Columbus and Other Heroes of American Discovery

"Columbus and Other Heroes of American Discovery" by N. D'Anvers is a late 1800s history book about the exploration of the Americas. It mainly discusses Christopher Columbus and other people who helped discover and settle different areas, like Canada and the United States. The book looks at both the good and bad parts of these explorations, telling stories about these historical people and how they interacted with the native people who already lived there. The book starts by discussing previous trips to America, hinting that Columbus might not have been the first one there, and talks about old stories of lands to the west of Europe, describing explorers like Eric the Red and Leif the Lucky and their adventures to places like Greenland and Vinland, pointing out other explorers before Columbus and showing how discovery and conquest were linked during this important period.