Amerigo Vespucci. Frederick A. Ober

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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       ILLUSTRATIONS

       AUTHORITIES

       Amerigo Vespucci

       I

       YOUNG AMERIGO AND HIS FAMILY

       II

       AMERIGO'S FRIENDS AND TEACHERS

       III

       VESPUCCI'S FAVORITE AUTHORS

       IV

       IN THE SERVICE OF SPAIN

       V

       CONVERSATIONS WITH COLUMBUS

       VI

       VESPUCCI'S DEBATABLE VOYAGE

       VII

       VESPUCCI'S "SECOND" VOYAGE

       VIII

       WITH OJEDA THE FIGHTER

       IX

       CANNIBALS, GIANTS, AND PEARLS

       X

       FAMOUS FELLOW-VOYAGERS

       XI

       ON THE COAST OF BRAZIL

       XII

       THE "FOURTH PART OF THE EARTH"

       XIII

       THE FOURTH GREAT VOYAGE

       XIV

       KING FERDINAND'S FRIEND

       XV

       PILOT-MAJOR OF SPAIN

       XVI

       HOW AMERICA WAS NAMED

       INDEX

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      XVIth Century. Vespucci's letters to Soderini and L. P. F. de' Medici, reproduced in this volume.

      XVIIth Century. Herrera, in his Historia General (etc.), Madrid, 1601; "probably followed Las Casas, whose MSS. he had."

      XVIIIth Century. Dandini, A. M., Vita e Lettere di Amerigo Vespucci, Florence, 1745.

      Canovai, Stanislac, Elogia di Amerigo Vespucci, 1778.

      XIXth Century. Navarrete, M. F. de, Noticias Exactas de Americo Vespucio, contained in his Coleccion, Madrid, 1825–1837.

      Humboldt, Alexander von, Examen Critique de l'Histoire de la Géographie de Nouveau Continent, Paris, 1836–1839.

      Lester, C. Edwards, The Life and Voyages of Americus Vespucius, New York, 1846; reprinted, in de luxe edition, New York, 1903.

      Varnhagen, F. A., Baron