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The Project Gutenberg EBook of A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume III, by Robert Kerr This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. III Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time Author: Robert Kerr Release Date: May 11, 2004 [EBook #12325] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK VOYAGES AND TRAVELS, VOL. III *** Produced by Robert Connal and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team from images generously made available by the Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions. A GENERAL HISTORY AND COLLECTION OF VOYAGES AND TRAVELS, ARRANGED IN SYSTEMATIC ORDER: FORMING A COMPLETE HISTORY OF THE ORIGIN AND PROGRESS OF NAVIGATION, DISCOVERY, AND COMMERCE, BY SEA AND LAND, FROM THE EARLIEST AGES TO THE PRESENT TIME. BY ROBERT KERR, F.R.S. & F.A.S. EDIN. ILLUSTRATED BY MAPS AND CHARTS. VOL. III. WILLIAM BLACKWOOD, EDINBURGH: AND T. CADELL, LONDON. MDCCCXXIV. CONTENTS OF VOLUME III. PART II.--(Continued.) BOOK II.

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The Project Gutenberg EBook of A General History and Collection of Voyages
and Travels, Volume III, by Robert Kerr
This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with
almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or
re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included
with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net
Title: A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. III
Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the
Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce,
by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time
Author: Robert Kerr
Release Date: May 11, 2004 [EBook #12325]
Language: English
Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1
*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK VOYAGES AND TRAVELS, VOL. III ***
Produced by Robert Connal and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team
from images generously made available by the Canadian Institute for
Historical Microreproductions.
A
GENERAL
HISTORY AND COLLECTION
OF
VOYAGES AND TRAVELS,
ARRANGED IN SYSTEMATIC ORDER:
FORMING A COMPLETE HISTORY OF THE
ORIGIN AND PROGRESS
OF NAVIGATION, DISCOVERY, AND
COMMERCE,
BY SEA AND LAND,FROM THE EARLIEST AGES TO THE PRESENT
TIME.
BY
ROBERT KERR, F.R.S. & F.A.S. EDIN.
ILLUSTRATED BY MAPS AND CHARTS.
VOL. III.
WILLIAM BLACKWOOD, EDINBURGH:
AND T. CADELL, LONDON.
MDCCCXXIV.
CONTENTS OF VOLUME III.
PART II.--(Continued.)
BOOK II.
HISTORY OF THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA, AND OF SOME OF THE
EARLY CONQUESTS IN THE NEW WORLD
CHAPTER I.
History of the discovery of America, by Christopher Columbus, written by his
son Don Ferdinand Columbus, Introduction, Epochs of American discovery,
Authors Preface.
SECTION I.
Of the country, original, and name of Admiral Christopher Columbus; with other
particulars of his life previous to his arrival in Portugal.
SECTION II.
Of his first coming to Portugal, and the motives of his proposing to discover the
West Indies.
SECTION III.
The Admiral, disgusted by the procedure of the King of Portugal, in regard to
the proposed discovery, offers his services to the court of Spain.
SECTION IV. Narrative of the First Voyage of Columbus, in which he actually
discovered the New World[1].[1] By error of the press, a considerable part of this Section is marked in the
running title as Section IV., and the next is numbered Section VI., so that,
numerically only, Section V. is entirely omitted.
SECTION VI. Second Voyage of Columbus to the West Indies.
SECTION VII. Account of the antiquities, ceremonies, and religion of the
natives of Hispaniola, collected by F. Roman, by order of the Admiral.
SECTION VIII. The Admiral returns to Spain from his second voyage.
SECTION IX. Account of the Admirals Third Voyage, during which he
discovered the continent of Paria; with the occurrences to his arrival in
Hispaniola.
SECTION X. An account of the Rebellion in Hispaniola, previous to the arrival
of the Admiral.
SECTION XI. Continuation of the troubles after the return of the Admiral to
Hispaniola, to their adjustment.
SECTION XII. Transactions in Hispaniola subsequent to the settlement of the
disturbances, until the sending of Columbus in irons to Spain.
SECTION XIII. Account of the Fourth Voyage of Columbus to the West Indies.
CHAPTER II.
Account of the Discovery of America, by Christopher Columbus; by Antonio de
Herrera.
SECTION I. Of the knowledge of the Ancients respecting the New World.
SECTION II. Of the motives which led Columbus to believe that there were
unknown countries.
SECTION III. Columbus proposes his design to the King and Queen of Spain;
which, after many repulses, is adopted by the Queen.
SECTION IV. Conditions granted to Columbus by the crown of Castile, and an
account of his First Voyage, in which he discovered the New World.
SECTION V. Continuation of the voyage; signs of approaching land; the people
mutiny, and the Admiral endeavours to appease them.
SECTION VI. Discovery of the Islands of San Salvador, the Conception,
Ferdinandina, Isabella, and others; with a description of these Islands, and
some account of the Natives.
