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- AMERICAN ENCYCLOPEDIA
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- ANCIENT AND MODERN HISTORY:
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- COLUMBUS, OHIO.
- PREFACE.
- TABLE OF CONTENTS.
- DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY.
- ANCIENT HISTORY.
- ETHIOPIAN HISTORY 18-20
- MONGOLIAN HISTORY.――The Chinese 20-26
- MODERN HISTORY.
- HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES.
- BIOGRAPHICAL DEPARTMENT.
- DEPARTMENT OF TRAVEL.
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
- AMERICAN ENCYCLOPEDIA.
- THE
- AMERICAN ENCYCLOPEDIA
- OF
- HISTORY, BIOGRAPHY AND TRAVEL.
- DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY.
- ANCIENT HISTORY.
- ETHIOPIAN HISTORY.
- MONGOLIAN HISTORY――THE CHINESE.
- CAUCASIAN HISTORY.
- HISTORY OF GREECE――EARLY MYTHOLOGY.
- SECOND OR AUTHENTIC PERIOD OF HISTORY.
- THIRD PERIOD OF HISTORY
- DECLINE OF ATHENIAN INDEPENDENCE.
- CONCLUDING PERIOD OF GREEK HISTORY.
- HISTORY OF ROME.
- GRADUAL CONQUEST OF THE PENINSULA――ITALY UNDER THE ROMAN RULE.
- THE REVOLUTIONS OF THE GRACCHI
- THE JUGURTHINE, CIMBRIC, AND SOCIAL WARS――MARIUS AND SULLA.
- POMPEY――CICERO――CATILINE――CÆSAR.
- THE TRIUMVIRATE――CÆSAR’S GALLIC WARS――WAR BETWEEN CÆSAR AND POMPEY.
- CONDITION OF THE EMPIRE UNDER AUGUSTUS.
- DOWNFALL OF THE WESTERN EMPIRE.
- HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE AGES.
- THE EASTERN EMPIRE TO THE TWELFTH CENTURY.
- ARABIA――MOHAMMED――EMPIRE OF THE SARACENS.
- CHARLEMAGNE――THE NEW WESTERN EMPIRE.
- FRANCE FROM THE TIME OF CHARLES THE BALD TO THE ELEVENTH CENTURY.
- THE GERMAN EMPIRE BEFORE THE ELEVENTH CENTURY.
- FROM THE NINTH TO THE ELEVENTH CENTURY.
- GENERAL STATE OF EUROPE IN THE ELEVENTH CENTURY.
- THE CRUSADES.
- INSTITUTION OF CHIVALRY, ETC.
- THE ITALIAN REPUBLICS――COMMERCE IN GENERAL.
- THE TURKS――FALL OF CONSTANTINOPLE.
- RISE OF CIVIL FREEDOM AND SOCIAL IMPROVEMENT.
- HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND.
- CONQUEST BY THE ROMANS.
- CONQUEST BY THE SAXONS.
- CONQUEST BY THE NORMANS.
- EARLY NORMAN KINGS.
- RICHARD CŒUR DE LION――JOHN――MAGNA CHARTA.
- HENRY III――ORIGIN OF PARLIAMENT.
- EDWARD I AND II――ATTEMPTED CONQUEST OF SCOTLAND.
- EDWARD III――RICHARD II.
- HOUSE OF LANCASTER.
- HOUSE OF YORK.
- HOUSE OF TUDOR――HENRY VII.
- HENRY VIII.
- THE REFORMATION.
- EDWARD VI――QUEEN MARY.
- ELIZABETH――MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS――REFORMATION IN SCOTLAND.
- GOVERNMENT OF ELIZABETH.
- WAR IN THE NETHERLANDS.
- DEATH OF MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS
- SPANISH ARMADA――REBELLION IN IRELAND.
- CONCLUSION OF THE REIGN OF ELIZABETH.
