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Translated, with Notes and an Introduction,
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Clements R. Markham, Esq., C.B., F.R.S., _Pres. R.G.S._, President.
Major-General Sir Henry Rawlinson, K.C.B., D.C.L., LL.D., F.R.S., _Associé Étranger de L'Institut de France_, Vice-President.
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William Foster, Esq., _Honorary Secretary_.
Letter of Amerigo Vespucci to a "Magnificent Lord": First Voyage 1 Second Voyage 21 Third Voyage 34 Fourth Voyage 52
Letter of Amerigo Vespucci to Lorenzo Pietro F. di Medici 42 Evidence of Alonso de Hojeda respecting his Voyage of 1499 30 Account of the Voyage of Hojeda, 1499-1500, by Navarrete 31 Letter of the Admiral Christopher Columbus to his Son 57 Letter of Vianelo to the Seigneury of Venice 58 Letter of Naturalization in favour of Vespucci 61 Appointment of Amerigo Vespucci as Chief Pilot 63
Chapters from Las Casas, which discuss the Statements of Vespucci: Chapter CXL 68 " CLXIV 76 " CLXV 85 " CLXVI 86 " CLXVII 89 " CLXVIII 96 " CLXIX 101
Evidence respecting the Voyage of Pinzon and Solis 109 Las Casas (II, cap. xxxix) on the Voyage of Pinzon and Solis 111 Index 115
The account of the alleged voyage of Amerigo Vespucci in 1497-98 was written for that worthy's own countrymen, and for foreigners who lived at a distance from the Peninsula. When, after some years, the story reached Spain in print, men were still alive who would have known whether any such voyage had ever been made. Among them was the able and impartial historian Las Casas, who considered that the story was false, and disproved it from internal evidence. The authority of Las Casas is alone conclusive. Modern investigators, such as Robertson, Muñoz, Navarrete, Humboldt, Washington Irving, and D'Avezac examined the question, and they all came to the same conclusion as Las Casas.