Identifier: storyofdominionf00hopk (find matches)
Title: The story of the Dominion; four hundred years in the annals of half a continent; a history of Canada from its early discovery and settlement to the present time; embracing its growth, progress and achievements in the pursuits of peace and war
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Hopkins, J. Castell (John Castell), 1864-1923
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Publisher: Philadelphia, J. C. Winston
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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ck, G.C.M.G. 505The Right Hon. Sir John Young, ist Lord Lisgar 505 Page The Marquess of Lansdowne . .516Lord Stanley of Preston, G.C.B., 16th Earl of Derby . . . .516 The Earl of Aberdeen, G.C.M.G. 516 His Excellency, The Earl of Minto, G.C.M.G 516 The Hon. Alexander Mackenzie . 525The Hon. Sir Mackenzie Bowell . 525The Right Hon. Sir John Thomp-son, P.C, K.C.M.G 536 The Hon. Sir John J. C. Abbott . 536Scene in the South African War . 545 Field Marshal Lord Roberts andFour Canadian Ofiicers in theSouth African War of 1899-1900 556 Henry H. M. Herbert, 4th Earl ofCarnarvon 565 The Right Hon. Joseph Chamber-lain, M.P 565 The Hon. Sir Charles Tupper, Bart, G.C.M.G., C.B 576 Quebec Citadel 585 Mgr. Diomede Falconio 596 Mgr. RafFaelle Merry del Val . . 596 The Battle of Paardeberg, South Africa, 1900 605 The Right Hon. Sir Wilfrid Lau- rier, G.C.M.G , P.C, M.P. . 616The Marquess of Dufferin and Ava 616The Houses of Parliament at Ottawa 625 The Canadian House of Commons in Session, 1900 636
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o t OS r- 3 . O - m i- 05 T 5 i o - J f b. EO » 1 a oS ■-> a iX ^ H XH ~< T il « -0. = ^ I J<a: z oci:o—»< S CHAPTER IDiscoveries and Explorations FLOATING down the stream of the ages have come manyinteresting myths and traditions regarding the Continent ofAmerica and that half of its vast area which has since becomethe Dominion of Canada. Plato, the Greek, described a mightyisland of Atlantis which was supposed to have been submerged bythe waters of a boundless sea, but was far more probably shroudedfrom sight by passing centuries of ignorant indifference. Seneca,the Spanish teacher of the youthful Nero, taught his Imperial pupilof a great continent which should one day defy the darkness ofunknown waters and appear beyond the ultimate bounds of Thule.A Chinese record of the fifth century indicates a possible Buddhistvisit to Mexico; and Welsh traditions of a later date record themythical voyage of Madoc, in the twelfth century, to a far westerncountry where he saw

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