Category: History - American
When General Hamilton spoke in the _Federalist_ over a century ago of "an empire, in many respects the most interesting in the world," meaning the United States of America, he did not, he could not, foresee the vast growth of his country and its northern and southern neighbour...
=Maryland=, U.S. 39N. 76W. One of the original 13 states of the Union; first colonised by Virginians, 1631; grant to Lord Baltimore, 1632 and English colony settled, 1634; alter...
7. Part 7=Patagonia, S.A.= 39S. 60W. Discovered by Magalhaes, 1519; R. de Isola the first to traverse the country, 1535; Drake off, 1578; Cook, 1774; many later explorers, among them Dar...
3. Part 3=Araucania=, Chili. 36-39S. 73W. The natives waged devastating warfare with the Spaniards from the first endeavour of the latter to subdue them; in 1773 independence was granted...
4. Part 4=Chicago=, Illinois. 41N. 87W. French fur-traders at, 1654; Marquette at, 1673, and during winter 1674-5; fort built by French, 1683; abandoned when Canada ceded to English; Ame...
5. Part 5George, Lake, N.Y. 43N. 73W. Sc. action during French and Indian war, 1755-9; its chief forts were William Henry (q.v.), George, and Ticonderoga (q.v.). French under Dieskau, wh...
2. Part 2Five years after the first voyage of Columbus, John Cabot, sailing from Bristol, discovered Labrador and Newfoundland, and within forty years Verazzano and Cartier opened up the...
8. Part 8=Ticonderoga=, N.Y. 43N. 73W. Unsuccessful assault by Abercrombie, and death of Lord Howe, 1758; taken by Amherst, 1759; by Americans (Green Mountain Boys), 1775, who evacuated...
22. Part 2223. Part 2320. Part 2021. Part 2114. Part 1417. Part 1716. Part 1618. Part 1819. Part 1911. Part 119. Part 913. Part 1325. Part 2515. Part 1512. Part 1224. Part 2410. Part 101. Part 1When General Hamilton spoke in the _Federalist_ over a century ago of "an empire, in many respects the most interesting in the world," meaning the United States of America, he d...
26. Part 26Many place names in the Index and Glossary are misspelled according to current usage. Unless these were obvious typos (n for u for example), spelling was retained as in the orig...