Chapter I: The Discovery of America

THE STORY OF VINLAND, Sidney Lanier 3
THE NORSEMEN, John Greenleaf Whittier 4
THE SKELETON IN ARMOR, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 6
PROPHECY, Luigi Pulci 7
THE INSPIRATION, James Montgomery 8
COLUMBUS, Lydia Huntley Sigourney 9
COLUMBUS TO FERDINAND, Philip Freneau 9
COLUMBUS AT THE CONVENT, John T. Trowbridge 10
THE FINAL STRUGGLE, Louis James Block 11
STEER, BOLD MARINER, ON, Friedrich von Schiller 12
THE TRIUMPH, Sidney Lanier 12
COLUMBUS, Joaquin Miller 14
THE THANKSGIVING FOR AMERICA, Hezekiah Butterworth 15
COLUMBUS IN CHAINS, Philip Freneau 17
COLUMBUS DYING, Edna Dean Proctor 18
COLUMBUS, Edward Everett Hale 18
COLUMBUS AND THE MAYFLOWER, Lord Houghton 18