This Country of Ours, Part 1: Stories of Explorers and Pioneers, by H. E. Marshall

The Landing of Columbus by Bierstadt

There are currently 6 parts of this book available on audio.  This is Part 1: Stories of Explorers and Pioneers, from Leif Ericson to Sir Walter Raleigh.  Page down to the bottom of this post for links to the other parts of this book.

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Viking Foray by John Charles Dollman

01 How the Vikings of Old Sought And Found New Lands

02 The Sea of Darkness and the Great Faith of Columbus

Columbus routes Russian map

03 How Columbus Fared Forth upon the Sea of Darkness and Came to Pleasant Lands Beyond

04 How Columbus Returned in Triumph

Amerigo Vespucci

05 How America Was Named

06 How the Flag of England Was Planted on the Shores of the New World

07 How the Flag of France was Planted in Florida

Five Flags of Florida, photo uploaded by user Neutrality to Wikimedia Commons, published under GNU Free Documentation license

08 How the French Founded a Colony in Florida

09 How the Spaniards Drove the French Out of Florida

10 How a Frenchman Avenged the Death of His Countrymen

11 The Adventures of Sir Humphrey Gilbert

12 About Sir Walter Raleigh’s Adventures in the Golden West

There are currently 5 other parts of this book available.

To listen to part 2, Stories of Virginia, click here.

To listen to part 3, Stories of New England, click here.

To listen to Part 4 (Stories of the Middle and Southern Colonies) click here.

To listen to Part 5, click here.

To listen to Part 6, click here.

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