ENTERED, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1848, by

WASHINGTON IRVING.

in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Southern District of New-York.

LEAVITT, TROW & Co.,
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49 Ann-street, N. Y.

CHAP. I.-Birth, Parentage, and Early Life of Columbus

CHAP. II.-Early Voyages of Columbus

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CHAP. III.-Progress of Discovery under Prince Henry of Portugal

CHAP. IV.-Residence of Columbus at Lisbon.-Ideas concerning Islands

in the Ocean

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48

CHAP. V.-Grounds on which Columbus founded his Belief of the exist-

ence of Undiscovered Lands in the West

CHAP. VI.-Correspondence of Columbus with Paulo Toscanelli.-Events

in Portugal relative to Discoveries.-Proposition of Columbus to the

Portuguese Court.-Departure from Portugal

BOOK II.

CHAP. I.-Proceedings of Columbus after leaving Portugal.-His Appli-

cations in Spain.-Characters of Ferdinand and Isabella

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71

CHAP. II.-Columbus at the Court of Spain

79

CHAP. III.-Columbus before the Council at Salamanca

CHAP. IV. Further Applications at the Court of Castile.-Columbus fol-

lows the Court in its Campaigns

93

CHAP. V.-Columbus at the Convent of La Rabida

102

CHAP. VI.-Application to the Court at the time of the Surrender of

CHAP. VII.-Arrangement with the Spanish Sovereigns.-Preparations

for the Expedition at the Port of Palos

CHAP. VIII.-Columbus at the Port of Palos.-Preparations for the Voy-

age of Discovery

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119

BOOK III.

CHAP. I.-Departure of Columbus on his First Voyage

125

CHAP. II. Continuation of the Voyage.-First Notice of the Variation of

the Needle

131

CHAP. III.-Continuation of the Voyage.-Various Terrors of the Seamen 135

CHAP. IV. Continuation of the Voyage.-Discovery of Land

143

BOOK IV.

CHAP. I.-First Landing of Columbus in the New World

CHAP. II.-Cruise among the Bahama Islands

CHAP. III.-Discovery and Coasting of Cuba

CHAP. IV. Further Coasting of Cuba

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164

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CHAP. V. Search after the supposed Island of Babeque.-Desertion of

the Pinta

CHAP. XI.-Regulation of the Fortress of La Navidad.-Departure of

Columbus for Spain

201

BOOK V.

CHAP. I.-Coasting towards the Eastern End of Hispaniola.-Meeting

with Pinzon.-Affair with the Natives at the Gulf of Samana.

229

CHAP. II.-Return Voyage.-Violent Storms.-Arrival at the Azores

CHAP. III.-Transactions at the Island of St. Mary's

CHAP. IV.-Arrival at Portugal.-Visit to the Court

CHAP. V.-Reception of Columbus at Palos .

CHAP. VI.-Reception of Columbus by the Spanish Court at Barcelona. 265

CHAP. VII.-Sojourn of Columbus at Barcelona.-Attentions paid him by

the Sovereigns and Courtiers .

271

CHAP. VIII.—Papal Bull of Partition.-Preparations for a Second Voyage

of Columbus.

278

CHAP. IX-Diplomatic Negotiations between the Courts of Spain and

Portugal with respect to the New Discoveries.

CHAP. X. Further preparations for the Second Voyage.-Character of

Alonso de Ojeda.-Difference of Columbus with Soria and Fonseca. 293

287

BOOK VI.

CHAP. I.—Departure of Columbus on his Second Voyage.--Discovery of

the Caribbee Islands

301

CHAP. II.-Transactions at the Island of Guadaloupe

CHAP. III.-Cruise among the Caribbee Islands

CHAP. IV.-Arrival at the Harbor of La Navidad.-Disaster of the For-

tress

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314

CHAP. V.-Transactions with the Natives.-Suspicious Conduct of Gua-

canagari

330

CHAP. VI.-Founding of the City of Isabella.-Maladies of the Spaniards 337

CHAP. VII.--Expedition of Alonso de Ojeda to Explore the Interior of the

Island.--Dispatch of the Ships to Spain

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355

CHAP. VIII.-Discontents at Isabella.-Mutiny of Bernal Diaz de Pisa 350

CHAP. IX.-Expedition of Columbus to the Mountains of Cibao

CHAP. X.-Excursion of Juan de Luxan among the Mountains.-Customs

and Characteristics of the Natives.--Columbus Returns to Isabella 366

CHAP. XI.-Arrival of Columbus at Isabella.--Sickness of the Colony. 380

CHAP. XII --Distribution of the Spanish Forces in the Interior.--Prepara-

tions for a Voyage to Cuba

387

BOOK VII.

CHAP. I.-Voyage to the East End of Cuba

CHAP. II.-Discovery of Jamaica

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399

CHAP. III. Return to Cuba.--Navigation among the Islands called the

CHAP. IV.-Coasting of the Southern side of Cuba

CHAP. V.-Return of Columbus along the Southern Coast of Cuba

CHAP. VI.-Coasting Voyage along the South side of Jamaica

CHAP. VII.-Voyage along the South side of Hispaniola, and Return to

Isabella

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