploration of the St. Lawrence by John A. Doyle
Cartier Discovers the St. Lawrence by Jacques Cartier
De Vaca's Journey to New Mexico by Cabeza de Vaca
Searches for "The Seven Cities of Cibola" by Reuben Gold Thwaites
Coronado's Wanderings by Francis Vasques de Coronado
De Soto's Discovery of the Mississippi by Francis Parkman
Death of De Soto by Unknown

Bonus: Includes a FREE download of the book in electronic format for use with your computer or Mobile device.

Reviews:

“This is pure history, without all the filters of contemporary interpretation. These books will be a welcome addition to the library of anyone who wants to better understand where America as come from--and where we should be now.”
-Jay A. Parry, author, The Real George Washington

My Father W. Cleon Skousen, author of The Five Thousand Year Leap, would call this must-have collection of original source documents nothing short of pure gold of the rarest kind. This resource would have spared him decades of clawing through untold stacks and volumes of materials during his research and writing years. He would have treasured these books for that very purpose, and joins me in highly recommending these volumes to scholars and casual readers alike; anyone looking for accurate answers to difficult questions about America, freedom, and our era of unprecedented prosperity.
-Paul Skousen, author, speaker, CIA analyst, and Reagan White House intelligence officer