Voyages to America

This bool describes the accounts of some of the five most important voyages to America.

The account of Jennie Hall of the Viking voyages of Leif Erickson, which sowed that travel to the new world was possible.

The account by Filson Young of the four voyages of Christopher Columbus, originally to find a shorter and safer passage to India, that instead established Spanish control of a new world.

The account by Azel Ames of the voyage to Plymouth (on the Mayflower) by the pilgrims wanting to form their own society to enforce their own religious laws and practice.

The account by James Otis of the voyage to Jamestown on the three ships (the Discovery, the Godspeed, and the Susan B. Constant) to establish a different colony without the rules the pilgrims and Puritans.

The account by Father Andrew White of the Voyage to Maryland (on the Ark and the Dove) to establish a colony of complete religious freedom for Catholics and Protestants alike.