SECTION VII. Discovery of Cuba and Hispaniola, and desertion of Martin
Alonzo Pinzon.
SECTION VIII. Farther discovery of Hispaniola; simplicity of the natives; the
Admiral loses his ship, and resolves to settle a colony in the island.
SECTION IX. The Admiral builds a fort in Hispaniola, and prepares for his
return to Spain.
SECTION X. Account of the Voyage home from Hispaniola to Lisbon.SECTION XI. From the arrival of Columbus at Lisbon till the commencement of
his Second Voyage to the New World.
SECTION XII. Second Voyage of Columbus to the West Indies, and
establishment of Isabella, the first European colony in the New World.
SECTION XIII. Columbus proceeds to explore the coast of Cuba, discovers the
island of Jamaica, and returns to Isabella in Hispaniola.
SECTION XIV. Summary of occurrences in Hispaniola, to the return of
Columbus into Spain from his Second Voyage.
SECTION XV. Conclusion of the discoveries of Columbus.
CHAPTER III.
The voyages of Americus Vespucius to the New World.
Introduction.
SECTION I. The First Voyage of Vespucius.
SECTION II. The Second Voyage of Americus Vespucius.
SECTION III. The Third voyage of Americus Vespucius.
SECTION IV. The Fourth voyage of Americus Vespucius.
CHAPTER IV.
Summary of the discoveries and settlements of the Spaniards in the West
Indies, from the death of Columbus to the expedition of Hernando Cortes
against Mexico, Introduction.
SECTION I. Improvements made in the colony of Hispaniola, by Nicholas de
Obando, and the great value of gold procured in that island during his
government.
SECTION II. Settlement of Porto Rico under Juan Ponce de Leon.
SECTION III. Don James Columbus is appointed to the government of the
Spanish dominions in the West Indies.
SECTION IV. Settlement of a Pearl Fishery at the island of Cubagua.
SECTION V. Alonzo de Hojeda and Diego de Nicuessa are commissioned to
make discoveries and settlements in the New World, with an account of the
adventures and misfortunes of Hojeda.
SECTION VI. The history of Vasco Nugnez de Balboa, and the establishment,
by his means, of the colony of Darien.
VII. The adventures, misfortunes, and death of Don Diego de Nicuessa, the
founder of the colony of Nombre de Dios.
SECTION VIII. The conquest and settlement of the island of Cuba by Diego
Velasquez.SECTION IX. The strange expedition of Juan Ponce de Leon in search of the
Fountain of Youth, in which he discovered Florida and the Bahama Channel.
SECTION X. The martyrdom of two Dominican Friars on the coast of
Venezuela, through the avarice of the Spaniards.
SECTION XI. Discoveries on the continent of America, by command of
Velasquez, under the conduct of Francis Hernandez de Cordova.
SECTION XII. Farther discoveries on the continent by Juan Grijalva, under the
orders of Velasquez, by which a way is opened to Mexico or New Spain.
CHAPTER V.
History of the discovery and conquest of Mexico, written in the year 1568, by
Captain Bernal Diaz del Castillo, one of the conquerors, Introduction, Preface
by the Author.
SECTON I. Expedition of Hernandez de Cordova in 1517.
SECTON II. Expedition of Juan de Grijalva in 1518.
SECTON III. Commencement of the expedition of Hernando Cortes for the
conquest of Mexico, in 1518.
SECTON IV. Arrival of the armament at St Juan de Ulua, and account of
occurrences at that place.
SECTON V. The Spanish army advances into the country; an account of their
proceedings before commencing their march to Mexico. [Illustration: West
Indies]
A GENERAL HISTORY AND COLLECTION OF
VOYAGES AND TRAVELS.
PART II.
BOOK II.
HISTORY OF THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA, AND OF SOME OF THE
EARLY CONQUESTS IN THE NEW WORLD.
CHAPTER I.
HISTORY OF THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA, BY CHRISTOPHER
COLUMBUS; WRITTEN BY HIS SON DON FERDINAND COLUMBUS[1].
[1] Churchills Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. II. 479.
INTRODUCTION. [Illustration: West Indies]
The whole of this chapter contains an original record, being a distinct narrative
of the discovery of America by COLUMBUS, written by his own son, who
accompanied him in his latter voyages. It has been adopted into the present
work from the Collection of Voyages and Travels published at London in 1704,by Awnsham and John Churchill, in four volumes folio; in which it is said to
have been translated from the original Italian of Don Ferdinand Columbus,
expressly for the use of that work. The language of that translation is often
obscure and ungrammatical, as if the work of a foreigner; but, having no access
to the original, has necessarily been adopted for the present occasion, after
being carefully revised and corrected. No farther alteration has been taken with
that version, except a new division into sections, instead of the prolix and
needlessly minute subdivision of the original translation into a multitude of
chapters; which change was necessary to accommodate this interesting
original document to our plan of arrangement; and except in a few rare
instances, where uninteresting controversial argumentations have been
somewhat abridg

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