- THE STUARTS――JAMES I.
- GUNPOWDER PLOT.
- PLANTATIONS IN IRELAND.
- THE KING’S CHILDREN――THE SPANISH MATCH.
- FEATURES OF THE GOVERNMENT OF JAMES I.
- CHARLES I――HIS CONTENTIONS WITH THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.
- THE LONG PARLIAMENT――THE IRISH REBELLION.
- THE CIVIL WAR.
- SOLEMN LEAGUE AND COVENANT
- CONCLUSION OF THE CIVIL WAR.
- TRIAL AND EXECUTION OF THE KING.
- THE COMMONWEALTH――SUBJUGATION OF IRELAND AND SCOTLAND.
- THE PROTECTORATE.
- THE RESTORATION――DUTCH WAR.
- PLAGUE AND FIRE OF LONDON――PERSECUTION IN SCOTLAND.
- THE TRIPLE ALLIANCE――THE FRENCH ALLIANCE.
- THE RYE-HOUSE PLOT――DEATH OF CHARLES II.
- JAMES II――EXPEDITION OF MONMOUTH.
- ARBITRARY MEASURES OF THE KING.
- THE REVOLUTION.
- RESISTANCE IN SCOTLAND AND IRELAND.
- REIGN OF WILLIAM III.
- QUEEN ANNE――MARLBOROUGH’S CAMPAIGNS.
- UNION OF ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND.
- PEACE OF UTRECHT――DEATH OF QUEEN ANNE.
- ACCESSION OF THE HOUSE OF HANOVER――REBELLION OF 1715-16.
- GEORGE II――WAR WITH SPAIN.
- REBELLION OF 1745-46.
- GEORGE III――BUTE ADMINISTRATION――PEACE OF 1763.
- AMERICAN STAMP ACT.
- THE AMERICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE.
- FRENCH REVOLUTION, AND CONSEQUENT WAR WITH FRANCE.
- THREATENED INVASION――SUBSEQUENT EVENTS.
- REBELLION IN IRELAND――UNION WITH GREAT BRITAIN.
- CHANGE OF MINISTRY, AND PEACE OF AMIENS, 1801.
- WAR RENEWED WITH FRANCE, 1803――SUBSEQUENT EVENTS.
- FIRST PENINSULAR CAMPAIGN――SUBSEQUENT EVENTS.
- SUCCESSES OF WELLINGTON IN SPAIN.
- EVENTS OF 1811, 1812, AND 1813.
- HOME AFFAIRS――WAR WITH AMERICA.
- PEACE OF 1814――SUBSEQUENT EVENTS.
- REIGN OF GEORGE IV.
- REIGN OF WILLIAM IV.
- COMMENCEMENT OF THE PRESENT REIGN.
- WAR WITH RUSSIA――ALLIANCE OF ENGLAND, FRANCE AND TURKEY.
- HISTORY OF FRANCE.
- FRANCE DURING THE WAR OF RELIGION.
- THE AGE OF LOUIS XIV――RICHELIEU AND MAZARIN.
- THE LAST DAYS OF ABSOLUTE MONARCHY――THE FRENCH REVOLUTION.
- NAPOLEON, EMPEROR.
- HISTORY OF SPAIN.
- HISTORY OF GERMANY AND AUSTRIA.
- HISTORY OF RUSSIA.
- HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES.
- COLONIAL HISTORY
- THE WAR OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE.
- CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY.
- DEPARTMENT OF BIOGRAPHY.
- HERNANDO CORTEZ.
- ENTRY INTO MEXICO――RESIDENCE THERE――DESCRIPTION OF THE CITY.
- WILLIAM PENN.
- I am your loving friend, WILLIAM PENN.’
- BENJAMIN FRANKLIN.
- PETER THE GREAT.
- COUNT RUMFORD.
- PLANS FOR ECONOMISING FOOD AND FUEL.
- NICOLAS COPERNICUS.
