SECT. I. Of the knowledge of the Ancients respecting the New World.
II. Of the motives which led Columbus to believe that there were unknown countries.
III. Columbus proposes his design to the King and Queen of Spain; which, after many repulses, is adopted by the Queen.
IV. Conditions granted to Columbus by the crown of Castile, and an account of his First Voyage, in which he discovered the New World.
V. Continuation of the voyage; signs of approaching land; the people mutiny, and the Admiral endeavours to appease them.
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.
VII. Discovery of Cuba and Hispaniola, and desertion of Martin Alonzo Pinzon.
VIII. Farther discovery of Hispaniola; simplicity of the natives; the Admiral loses his ship, and resolves to settle a colony in the island.
IX. The Admiral builds a fort in Hispaniola, and prepares for his return to Spain.
X. Account of the Voyage home from Hispaniola to Lisbon.
XI. From the arrival of Columbus at Lisbon till the commencement of his Second Voyage to the New World.
XII. Second Voyage of Columbus to the West Indies, and establishment of Isabella, the first European colony in the New World.
XIII. Columbus proceeds to explore the coast of Cuba, discovers the island of Jamaica, and returns to Isabella in Hispaniola.
XIV. Summary of occurrences in Hispaniola, to the return of Columbus into Spain from his Second Voyage.
XV. Conclusion of the discoveries of Columbus.
CHAP. III. The voyages of Americus Vespucius to the New World, Introduction.
II. The Second Voyage of Americus Vespucius.
III. The Third voyage of Americus Vespucius.
IV. The Fourth voyage of Americus Vespucius.
CHAP. 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.
SECT. 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.
II. Settlement of Porto Rico under Juan Ponce de Leon.
III. Don James Columbus is appointed to the government of the Spanish dominions in the West Indies.