The landing of Columbus, by Petro Gabrini, painting, frontispiece

2:35

Read by Sonia

Canada Part I: Discovery and exploration: Historical note

1:51

Read by Sonia

What the Italians thought of John Cabot (1498), from two contemporary letters

7:18

Read by Jim Locke

Jacques Cartier at Quebec (1535), by John Fiske

14:06

Read by Piotr Nater

Sir Humphrey Gilbert (1583), by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

3:14

Read by Tomas Peter

The last days of Henry Hudson (1611), by Agnes C. Laut

16:49

Read by Albert Shu

The last voyage of Henry Hudson, by Hon. John Collier, painting p. 24

1:04

Read by Sonia

Why the Iroquois hated the French (1609), by Eva March Tappan

6:27

Read by April6090

Champlain and the impostor Vignan (1613), by Francis Parkman

10:38

Read by Matt Stevens

Canada Part II: Heroes and heroines of early Canada: Historical note

2:30

Read by Tomas Peter

The story of Jean Brébeuf (1633-1649), by Rev. J. O. Miller

10:46

Read by Matt Stevens

The women who founded the Ursuline convent at Quebec (1639), by W. S. Herrington

6:31

Read by Jim Locke

The story of Ville Marie de Montreal (1642), by Agnes Maule Machar

16:43

Read by Jim Locke

Madame de la Tour and her defense of Fort St. John (1645), by Mary Hartwell Cat…

21:10

Read by Jim Locke

The child who defended Castle Dangerous (1692), by Thomas G. Marquis

17:36

Read by Matt Stevens

Canada Part III: Life in the French settlements: Historical note

2:04

Read by J. M. Smallheer

In the days of Frontenac (1672-1698), by Rev. J. O. Miller

10:55

Read by Matt Stevens

How people lived in New France (Seventeenth century), by Charles G. D. Roberts

14:19

Read by Piotr Nater

The Coureur de Bois, by Samuel Mathewson Baylis

1:50

Read by Sonia

Canada Part IV: Canada becomes a British Province: Historical note

2:21

Read by J. M. Smallheer

The exile of the Acadians (1755), by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

