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GENERAL

HISTORY AND COLLECTION

OF

VOYAGES AND TRAVELS,

ARRANGED IN SYSTEMATIC ORDER:

FORMING A COMPLETE HISTORY OF THE ORIGIN AND PROGRESS

OF NAVIGATION, DISCOVERY, AND COMMERCE,

BY SEA AND LAND,

FROM THE EARLIEST AGES TO THE PRESENT TIME.

BY

ROBERT KERR, F.R.S. & F.A.S. EDIN.

ILLUSTRATED BY MAPS AND CHARTS.

VOL. III.

WILLIAM BLACKWOOD, EDINBURGH:

AND T. CADELL, LONDON.

MDCCCXXIV.

CONTENTS OF VOLUME III.

PART II.--(Continued.)

BOOK II.

HISTORY OF THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA, AND OF SOME OF THE EARLYCONQUESTS IN THE NEW WORLD

CHAPTER I.

History of the discovery of America, by Christopher Columbus,written by his son Don Ferdinand Columbus, Introduction, Epochs ofAmerican discovery, Authors Preface.

SECTION I.

Of the country, original, and name of Admiral Christopher Columbus; with other particulars of his life previous to his arrival in Portugal.

SECTION II.

Of his first coming to Portugal, and the motives of his proposing to discover the West Indies.

SECTION III.

The Admiral, disgusted by the procedure of the King of Portugal, in regard to the proposed discovery, offers his services to the court of Spain.

SECTION IV.Narrative of the First Voyage of Columbus, in which he actually discovered the New World[1].

[1] By error of the press, a considerable part of this Section is marked in the running title as Section IV., and the next is numbered Section VI., so that, numerically only, Section V. is entirely omitted.

SECTION VI.Second Voyage of Columbus to the West Indies.

SECTION VII.Account of the antiquities, ceremonies, and religion of the natives of Hispaniola, collected by F. Roman, by order of the Admiral.

SECTION VIII.The Admiral returns to Spain from his second voyage.

SECTION IX.Account of the Admirals Third Voyage, during which he discovered the continent of Paria; with the occurrences to his arrival in Hispaniola.

SECTION X.An account of the Rebellion in Hispaniola, previous to the arrival of the Admiral.

SECTION XI.Continuation of the troubles after the return of the Admiral to Hispaniola, to their adjustment.

SECTION XII.Transactions in Hispaniola subsequent to the settlement of the disturbances, until the sending of Columbus in irons to Spain.

SECTION XIII.Account of the Fourth Voyage of Columbus to the West Indies.

CHAPTER II.

Account of the Discovery of America, by Christopher Columbus;by Antonio de Herrera.

SECTION I.Of the knowledge of the Ancients respecting the New World.

SECTION II.Of the motives which led Columbus to believe that there were unknown countries.

SECTION III.Columbus proposes his design to the King and Queen of Spain; which, after many repulses, is adopted by the Queen.

SECTION IV.Conditions granted to Columbus by the crown of Castile, and an account of his First Voyage, in which he discovered the New World.

SECTION V.Continuation of the voyage; signs of approaching land; the people mutiny, and the Admiral endeavours to appease th

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