Frederick Ober: 19 books

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While Vasco Nuñez de Balboa may be reckoned among the greatest of the minor explorers, yet less has been written of him, perhaps, than of any other in his class except Juan Ponce de Leon. Both names are familiar to every student of history, both are well known even to the casual reader; but both...

Cradled in the valley of the Arno, its noble architecture fitly supplementing its numerous natural charms, lies the Tuscan city of Florence, the birthplace of immortal Dante, the early home of Michael Angelo, the seat of the Florentine Medici, the scene of Savonarola's triumphs and his tragic end....

3 works of Frederick Albion Ober American naturalist and writer (1849-1913) This ebook presents a collection of 3 works of Frederick Albion Ober. A dynamic table of contents allows you to jump directly to the work selected. Table of Contents: - 1904 - Old Put - The Patriot - 1906 - Vasco Nunez de Balboa - 1907 - Amerigo Vespucci

Vasco Nunez De Balboa by Frederick A. Ober. Balboa is most famous for discovering the Pacific ocean, but this was but one incident in a swashbuckling life. After running amok in Hispaniola, Balboa escaped from the island by stowing away in a barrel, and founded the first Spanish settlement...

Amerigo Vespucci Frederick Albion Ober, american naturalist and writer (1849-1913) This ebook presents «Amerigo Vespucci», from Frederick Albion Ober. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected. Table of Contents -01- About this book -02-...

Vasco Nuñez de Balboa Frederick Albion Ober, american naturalist and writer (1849-1913) This ebook presents «Vasco Nuñez de Balboa», from Frederick Albion Ober. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected. Table of Contents...

Old Put The Patriot Frederick Albion Ober, american naturalist and writer (1849-1913) This ebook presents «Old Put The Patriot», from Frederick Albion Ober. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected. Table of Contents -01- About this book...

Amerigo Vespucci (March 9, 1454 - February 22, 1512) was an Italian explorer, financier, navigator and cartographer. The Americas are generally believed to have derived their name from the feminized Latin version of his first name. Frederick Albion Ober (1849-1913) was an American naturalist and...

European colonization of America occurred as a result of the bravery and discoveries of great navigators, visionaries and adventurers. This carefully edited collection presents the lives of the most influential explorers of North America: Eric the Red, Christopher Columbus, John Cabot, Amerigo Vespucci,...

THE MAN-OF-THE-BARREL 1475-1510 SOMETIME in the summer of the year 1501 there landed on the southern coast of Santo Domingo one of the strangest expeditions that ever visited its shores. It was commanded by one Rodrigo de Bastidas, a rich notary of Seville, in Old Spain, who had become imbued with a...

Israel Putnam (January 7, 1718 – May 29, 1790) was an American army general and Freemason, popularly known as "Old Put," who fought with distinction at the Battle of Bunker Hill (1775) during the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783). His reckless courage and fighting spirit were known...

AUTHORITIES XVIth Century. Vespucci's letters to Soderini and L. P. F. de' Medici, reproduced in this volume. XVIIth Century. Herrera, in his Historia General (etc.), Madrid, 1601; "probably followed Las Casas, whose MSS. he had." XIXth Century. Navarrete, M. F. de, Noticias Exactas de Americo Vespucio,...