8:28

Read by Alan Mapstone

The second capture of Louisburg (1758), by Agnes C. Laut

8:24

Read by dmusgrove

The fall of Quebec (1759), by George Bancroft

20:16

Read by Jim Locke

The fall of Quebec, from an old print, painting p. 122

0:54

Read by Tomas Peter

The troubles of the Loyalists (about 1783), by Eva March Tappan

14:49

Read by Albert Shu

Loyalist Shelburne (1783), by Daniel Owen

12:07

Read by Jared Starr

How a settler built his log barn (early part of the nineteenth century), by Sam…

6:40

Read by Devorah Allen

The second concession of Deer, by William Wye Smith

3:46

Read by Alan Mapstone

Canada Part V: Scenes from Canadian history: Historical note

1:57

Read by J. M. Smallheer

Monument to Joseph Brant, photograph p. 152

1:59

Read by Alan Mapstone

When Tecumseh met General Brock (1812), by Walter R. Nursey

4:23

Read by Alan Mapstone

Laura Secord, a heroine of the war of 1812 (1813), by Rev. J. O. Miller

5:24

Read by April6090

The battle of Lundy's Lane (1814), by Agnes C. Laut

8:09

Read by Colleen McMahon

The cutting-out of the Caroline (1837), by John Charles Dent

11:06

Read by Colleen McMahon

Taken prisoner by the Fenians (1866), by David Junor

15:09

Read by Jim Locke

The Canadians on the Nile (1884-1885), by William Wye Smith

2:51

Read by Alan Mapstone

Canada Part VI: Stories of the trappers: Historical note

1:50

Read by J. M. Smallheer

A Canadian boat-song, by Thomas Moore

2:28

Read by Alan Mapstone

How the Northwest Company lost Fort Gabriel (about 1820), by Sir Gilbert Parker

10:26

Read by Colleen McMahon

Shopping at a Hudson's Bay Company's fort, by H. M. Robinson

11:33

Read by Colleen McMahon

The trade into the north, by Aubrey Fullerton

18:47

Read by Jared Starr

Canada Part VII: The Canadian Northwest: Historical note

1:32

Read by J. M. Smallheer

How Alexander Mackenzie reached the Pacific Ocean (1793), by Rev. J. O. Miller

7:17

Read by Tomas Peter

How Canada acquired the Northwest (1869), by Eva March Tappan

8:29

Read by Jim Locke

How the Canadian Pacific crossed the Selkirks (1881-1886), by Frederic A. Talbot

10:28

Read by Jim Locke

A glacier in the Selkirk Mountains, photograph p. 228

1:31

Read by April6090

The Canadian Northwest mounted police (Twentieth century), by W. G. Fitz-Gerald

18:47

Read by Jim Locke

How the Canadian Northwest awoke (End of the nineteenth century), by A. G. Brad…

12:19

Read by Steven Winterburn

Canada Part VIII: The Empire of the North: Historical note

1:55

Read by J. M. Smallheer

The cable hymn (1858), by John G. Whittier

2:40

Read by Tomas Peter

The bore of the Bay of Fundy, by Eliza B. Chase

6:24

Read by April6090

How Dr. Grenfell was saved (Twentieth century), by George Andrews, one of the r…

6:55

Read by Matt Stevens

Given to hospitality (Twentieth century), by Dr. Wilfred Thomason Grenfell

17:34

Read by Matt Stevens

Canada of the future (Twentieth century), by Agnes C. Laut

15:13

Read by Matt Stevens

South America Part I: Stories of the Incas: Historical note

2:32

Read by J. M. Smallheer

The stolen child of the Inca (before 1532), by Sir Clements R. Markham

10:40

Read by Devorah Allen

Machu Picchu, a ruined city of the Incas, photograph p. 288

2:03

Read by cathar maiden

How Pizarro captured the Inca (1532), by William Hickling Prescott

11:59

Read by hayduo

The golden ransom (1532), by Charles Bradford Hudson

10:32

Read by April6090

The execution of Atahuallpa (1533), by W. H. Davenport Adams

13:22

Read by Jim Locke

The hidden treasure of the Incas (after 1532), from the Spanish of Valverde

6:49

Read by Availle

South America Part II: Peru, Chile, Bolivia, and Ecuador: Historical note

2:32

Read by J. M. Smallheer

The highest railroad in the World (about 1865), by Frederic A. Talbot

20:16

Read by ToddHW

How to conduct a Spanish-American revolution (about 1860), by F. Hassaurek

10:08

Read by ToddHW

The unconquerable Araucanians (Twentieth century), by Nevin O. Winter

9:37

Read by Availle

The Christ of the Andes, by Nevin O. Winter

1:41

Read by Sonia

South America Part III: Venezuela, Colombia, and the Guianas: Historical note

2:23

Read by J. M. Smallheer

The adventures of Columbus off the coast of Trinidad (1498), by Washington Irv…

6:15

Read by Alan Mapstone

What Sir Walter Raleigh thought of Guiana (1595), by Sir Walter Raleigh

5:35

Read by Alan Mapstone

The story of Bolívar (1817-1830), by Lindon Bates, Jr.

25:36

Read by Albert Shu

The statue of Bolívar, Caracas, Venezuela, photograph p. 364

2:25

Read by Albert Shu

The sword of Bolívar, by Unknown

3:35

Read by cathar maiden

The Asphalt Lake of Trinidad (Twentieth century), by Lindon Bates, Jr.

