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From the Introduction:

"The ocean," he observes, "encircles the ultimate bounds of the inhabited earth, and all beyond it is unknown. No one has been able to verify anything concerning it, on account of its difficult and perilous navigation, its great obscurity, its profound depth, and frequent tempests; through fear of its mighty fishes and its haughty winds; yet there are many islands in it, some of which are peopled, and others uninhabited. There is no mariner who dares to enter into its deep waters; or, if any have done so, they have merely kept along its coasts, fearful of departing from them. The waves of this ocean, although they roll as high as mountains, yet maintain themselves without breaking; for if they broke, it would be impossible for a ship to plow them."

It is the object of the following work to relate the deeds and fortunes of the mariner who first had the judgment to divine, and the intrepidity to brave, the mysteries of this perilous deep; and who, by his hardy genius, his inflexible constancy, and his heroic courage, brought the ends of the earth into communication with each other. The narrative of his troubled life is the link which connects the history of the old world with that of the new.
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Contents:

I. Birth, Parentage, Education, and Early Life of Columbus
II. Progress of Discovery under Prince Henry of Portugal.
III. Columbus' Belief of the Existence of Undiscovered Lands
IV. Events in Portugal relative to Discovery.
V. First Arrival of Columbus in Spain.
VI. Propositions of Columbus to the Court of Castile
VII. Columbus before the Council at Salamanca
VIII. Columbus seeks Patronage amongst the Spanish Grandees. (1491)
IX. Arrangement with the Spanish Sovereigns. (1492)
X. Events of the First Voyage. -- Discovery of Land (1492)
XI. First Landing of Columbus in the New World. (1492)
XII. Coasting of Hispaniola. (1492)
XIII. Return Voyage. (1493)
XIV. Visit of Columbus to the Court of Portugal. (1493)
XV. Reception of Columbus by the Spanish Sovereigns at Barcelona (1493)
XVI. Papal Bull of Partition. (1493)
XVII. Departure of Columbus on his Second Voyage of Discovery. (1493)
XVIII. Fate of the Fortress of La Navidad. (1493)
XIX. Founding of the City of Isabella.(1493)
XX. Expedition into the Interior of Hispaniola (1494)
XXI. Customs and Characteristics of the Natives
XXII. Sickness and Discontent at the Settlement of Isabella. (1494)
XXIII. Cruise of Columbus along the Southern Coast of Cuba (1494)
XXIV. Return Voyage (1494)
XXV. Events in the Island of Hispaniola. (1494)
XXVI. Battle of the Vega. -- Imposition of Tribute (1494)
XXVII. Arrival of the Commissioner Aguado. (1495)
XXVIII. Return of Columbus to Spain. (1496)
XXIX. Discovery of Trinidad, and the Coast of Paria. (1498)
XXX. Administration of the Adelantado
XXXI. Rebellion of Roldan (1498)
XXXII. Visit of Ojeda to the West End of the Island. (1499)
XXXIII. Intrigues against Columbus in the Spanish Court. (1500)
XXXIV. Columbus arrested and sent to Spain in Chains (1500)
XXXV. Arrival of Columbus in Spain. (1500)
XXXVI. Proposition of Columbus for a Crusade. (1500, 1501)
XXXVII. Columbus sails on His Fourth Voyage. (1502)
XXXVIII. Return to the Coast of Veragua. (1502)
XXXIX. Disasters of the Settlement (1503)
XL. Voyage to Jamaica. -- Transactions at that Island (1503)
XLI. Mutiny of Porras. (1503)
XLII. Arrival of Diego de Escobar at the Harbor. (1504)
XLIII. Voyage of Diego Mendez to Hispaniola. (1504)
XLIV. Affairs at Hispaniola during the Administration of Ovando. (1504)
XLV. Application of Columbus to be reinstated in his Government. (1504)
XLVI. The Character of Columbus
A visit to Palos
Appendix. -- Obsequies of Columbus
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