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CHAPTER XVIII.
Of the subjugation of Jamaica in 1509, and the armaments in the
same year to found colonies along the isthmus of Darien; the
attempts of Alonzo de Ojeda to plant his colony; his conflicts
with the Indians; and the formula read to them as an excuse
for killing them.
CHAPTER XIX.
Of the voyage of Alonzo de Ojeda in 1509 from the isthmus of
Darien for Hispaniola; his landing in Cuba, and his hardships
there on his journey by land; the little oratory which he built;
his course then by Jamaica to San Domingo, and his death
there.
CHAPTER XX.
Of the proceedings of Diego de Nicuesa, the Bachelor Martin
Fernandez de Enciso, Vasco Nuñez de Balboa and Francisco
Pizarro in 1509, 1510 and 1511; the settlement of the three last
at Darien; the conduct of the people of Darien to Nicuesa;
his hardships and death.
CHAPTER XXI.
Of the return of the Bachelor Enciso to Spain in 1511; the at-
tack of Vasco Nuñez upon Careta, the cacique of Coyba; the
peace made between them by Vasco Nuñez taking as a wife a
young and beautiful daughter of Careta; his friendly visit to
Comagre; the skill and solidity of the architecture of Coma-
gre's village; and the information received from the son of Co-
magre, of a great sea and opulent country beyond the moun-
tains.
CHAPTER XXII.
Of the death of Americus Vespucius in 1512, and the appoint-
ment of Sebastian Cabot as his successor; Bartholomew Co-
lumbus sent this year from Spain with instructions to his ne-
phew the admiral.
CHAPTER XXIII.
Of the discovery of Florida in 1512 by Juan Ponce de Leon.
CHAPTER XXIV.
Of several expeditions of Vasco Nuñez in 1512; the conspiracy
this year by the natives and the defeat of their plan; the ab-
sence of news from Valdivia who had been sent on a mission to
Hispaniola; the stranding of Valdivia and his crew on the coast
of Yucatan; the sending of commissioners from Darien to
Spain; and the arrival at Darien of ships from Hispaniola with
supplies.
CHAPTER XXV.
Of the journey by Vasco Nuñez across the isthmus of Darien,
and his discovery of the Pacific ocean on the 26th of Septem-
ber 1513.
CHAPTER XXVI.
Of the voyage of Vasco Nuñez along the coast of the Pacific;
the intimation received by him of the great empire of Peru;
and his return to Darien on the 19th of January 1514.
CHAPTER XXVII.
Of the appointment of Don Pedro Arias Davila, commonly called
Pedrarias, in 1514, as governor of Darien; the prosperous state
of the colony under the management of Nuñez when Pedrarias
arrived; the conduct of Pedrarias to Nuñez; the sickness of
the colony soon after the arrival of Pedrarias; his unsuccess-
ful expeditions; and the despatches from Spain in favour of
Nuñez.
CHAPTER XXVIII.
Of several expeditions in 1515 under Pedrarias, one of which
was to the Pacific; also of the discovery of the Rio de la
Plata.
CHAPTER XXIX.
Of Juan Ponce de Leon; his voyage to Guadaloupe in 1515, the
visit this year of Diego Columbus to Spain, and the death of
Bartholomew Columbus; also of Sebastian Cabot, from 1515
to 1518.
CHAPTER XXX.
Of the reconciliation between Pedrarias and Vasco Nuñez; a
marriage agreed upon between Nuñez and the eldest daughter
of Pedrarias, to take place on her arrival from Spain; autho-
rity to Nuñez in 1516 to make an expedition to explore the
Southern Ocean; his proceedings; the perfidy of Andres Ga-
rabito; the hypocrisy of Pedrarias, and his arrest of Nuñez.
CHAPTER XXXI.
Of the trial and execution in 1517 of Vasco Nuñez de Balboa,
the discoverer of the Pacific Ocean.
CHAPTER XXXII.
Of the voyage of Juan de Ampies to Coriana in 1517; and the
building of the town of Coro; also of Oviedo, the celebrated
historian.
CHAPTER XXXIII.
Of the discovery of Yucatan by Francisco Hernandez de Cordova
in 1517; the voyage thither of Juan de Grijalva in 1518; the
rescue there in 1519 by Hernando Cortez of Jeronimo de
Aguilar one of the companions of Valdivia, whose vessel was
stranded on that coast several years before; and the famous
voyage of Magellan.
BOOK II.
VOYAGES TO AND ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST OF
NORTH AMERICA, FROM 1520 TO 1573.
CHAPTER I.
Of the voyages of Luke Vasquez d'Aylon to Florida in 1520 and
1524; and that of Juan Ponce de Leon in 1521.
CHAPTER II.
Of the project of Cortez in 1524, for examining the coast of the
Atlantic as well as the Pacific.
CHAPTER III.
Of the voyage of John de Verazzano in 1524, along the coast of
North America, from Carolina to Newfoundland.
CHAPTER IV.
Of the voyage of Stephen Gomez to the northwest in 1525.
CHAPTER V.
Of the voyage made by Sebastian Cabot in 1526.
CHAPTER VI.
Of a voyage from England to the northwest in 1527.
CHAPTER VII.
Of the expedition of Pamphilo de Narvaez to Florida in 1527;
and Cabeca de Vaca's long and perilous journey on foot to
Mexico.
CHAPTER VIII.
Of the period from 1527 to 1534.
CHAPTER IX.
Of the voyage of Jacques Carthier to Newfoundland in 1534.
CHAPTER X.
Of the second voyage of Jacques Carthier, wherein he explored
the St. Lawrence, in 1535.
CHAPTER XI.
Of a voyage of Mr. Hore and others, from England to the north-
west in 1536.
CHAPTER XII.
Of the expedition of Ferdinand de Soto to Florida in 1539; and
his march thence to the Mississippi; his death in 1541; and
the subsequent progress of his troops.
CHAPTER XIII.
Of the voyage of Jacques Carthier to Canada in 1540.
CHAPTER XIV.
Of the voyage of Sir John Francis de la Roche, Lord of Rober-
val, to Canada in 1542.
CHAPTER XV.
Of the voyage of Gregorio de Beteta on the Florida coast in
1549; and of Sebastian Cabot from his return to England in
1548, until his death in 1557.
CHAPTER XVI.
Of an examination of the coast of Florida in 1558, wherein was
seen a bay, described as "the largest and most commodious
bay of all on these shores," which was named then Philipina,