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