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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
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- An Outline Narrative
- Origin and Progress of Printing (AD 1438), by Henry George Bohn, part 1
- Origin and Progress of Printing (AD 1438), by Henry George Bohn, part 2
- Origin and Progress of Printing (AD 1438), by Henry George Bohn, part 3
- John Hunyady Repulses the Turks (AD 1440-1456), by Arminius Vambery
- Rebuilding of Rome by Nicholas V "The Builder Pope" (AD 1447-1455), by Mrs Margaret Oliphant
- Mahomet II Takes Constantinople (AD 1453), End of the Eastern Empire, by George Finlay
- War of the Roses (AD 1455-1485), Death of Richard III at Bosworth, by David Hume, part 1
- War of the Roses (AD 1455-1485), Death of Richard III at Bosworth, by David Hume, part 2
- War of the Roses (AD 1455-1485), Death of Richard III at Bosworth, by David Hume, part 3
- War of the Roses (AD 1455-1485), Death of Richard III at Bosworth, by David Hume, part 4
- Ivan the Great Unites Russian and Breaks the Tartar Yoke (AD 1462-1505), by Robert Bell
- Culmination of the Power of Burgundy, Treaty of Péronne (AD 1468) by P.F. Willert
- Lorenzo de'Medici Rules in Florence, Zenith of Florentine Glory (A.D. 1469), by Oliphant Smeaton, part 1
- Lorenzo de'Medici Rules in Florence, Zenith of Florentine Glory (A.D. 1469), by Oliphant Smeaton, part 2
- Death of Charles the Bold (A.D. 1477) Louis XI Unites Burgundy with the Crown of France, by Philippe de Comines
- Inquisition Established in Spain (A.D.1480),by William H. Rule
- Inquisition Established in Spain (A.D.1480), by James Balmes
- Murder of the Princes in the Tower (A.D.1483), by James Gairdner
- Conquest of Granada (A.D.1490), by Washington Irving, part 1
- Conquest of Granada (A.D.1490), by Washington Irving, part 2
- Columbus Discovers America (A.D.1492), by Christopher Columbus
- Columbus Discovers America (A.D.1492), by Ferdinand Columbus
- Conspiracy, Rebellion, and Execution of Perkin Warbeck (A.D.1492), by Francis Bacon
- Savonarola's Reforms and Death, The French Invade Italy (A.D.1494), by Pasquale Villari
- Savonarola's Reforms and Death, The French Invade Italy (A.D.1494), by Jean C.L. Sismondi
- Discovery of the Mainland of North America by the Cabots (A.D.1497), by Samuel Edward Dawso
- The Sea Route to India Vasco da Gama Sails around Africa (A.D.1498), by Gaspar Correa, part 1
- The Sea Route to India Vasco da Gama Sails around Africa (A.D.1498), by Gaspar Correa, part 2
- Columbus Discovers South America (A.D.1498), by Clements Robert Markham
- Establishment of Swiss Independence (A.D.1499), by Heinrich Zschokke
- Amerigo Vespucci in America (A.D.1499), by Amerigo Vespucci
- Rise and Fall of the Borgias (A.D.1502), by Niccolo Machiavelli
- Painting of the Sistine Chapel (A.D.1508) The Splendor of Renaissance Art under Michelangelo, by Charles Clement
- Balboa Discovers the Pacific (A.D.1513), by Manuel Jose Quintana