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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) | 10 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 1, Colonial and Revolutionary Literature: Early National Literature: Part I (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) | 4 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, The new world and the new book | 2 | 0 | Browse | Search |
The Daily Dispatch: July 27, 1861., [Electronic resource] | 2 | 0 | Browse | Search |
The Daily Dispatch: August 1, 1861., [Electronic resource] | 2 | 0 | Browse | Search |
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), America, discoverers of. (search)
Madoc.
Welsh records and traditions declare that Madoc, a son of Owen Gwynneth, Prince of North Wales, disgusted with the domestic contentions about the rightful successor of his father, went on a voyage of discovery, with well-manned ships and many followers, about the year 1170; that he sailed westward from Ireland and disMadoc, a son of Owen Gwynneth, Prince of North Wales, disgusted with the domestic contentions about the rightful successor of his father, went on a voyage of discovery, with well-manned ships and many followers, about the year 1170; that he sailed westward from Ireland and discovered a fruitful country; that, returning, he fitted out a squadron of ten vessels and filled them with a colony of men, women, and children of his country, and with these sailed for the fair land he had found.
The expedition was never heard of afterwards.
Travellers in the Mississippi Valley and westward of it assert that the ry that the light-colored Indians of our continent have a mixture of Welsh blood, as they have of Welsh language.
Until the translation of the Icelandic chronicles, the Welsh historians claimed for their countrymen the honor of being the discoverers and first European settlers of America.
Southey made Madoc the subject of a poem.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America . (search)