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Cooper's Histories of Greece and Rome, of South and North America

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Mr. Cooper (W. D.)

Joseph Avery; Belcher & Armstrong, printers, 1808 - Greece - 294 pages

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CHAP	13

Mardonius the Persian General defeated and killedThe Persians	31

Magnificence and Pomp of the Army of Darius	55

Alexander refuses Overtures of Peace made by DariusAlexanders	64

Chronological Table of the principal Occurrences and events dur	77

From the Commencement of the Consular State to the Year	84

From the Commencement of the first Punic War to the end of	90

From the second Punic War to the Destruction of Carthage	96

the PortugueseHe forms the idea of a new course to India	158

Political institutions and national manners of the Mexicans	213

DESCRIPTION of the persons manners and customs of	221

Account of the first settlers of North America Settlement	228

Expedition against Louisburgh Gen Braddock defeated Mas	235

The expedition against Ticonderoga George Washington	251

Gen Howe evacuates Boston Norfolk in Virginia burnt	259

Count Donop repulsed in the attack upon Red Bank Mud Island	274

From the Year of Rome 650 to the perpetual Dictatorship of Sylla	106

From the perpetual Dictatorship of Sylla to the Birth of Augustus	112

CONTENTS TO THE HISTORY OF SOUTH AMERICA	147

The British operations against Georgia The affairs of the United	284

Sir Henry Clinton sends 3000 troops to the Bay of Chesapeake	289

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Title	Cooper's Histories of Greece and Rome, of South and North America
Author	Mr. Cooper (W. D.)
Edition	reprint
Publisher	Joseph Avery; Belcher & Armstrong, printers, 1808
Original from	the New York Public Library
Digitized	27 Sep 2007
Length	294 pages

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