The World’s Story Volume XI: Canada, South America, Central America, Mexico and…


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This is the eleventh volume of the 15-volume series of The World’s Story: a history of the World in story, song and art, edited by Eva March Tappan. Each book is a compilation of selections from prose literature, poetry and pictures and offers a comprehensive presentation of the world's history, art and culture, from the early times till the beginning of the 20th century. Part XI contains stories about Canadian history and about the discovery of Central and South America, from the early Inca and Aztec civilizations to the 20th century revolutions and upheavals. - Summary by Sonia

Cast list for The Court of Justice of General Gomez:
Major: Jim Locke / Gomez: Monika M.C. / Narrator: Sonia (15 hr 56 min)

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The landing of Columbus, by Petro Gabrini, painting, frontispiece 2:35 Leído por Sonia
Canada Part I: Discovery and exploration: Historical note 1:51 Leído por Sonia
What the Italians thought of John Cabot (1498), from two contemporary letters 7:18 Leído por Jim Locke
Jacques Cartier at Quebec (1535), by John Fiske 14:06 Leído por Piotr Nater
Sir Humphrey Gilbert (1583), by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 3:14 Leído por Tomas Peter
The last days of Henry Hudson (1611), by Agnes C. Laut 16:49 Leído por Albert Shu
The last voyage of Henry Hudson, by Hon. John Collier, painting p. 24 1:04 Leído por Sonia
Why the Iroquois hated the French (1609), by Eva March Tappan 6:27 Leído por April6090
Champlain and the impostor Vignan (1613), by Francis Parkman 10:38 Leído por Matt Stevens
Canada Part II: Heroes and heroines of early Canada: Historical note 2:30 Leído por Tomas Peter
The story of Jean Brébeuf (1633-1649), by Rev. J. O. Miller 10:46 Leído por Matt Stevens
The women who founded the Ursuline convent at Quebec (1639), by W. S. Herrington 6:31 Leído por Jim Locke
The story of Ville Marie de Montreal (1642), by Agnes Maule Machar 16:43 Leído por Jim Locke
Madame de la Tour and her defense of Fort St. John (1645), by Mary Hartwell Cat… 21:10 Leído por Jim Locke
The child who defended Castle Dangerous (1692), by Thomas G. Marquis 17:36 Leído por Matt Stevens
Canada Part III: Life in the French settlements: Historical note 2:04 Leído por J. M. Smallheer
In the days of Frontenac (1672-1698), by Rev. J. O. Miller 10:55 Leído por Matt Stevens
How people lived in New France (Seventeenth century), by Charles G. D. Roberts 14:19 Leído por Piotr Nater
The Coureur de Bois, by Samuel Mathewson Baylis 1:50 Leído por Sonia
Canada Part IV: Canada becomes a British Province: Historical note 2:21 Leído por J. M. Smallheer
The exile of the Acadians (1755), by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 8:28 Leído por Alan Mapstone
The second capture of Louisburg (1758), by Agnes C. Laut 8:24 Leído por dmusgrove
The fall of Quebec (1759), by George Bancroft 20:16 Leído por Jim Locke
The fall of Quebec, from an old print, painting p. 122 0:54 Leído por Tomas Peter
The troubles of the Loyalists (about 1783), by Eva March Tappan 14:49 Leído por Albert Shu
Loyalist Shelburne (1783), by Daniel Owen 12:07 Leído por Jared Starr
How a settler built his log barn (early part of the nineteenth century), by Sam… 6:40 Leído por Devorah Allen
The second concession of Deer, by William Wye Smith 3:46 Leído por Alan Mapstone
Canada Part V: Scenes from Canadian history: Historical note 1:57 Leído por J. M. Smallheer
Monument to Joseph Brant, photograph p. 152 1:59 Leído por Alan Mapstone
When Tecumseh met General Brock (1812), by Walter R. Nursey 4:23 Leído por Alan Mapstone
Laura Secord, a heroine of the war of 1812 (1813), by Rev. J. O. Miller 5:24 Leído por April6090
The battle of Lundy's Lane (1814), by Agnes C. Laut 8:09 Leído por Colleen McMahon
The cutting-out of the Caroline (1837), by John Charles Dent 11:06 Leído por Colleen McMahon