4:09

Read by Sonia

Modern Columbia (Twentieth century), by Francis E. Clarke

8:09

Read by Kristine Bekere

South America Part IV: Brazil: Historical note

1:55

Read by Kristine Bekere

The discovery of Brazil (1500), by Robert Grant Watson

5:34

Read by Kristine Bekere

Why Brazil belonged to Portugal (1500), by Thomas Bonaventure Lawler

5:01

Read by Devorah Allen

How King John VI came to Brazil (1808), by D. P. Kidder and J. C. Fletcher

7:50

Read by Leni

Dom Pedro II, the exiled emperor (1889), by Marie Robinson Wright

7:27

Read by Leni

An American colony in Brazil (1910), by Nevin O. Winter

9:01

Read by KevinS

South America Part V: Paraguay and Uruguay: Historical note

3:04

Read by Kristine Bekere

Life at a Paraguayan ''Reduction'', by Mrs. Marion G. Mulhall

8:31

Read by Jim Locke

The escape of the American minister from Paraguay (1868), by Charles A. Washburn

11:03

Read by Kristine Bekere

A visit to Artigas (about 1815), by W. H. Koebel

6:42

Read by dmusgrove

Uruguay and the Uruguayans (Twentieth century), by Francis E. Clark

11:38

Read by Piotr Nater

South America Part VI: The Argentine Republic: Historical note

2:14

Read by Corey Kendrick

Argentine independence (1810-1910), by Hiram Bingham

11:23

Read by Jim Locke

The people of the Argentine Pampas (about 1870), by Dr. Domingo Faustino Sarmie…

9:41

Read by Piotr Nater

A real Patagonian (about 1880), by Lady Florence Dixie

10:08

Read by Jim Locke

In Buenos Aires (Twentieth century), by Hiram Bingham

10:08

Read by Jim Locke

Central America: Historical note

1:27

Read by Tomas Peter

A sacrifice to Tohil, by William T. Brigham

8:34

Read by Jared Starr

Copan, by Joaquin Miller

1:57

Read by Sonia

Balboa (1513), by Thomas Buchanan Read

4:19

Read by Alan Mapstone

Chief Nicaragua and the Spaniards (1522), by Frederick Palmer

6:28

Read by Piotr Nater

William Walker, ''the last of the Filibusters'' (1853-1860), by Joaquin Miller

4:23

Read by Alan Mapstone

The cargadors of Guatemala (Twentieth century), by Nevin O. Winter

3:11

Read by Piotr Nater

Happy little Costa Rica (Twentieth century), by Frederick Palmer

9:36

Read by alzounes

Mexico Part I: Stories of the Aztecs: Historical note

3:11

Read by Jim Locke

A hymn of the ancient Mexicans

1:59

Read by Alan Mapstone

Nezahualcoyotl, king of the Tuscucans, by William Hickling Prescott

5:25

Read by Jim Locke

Mexican hieroglyphics, photograph p. 482

1:52

Read by Tomas Peter

How an Aztec boy became a knight, by Hubert Howe Bancroft

8:12

Read by Devorah Allen

How the Aztec king passed his time (early part of the sixteenth century), by Hu…

9:42

Read by Jim Locke

Mexico Part II: The coming of the Spaniards: Historical note

2:05

Read by Jared Starr

Has the god Quetzalcoatl come to Mexico ? (1519), by William Hickling Prescott

15:33

Read by Piotr Nater

The king without a throne, by Hubert Howe Bancroft

16:05

Read by Jim Locke

The fall of the city of Mexico (1521), by Jacob Abbott

7:30

Read by Jim Locke

Statue of Quauhtemoc, photograph p. 516

2:45

Read by Alan Mapstone

Mexico Part III: Modern Mexico: Historical note

3:10

Read by Jared Starr

The angels of Buena Vista (1847), by John G. Whittier

5:41

Read by Jim Locke

Maximilian at Queretaro (1872), by Margaret Junkin Preston

3:07

Read by Alan Mapstone

The last moments of Maximilian, by Jean Paul Laurens (France, 1838), painting p…

1:36

Read by Alan Mapstone

The rule of Porfirio Diaz (1877-1919), by Channing Arnold and Frederick J. Tabo…

19:41

Read by Fernando Borrego

The National Palace, city of Mexico, photograph p. 534

2:52

Read by Fernando Borrego

The West Indies: Historical note

2:29

Read by Jared Starr

The first landing of Columbus (1492), by Ferdinand Columbus, son of Christopher…

12:48

Read by Piotr Nater

Toussaint L'Ouverture (1801), by Wendell Phillips

17:34

Read by Piotr Nater

''The marble memory of Josephine'', empress of France, by Lafcadio Hearn

2:53

Read by Sonia

The Fer-de-Lance of Martinique, by Lafcadio Hearn

9:03

Read by April6090

The eruption of Mont Pelée (1902), by Charles Augustus Stoddard

7:57

Read by April6090

The Court of Justice of General Gomez (1895), by Grover Flint

6:02

Read by LibriVox Volunteers

Execution Wall, Havana, photograph p. 568

1:46

Read by Monika M. C.

How freedom came to Porto Rico (1898), by William Dinwiddie

10:30

Read by Sonia