CHAP. I.

_Most men pleased with the history of their ancestors._
_A notion early entertained of territories in the west._
_A project of Columbus for attempting a discovery._
_The discovery of Columbus._
_The discovery of John Cabot._
_The discovery of Sebastian Cabot._
_The discovery of Americus Vespuccius._
_The discovery of Cabral._
_America inhabited._
_Various conjectures about the first population of America._
_The natural proprietors of the country._
_Religious divisions the primary cause of emigrations to the west._
_Coligni's settlement in Florida._
_Extirpated by Spaniards._
_A traffic in negroes._
_Reflections on it._
_Virginia settled._
_Its progress._
_Disturbances in England promote foreign settlements._
_New-England peopled by Puritans._
_Who turn persecutors._
_Divide into different governments._
_A colony planted in Maryland._
_General remarks on colonization._

CHAP II.

_The first proprietors, and their charter._