Taken prisoner by the Fenians (1866), by David Junor 15:09 Leído por Jim Locke
The Canadians on the Nile (1884-1885), by William Wye Smith 2:51 Leído por Alan Mapstone
Canada Part VI: Stories of the trappers: Historical note 1:50 Leído por J. M. Smallheer
A Canadian boat-song, by Thomas Moore 2:28 Leído por Alan Mapstone
How the Northwest Company lost Fort Gabriel (about 1820), by Sir Gilbert Parker 10:26 Leído por Colleen McMahon
Shopping at a Hudson's Bay Company's fort, by H. M. Robinson 11:33 Leído por Colleen McMahon
The trade into the north, by Aubrey Fullerton 18:47 Leído por Jared Starr
Canada Part VII: The Canadian Northwest: Historical note 1:32 Leído por J. M. Smallheer
How Alexander Mackenzie reached the Pacific Ocean (1793), by Rev. J. O. Miller 7:17 Leído por Tomas Peter
How Canada acquired the Northwest (1869), by Eva March Tappan 8:29 Leído por Jim Locke
How the Canadian Pacific crossed the Selkirks (1881-1886), by Frederic A. Talbot 10:28 Leído por Jim Locke
A glacier in the Selkirk Mountains, photograph p. 228 1:31 Leído por April6090
The Canadian Northwest mounted police (Twentieth century), by W. G. Fitz-Gerald 18:47 Leído por Jim Locke
How the Canadian Northwest awoke (End of the nineteenth century), by A. G. Brad… 12:19 Leído por Steven Winterburn
Canada Part VIII: The Empire of the North: Historical note 1:55 Leído por J. M. Smallheer
The cable hymn (1858), by John G. Whittier 2:40 Leído por Tomas Peter
The bore of the Bay of Fundy, by Eliza B. Chase 6:24 Leído por April6090
How Dr. Grenfell was saved (Twentieth century), by George Andrews, one of the r… 6:55 Leído por Matt Stevens
Given to hospitality (Twentieth century), by Dr. Wilfred Thomason Grenfell 17:34 Leído por Matt Stevens
Canada of the future (Twentieth century), by Agnes C. Laut 15:13 Leído por Matt Stevens
South America Part I: Stories of the Incas: Historical note 2:32 Leído por J. M. Smallheer
The stolen child of the Inca (before 1532), by Sir Clements R. Markham 10:40 Leído por Devorah Allen
Machu Picchu, a ruined city of the Incas, photograph p. 288 2:03 Leído por cathar maiden
How Pizarro captured the Inca (1532), by William Hickling Prescott 11:59 Leído por hayduo
The golden ransom (1532), by Charles Bradford Hudson 10:32 Leído por April6090
The execution of Atahuallpa (1533), by W. H. Davenport Adams 13:22 Leído por Jim Locke
The hidden treasure of the Incas (after 1532), from the Spanish of Valverde 6:49 Leído por Availle
South America Part II: Peru, Chile, Bolivia, and Ecuador: Historical note 2:32 Leído por J. M. Smallheer
The highest railroad in the World (about 1865), by Frederic A. Talbot 20:16 Leído por ToddHW
How to conduct a Spanish-American revolution (about 1860), by F. Hassaurek 10:08 Leído por ToddHW
The unconquerable Araucanians (Twentieth century), by Nevin O. Winter 9:37 Leído por Availle
The Christ of the Andes, by Nevin O. Winter 1:41 Leído por Sonia
South America Part III: Venezuela, Colombia, and the Guianas: Historical note 2:23 Leído por J. M. Smallheer
The adventures of Columbus off the coast of Trinidad (1498), by Washington Irv… 6:15 Leído por Alan Mapstone
What Sir Walter Raleigh thought of Guiana (1595), by Sir Walter Raleigh 5:35 Leído por Alan Mapstone
The story of Bolívar (1817-1830), by Lindon Bates, Jr. 25:36 Leído por Albert Shu
The statue of Bolívar, Caracas, Venezuela, photograph p. 364 2:25 Leído por Albert Shu
The sword of Bolívar, by Unknown 3:35 Leído por cathar maiden
The Asphalt Lake of Trinidad (Twentieth century), by Lindon Bates, Jr. 4:09 Leído por Sonia
Modern Columbia (Twentieth century), by Francis E. Clarke 8:09 Leído por Kristine Bekere
South America Part IV: Brazil: Historical note 1:55 Leído por Kristine Bekere
The discovery of Brazil (1500), by Robert Grant Watson 5:34 Leído por Kristine Bekere
Why Brazil belonged to Portugal (1500), by Thomas Bonaventure Lawler 5:01 Leído por Devorah Allen
