Author: Oliver J. Thatcher

Publisher: The Minerva Group, Inc.

Published: 2004-06

Total Pages: 464

ISBN-13: 9781410214058

CONTENTS:The Geographical DiscoveriesColumbusJournal of the First Voyage of ColumbusVasco da GamaRound Africa to IndiaMagellans Voyage Round the WorldAccount by the Genoese PilotPolitical Ideas of MachiavelliThe Government of a PrinceCopernicusThe Copernican TheoryThe ReformationErasmusBenefice HuntingThe Penitent VirginMartin LutherNinety-five ThesesAgainst CatholicismJustification by FaithThe Peasant RevoltThe Twelve Articles of the PeasantsJohn CalvinEternal ElectionThe Augsburg ConfessionConfession of Faith the Statement of Their Case and Ideas by the German ProtestantsLoyolaThe Jesuit ConstitutionThe Dutch Declaration of IndependenceThe Declaration MontaigneOn the Education of ChildrenFrancis BaconThe Novum OrganumAphorisms on the Interpretation of Nature and the Empire of ManGalileoLetters to Kepler on the Copernican System and the TelescopeDialogue on the Copernican SystemCondemnationRecantationKeplerKepler and His LawsOn the Principles of AstronomyThe New CountriesThe Aztec CivilizationCortess Account of the City of MexicoThe First Settlenent in the United StatesMendozas Account of the Founding of St. AugustineThe Founding of QuebecThe First Written ConstitutionThe Fundamental Orders of ConnecticutThe Customs of the IndiansAccount by Morton (about 1637)Hookers Review of Church QuestionsThe English RevolutionThe Petition of RightThe First Writ of Ship-MoneyPyms Speech Against StraffordThe Grand Remonstrance