Part 22
In 1619, when English Puritans began preparations for the founding of a new colony, he offered his services, but the older men would have none of him. He was a "Church of England Protestant" and one of the unregenerate with whom they had no fellowship. They took his map as a guide, and settled, not on Cape Tragabigzanda, which Prince Charles had re-named Cape Anne, but in the bay which he had called Plymouth. He spent some years in London writing an account of his adventures, and died in 1631 at the age of fifty-two--Captain John Smith, Admiral of New England.
NOTE
The account of Captain John Smith's adventures among the Turks was at one time considered apocryphal, but good authorities now see no reason to regard his narrative of his own career as in any way inaccurate. The perils and strange chances which an adventurous man encountered in such times often seem almost incredible in a more peaceful age, but there is really no more reason to doubt them than to discredit authentic accounts of men like Daniel Boone, Francis Drake, or other men of similar disposition.
THE DISCOVERIES
Through tangled mysteries of old romance Knights, Latin, Celt or Saxon, pass a-dream, Seeking the minarets of magic towers Through the witched woods that gleam.
Stately in trappings thick with gold and gems, Stern-browed and stubborn-eyed, they wandered forth, As children credulous, as strong men brave, To South, and West, and North.
Our venturous pilots map the windy skies; To serve our pleasure, huger galleons wait. Aflame with more than magic lights, our walls Guard the Manhattan Gate!
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Among the sources of information from which the historical material of this book are drawn are the following works:
Voyages, HAKLUYT
The Discovery of America. JOHN FISKE
Dutch and Quaker Colonies in America. JOHN FISKE
The Conquest of Mexico. PRESCOTT
Two Voyages in New England. J. JOSSELYN
Adventures and Conquests of Magellan. GEORGE MAKEPEACE TOWLE
Narrative and Critical History of America. (Edited by JUSTIN WINSOR)
The People for Whom Shakespeare Wrote. WARNER
The Romance of Colonization. G. BARNETT SMITH
Life of Columbus. WASHINGTON IRVING
The Voyage of the Vega. NORDENSKIOLD
The Land of the Midnight Sun. DU CHAILLU
The Court of France. LADY JACKSON
Sailors' Narratives of New England Voyages. (Edited by GEORGE PARKER WINSHIP)
Indian Basketry. GEORGE WHARTON JAMES
The Iroquois Book of Rites. HALE
Drake. ALFRED NOYES (_poem_)
Crusaders of New France. WILLIAM BENNETT MUNRO
Elizabethan Sea-dogs. WILLIAM WOOD
Young Folks' Book of American Explorers. HIGGINSON
Paradise Found. WILLIAM F. WARREN
Ferdinand and Isabella. PRESCOTT
Pioneers of France in the New World. PARKMAN
Sir Francis Drake. JULIAN CORBETT
Henry the Navigator. MEN OF ACTION SERIES
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[Transcriber's Notes:
Page Problem Change/Comment
8 "Helene" "Helêne" to match rest of text 26 same awe some awe 55 Inserted a comma after 'jeweled trappings'. 85 superfluous comma in "Catherine, became" removed 85 valauble valuable 90 good cheap and wholesome. As in image 108 comrad comrade 133 'And the White Gods come' Line indented to match other stanzas. 150 sqadron squadron 162 religon religion 178 exicitement excitement 194 slaves slavers 194 Cabeca 'Cabeça' as elsewhere 230 'like spent bullets" 'like spent bullets.' 232 two month's As in image 239 exploratioins explorations 247 Amadas Armadas 300 Inserted '(' before 'Edited by Justin Winsor)'
The following variant spellings in the text have been left unmodified:
"Bacalao" and "Baccalao" "Mappe-Mondo" and "Mappe-Monde" "'T is" and "'Tis"
The following variant hyphenations in the text have been left unmodified:
"arrow-heads" and "arrowheads" "birch-bark" and "birchbark" "cross-bow" and "crossbow-bolts" "court-yards" and "courtyards" "deer-skin" and "deerskin" "frost-work" and "frostwork" "Grand-Master" and "Grand Master" "ink-horn" and "inkhorn" "kin-folk" and "kinfolk" "sea-weed" and "seaweed" "shell-fish" and "shellfish" "ship-worm" and "shipworms"]