History Books

Chronica d'el rei D. Diniz (Vol. II)

Rui de Pina

Chronica d'el rei D. Diniz (Vol. II) is a book on Portugal history written by Rui de Pina...

Halleck's New English Literature

Reuben Post Halleck

In this New English Literature the author endeavors to preserve the qualities that have caused his former History of English Literature to be so widely used; namely, suggestiveness, clearness, organic..

Buccaneers and Pirates of Our Coasts

Frank Richard Stockton

Buccaneers is non-fiction, a highly readable history of how piracy began and spread throughout the region in response to the plundering of Spanish colonialism. It is written with great flair for the d..

Five Years in New Zealand

Robert B. Booth

Five Years in New Zealand is a travel work written by Robert B. Booth. The islands of New Zealand, discovered by the Dutch navigator, Tasman, in 1642, and surveyed and explored by Captain Cooke in 176..

Famous Men of the Middle Ages

John H. Haaren

The famous men of ancient and modern times are the mountain peaks of history. It is logical then that the study of history should begin with the biographies of these men.Not only is it logical; it is ..

Colonial Records of Virginia

Various Authors

The documents herewith presented are printed from copies obtained from the Public Record Office of Great Britain. When the question of the boundary line between Maryland and Virginia was before the Le..

Jacques Cartier

H. Emile Chevalier

Jacques Cartier is a Canada's history written in French language by H. Emile Chevalier...

An Appeal to the British Nation on the Humanity and Policy

William Hillary

An Appeal to the British Nation on the Humanity and Policy of Forming a National Institution for the Preservation of Lives and Property from Shipwreck (1825).Introduction from the book:The few pages o..