How King John VI came to Brazil (1808), by D. P. Kidder and J. C. Fletcher 7:50 Leído por Leni
Dom Pedro II, the exiled emperor (1889), by Marie Robinson Wright 7:27 Leído por Leni
An American colony in Brazil (1910), by Nevin O. Winter 9:01 Leído por KevinS
South America Part V: Paraguay and Uruguay: Historical note 3:04 Leído por Kristine Bekere
Life at a Paraguayan ''Reduction'', by Mrs. Marion G. Mulhall 8:31 Leído por Jim Locke
The escape of the American minister from Paraguay (1868), by Charles A. Washburn 11:03 Leído por Kristine Bekere
A visit to Artigas (about 1815), by W. H. Koebel 6:42 Leído por dmusgrove
Uruguay and the Uruguayans (Twentieth century), by Francis E. Clark 11:38 Leído por Piotr Nater
South America Part VI: The Argentine Republic: Historical note 2:14 Leído por Corey Kendrick
Argentine independence (1810-1910), by Hiram Bingham 11:23 Leído por Jim Locke
The people of the Argentine Pampas (about 1870), by Dr. Domingo Faustino Sarmie… 9:41 Leído por Piotr Nater
A real Patagonian (about 1880), by Lady Florence Dixie 10:08 Leído por Jim Locke
In Buenos Aires (Twentieth century), by Hiram Bingham 10:08 Leído por Jim Locke
Central America: Historical note 1:27 Leído por Tomas Peter
A sacrifice to Tohil, by William T. Brigham 8:34 Leído por Jared Starr
Copan, by Joaquin Miller 1:57 Leído por Sonia
Balboa (1513), by Thomas Buchanan Read 4:19 Leído por Alan Mapstone
Chief Nicaragua and the Spaniards (1522), by Frederick Palmer 6:28 Leído por Piotr Nater
William Walker, ''the last of the Filibusters'' (1853-1860), by Joaquin Miller 4:23 Leído por Alan Mapstone
The cargadors of Guatemala (Twentieth century), by Nevin O. Winter 3:11 Leído por Piotr Nater
Happy little Costa Rica (Twentieth century), by Frederick Palmer 9:36 Leído por alzounes
Mexico Part I: Stories of the Aztecs: Historical note 3:11 Leído por Jim Locke
A hymn of the ancient Mexicans 1:59 Leído por Alan Mapstone
Nezahualcoyotl, king of the Tuscucans, by William Hickling Prescott 5:25 Leído por Jim Locke
Mexican hieroglyphics, photograph p. 482 1:52 Leído por Tomas Peter
How an Aztec boy became a knight, by Hubert Howe Bancroft 8:12 Leído por Devorah Allen
How the Aztec king passed his time (early part of the sixteenth century), by Hu… 9:42 Leído por Jim Locke
Mexico Part II: The coming of the Spaniards: Historical note 2:05 Leído por Jared Starr
Has the god Quetzalcoatl come to Mexico ? (1519), by William Hickling Prescott 15:33 Leído por Piotr Nater
The king without a throne, by Hubert Howe Bancroft 16:05 Leído por Jim Locke
The fall of the city of Mexico (1521), by Jacob Abbott 7:30 Leído por Jim Locke
Statue of Quauhtemoc, photograph p. 516 2:45 Leído por Alan Mapstone
Mexico Part III: Modern Mexico: Historical note 3:10 Leído por Jared Starr
The angels of Buena Vista (1847), by John G. Whittier 5:41 Leído por Jim Locke
Maximilian at Queretaro (1872), by Margaret Junkin Preston 3:07 Leído por Alan Mapstone
The last moments of Maximilian, by Jean Paul Laurens (France, 1838), painting p… 1:36 Leído por Alan Mapstone
The rule of Porfirio Diaz (1877-1919), by Channing Arnold and Frederick J. Tabo… 19:41 Leído por Fernando Borrego
The National Palace, city of Mexico, photograph p. 534 2:52 Leído por Fernando Borrego
The West Indies: Historical note 2:29 Leído por Jared Starr
The first landing of Columbus (1492), by Ferdinand Columbus, son of Christopher… 12:48 Leído por Piotr Nater
Toussaint L'Ouverture (1801), by Wendell Phillips 17:34 Leído por Piotr Nater
''The marble memory of Josephine'', empress of France, by Lafcadio Hearn 2:53 Leído por Sonia
The Fer-de-Lance of Martinique, by Lafcadio Hearn 9:03 Leído por April6090
The eruption of Mont Pelée (1902), by Charles Augustus Stoddard 7:57 Leído por April6090
The Court of Justice of General Gomez (1895), by Grover Flint 6:02 Leído por LibriVox Volunteers
Execution Wall, Havana, photograph p. 568 1:46 Leído por Monika M. C.
How freedom came to Porto Rico (1898), by William Dinwiddie 10:30 Leído por Sonia