# American Leaders and Heroes: A preliminary text-book in United States History

Author: Gordy, Wilbur F. (Wilbur Fisk), 1854-1929

Genre: Category: Children & Young Adult Reading

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/35742

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=American+Leaders+and+Heroes%3A+A+preliminary+text-book+in+United+States+History+Gordy&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

From very early times there existed overland routes of trade between Europe and Asia. During the Middle Ages traffic over these routes greatly increased, so that by the fifteenth century a large and profitable trade was carried on between the West and the East. Merchants in Western Europe grew rich through trade in the silks, spices, and precious stones that were brought by caravan and ship from India, China, and Japan. But in 1453 the Turks conquered Constantinople, and by frequent attacks upon Christian vessels in the Mediterranean made the old routes unsafe. A more practicable one became necessary.

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/american-leaders-and-heroes-a-preliminary-text-book-in-united-s-3db61b1f/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/american-leaders-and-heroes-a-preliminary-text-book-in-united-s-3db61b1f/chapters/16/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/american-leaders-and-heroes-a-preliminary-text-book-in-united-s-3db61b1f/chapters/24/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/american-leaders-and-heroes-a-preliminary-text-book-in-united-s-3db61b1f/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/american-leaders-and-heroes-a-preliminary-text-book-in-united-s-3db61b1f/chapters/26/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/american-leaders-and-heroes-a-preliminary-text-book-in-united-s-3db61b1f/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/american-leaders-and-heroes-a-preliminary-text-book-in-united-s-3db61b1f/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/american-leaders-and-heroes-a-preliminary-text-book-in-united-s-3db61b1f/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/american-leaders-and-heroes-a-preliminary-text-book-in-united-s-3db61b1f/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/american-leaders-and-heroes-a-preliminary-text-book-in-united-s-3db61b1f/chapters/18/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/american-leaders-and-heroes-a-preliminary-text-book-in-united-s-3db61b1f/chapters/25/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/american-leaders-and-heroes-a-preliminary-text-book-in-united-s-3db61b1f/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/american-leaders-and-heroes-a-preliminary-text-book-in-united-s-3db61b1f/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/american-leaders-and-heroes-a-preliminary-text-book-in-united-s-3db61b1f/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/american-leaders-and-heroes-a-preliminary-text-book-in-united-s-3db61b1f/chapters/21/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/american-leaders-and-heroes-a-preliminary-text-book-in-united-s-3db61b1f/chapters/19/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/american-leaders-and-heroes-a-preliminary-text-book-in-united-s-3db61b1f/chapters/17/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/american-leaders-and-heroes-a-preliminary-text-book-in-united-s-3db61b1f/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/american-leaders-and-heroes-a-preliminary-text-book-in-united-s-3db61b1f/chapters/22/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/american-leaders-and-heroes-a-preliminary-text-book-in-united-s-3db61b1f/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/american-leaders-and-heroes-a-preliminary-text-book-in-united-s-3db61b1f/chapters/14/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/american-leaders-and-heroes-a-preliminary-text-book-in-united-s-3db61b1f/chapters/23/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/american-leaders-and-heroes-a-preliminary-text-book-in-united-s-3db61b1f/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/american-leaders-and-heroes-a-preliminary-text-book-in-united-s-3db61b1f/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/american-leaders-and-heroes-a-preliminary-text-book-in-united-s-3db61b1f/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/american-leaders-and-heroes-a-preliminary-text-book-in-united-s-3db61b1f/chapters/20/index.md)