CHAPTER II

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DISCOVERIES AND EARLY SETTLEMENTS (1492-1606).

6. References, p. 20.--7. Pre-Columbian discoveries, p. 21.--8. Early European discoveries (1492-1512), p. 23.--9. Spanish exploration of the interior (1513-1542), p. 27.--10. Spanish colonies (1492-1687), p. 31.--11. The French in North America (1524-1550), p. 32.--12. French attempts to colonize Florida (1562-1568), p. 33.--13. The French in Canada (1589-1608), p. 35.--14. English exploration (1498-1584), p. 36.--15. English attempts to colonize (1584-1606), p. 38.--16. The experience of the sixteenth century (1492-1606), p. 42 20-44

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