- TYCHO BRAHE.
- GALILEO.
- KEPLER.
- NEWTON.
- HUYGENS.
- HALLEY.
- FERGUSON.
- SIR WILLIAM HERSCHEL.
- SIMON BOLIVAR.
- FRANCIA, THE DICTATOR.
- ALEXANDER WILSON.
- JAMES WATT.
- JOHN HOWARD.
- GEORGE GORDON, LORD BYRON.
- PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY.
- OLIVER GOLDSMITH.
- EDWARD GIBBON.
- DAVID HUME.
- ALEXANDER POPE.
- JOHN ADAMS.
- THOMAS JEFFERSON.
- SAMUEL ADAMS.
- JAMES OTIS.
- FISHER AMES.
- COLONEL AARON BURR.
- ALEXANDER HAMILTON.
- PATRICK HENRY.
- JOHN HANCOCK.
- ETHAN ALLEN.
- BENEDICT ARNOLD.
- HORATIO GATES.
- THADDEUS KOSCIUSKO.
- NATHANIEL GREENE.
- FREDERIC WILLIAM AUGUSTUS STEUBEN.
- BARON DE KALB.
- RICHARD MONTGOMERY.
- GILBERT MOTIER LAFAYETTE.
- ISRAEL PUTNAM.
- STEPHEN DECATUR.
- COMMODORE ISAAC HULL.
- OLIVER HAZARD PERRY.
- JOHN MARSHALL.
- JOHN PAUL JONES.
- GENERAL ANDREW JACKSON.
- WINFIELD SCOTT
- ZACHARY TAYLOR.
- JOHN E. WOOL.
- DANIEL WEBSTER.
- HENRY CLAY.
- HON. JUDGE WOODBURY.
- HON. ROBERT RANTOUL, JR.
- FRANKLIN PIERCE.
- SAMUEL FINLEY BREESE MORSE.
- M. DAGUERRE.
- VICTOR HUGO.
- OMAR PASHA.
- EDWARD EVERETT.
- WASHINGTON IRVING.
- WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT.
- GEORGE BANCROFT.
- WILLIAM HICKLING PRESCOTT.
- HIRAM POWERS.
- DEPARTMENT OF TRAVEL.
- HISTORICAL SKETCH OF NAVAL ARCHITECTURE.
- EARLY MARITIME DISCOVERIES.
- CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS.
- MAGELLAN――FIRST VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD.
- SIR FRANCIS DRAKE.
- HENRY HUDSON.
- LE MAIRE AND SCHOUTEN――FIRST VOYAGE ROUND CAPE HORN.
- VOYAGE OF CAPTAIN JAMES, FOR THE DISCOVERY OF A NORTH-WEST PASSAGE.
- DAMPIER.
- CAPTAIN WOODES ROGERS.
- CAPTAIN JOHN CLIPPERTON.
- COMMODORE ANSON.
- BYRON.
- CAPT. WALLIS.
- DE BOUGAINVILLE.
- CAPTAIN JAMES COOK.
- CAPTAINS PORTLOCK AND DIXON.
- MONSIEUR DE LA PEROUSE.
- GEORGE VANCOUVER.
- CAPTAIN D’ENTRECASTEAUX.
- PARRY’S VOYAGES FOR THE DISCOVERY OF THE NORTH WEST PASSAGE.
- FIRST VOYAGE.
- SIR JOHN FRANKLIN.
- TRAVELS IN AFRICA.――PARK, DENHAM, CLAPPERTON, LANDER, AND OTHERS.
- SAMUEL HEARNE.
- JOHN LEWIS BURCKHARDT.
- JAMES BRUCE.
- JOHN LEDYARD.
- JOHN BAPTIST BELZONI.
- GEORGE FORSTER.
- EDWARD DANIEL CLARKE.
- RICHARD POCOCKE.
- OVERLAND JOURNEY TO INDIA.