A comprehensive and readable account of the world's history, emphasizing the more important events, and presenting these as complete narratives in the master-words of the most eminent historians. This is volume 8 of 22, covering from 1438-1513 AD . - Summary Adapted from the Title Page
Chapters
1 An Outline Narrative 29 min 2 Origin and Progress of Printing (AD 1438), by Henry George Bohn, part 1 24 min 3 Origin and Progress of Printing (AD 1438), by Henry George Bohn, part 2 32 min 4 Origin and Progress of Printing (AD 1438), by Henry George Bohn, part 3 28 min 5 John Hunyady Repulses the Turks (AD 1440-1456), by Arminius Vambery 35 min 6 Rebuilding of Rome by Nicholas V "The Builder Pope" (AD 1447-1455), by Mrs Margaret Oliphant 20 min 7 Mahomet II Takes Constantinople (AD 1453), End of the Eastern Empire, by George Finlay 38 min 8 War of the Roses (AD 1455-1485), Death of Richard III at Bosworth, by David Hume, part 1 21 min 9 War of the Roses (AD 1455-1485), Death of Richard III at Bosworth, by David Hume, part 2 22 min 10 War of the Roses (AD 1455-1485), Death of Richard III at Bosworth, by David Hume, part 3 24 min 11 War of the Roses (AD 1455-1485), Death of Richard III at Bosworth, by David Hume, part 4 26 min 12 Ivan the Great Unites Russian and Breaks the Tartar Yoke (AD 1462-1505), by Robert Bell 45 min 13 Culmination of the Power of Burgundy, Treaty of Péronne (AD 1468) by P.F. Willert 21 min 14 Lorenzo de'Medici Rules in Florence, Zenith of Florentine Glory (A.D. 1469), by Oliphant Smeaton, part 1 33 min 15 Lorenzo de'Medici Rules in Florence, Zenith of Florentine Glory (A.D. 1469), by Oliphant Smeaton, part 2 29 min 16 Death of Charles the Bold (A.D. 1477) Louis XI Unites Burgundy with the Crown of France, by Philippe de Comines 26 min 17 Inquisition Established in Spain (A.D.1480),by William H. Rule 42 min 18 Inquisition Established in Spain (A.D.1480), by James Balmes 22 min 19 Murder of the Princes in the Tower (A.D.1483), by James Gairdner 27 min 20 Conquest of Granada (A.D.1490), by Washington Irving, part 1 37 min 21 Conquest of Granada (A.D.1490), by Washington Irving, part 2 33 min 22 Columbus Discovers America (A.D.1492), by Christopher Columbus 29 min 23 Columbus Discovers America (A.D.1492), by Ferdinand Columbus 46 min 24 Conspiracy, Rebellion, and Execution of Perkin Warbeck (A.D.1492), by Francis Bacon 40 min 25 Savonarola's Reforms and Death, The French Invade Italy (A.D.1494), by Pasquale Villari 33 min 26 Savonarola's Reforms and Death, The French Invade Italy (A.D.1494), by Jean C.L. Sismondi 12 min 27 Discovery of the Mainland of North America by the Cabots (A.D.1497), by Samuel Edward Dawso 42 min 28 The Sea Route to India Vasco da Gama Sails around Africa (A.D.1498), by Gaspar Correa, part 1 32 min 29 The Sea Route to India Vasco da Gama Sails around Africa (A.D.1498), by Gaspar Correa, part 2 37 min 30 Columbus Discovers South America (A.D.1498), by Clements Robert Markham 36 min 31 Establishment of Swiss Independence (A.D.1499), by Heinrich Zschokke 19 min 32 Amerigo Vespucci in America (A.D.1499), by Amerigo Vespucci 37 min 33 Rise and Fall of the Borgias (A.D.1502), by Niccolo Machiavelli 27 min 34 Painting of the Sistine Chapel (A.D.1508) The Splendor of Renaissance Art under Michelangelo, by Charles Clement 32 min 35 Balboa Discovers the Pacific (A.D.1513), by Manuel Jose Quintana 25 min
