Excerpt from Great Events in the History of North and South America: From the Alleged Discovery of the Continent, by the Northmen, in the Tenth Century, to the Inauguration of Zachary Taylor, as President of the United States, March 5, 1849 In regard to what constitute the Great Events of American History, ' there may be some diversity of opinion. As to his selection, the author has not the vanity to suppose that it is the best that could be made. The journey has been a long one; and surely, it were not strange, if some events had been magnified into an undue importance; while those of perhaps even higher consideration vere neglected, either for want of a better judgment, or for want of more serious reflection. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.