Foreword --
The newfound land --
Island triumphs, mainland defeats, 1492-1561 --
Bloody Florida, lost Roanoke, 1562-1590 --
Settlers for a season, 1520-1608 --
Holding on in Virginia and Canada, 1607-1620 --
Pious Plymouth, rowdy Manhattan, 1620-1630 --
Lords brethren and lords Calvert, 1625-1647 --
Struggle over land, rent and rulers, 1638-1699 --
Outposts in the south, 1 650-1775 --
Missions and fur posts on the Pacific, 1740-1841.
Examines the origins of America's early settlers and the successes and failures of the early French, English, Spanish, Dutch, Portuguese, Swedish, German, and Russian settlements in the New World.
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