Chapter III: THE FIRST VOYAGE. Aug. 3, 1492--March 15, 1493 74-128

Crew for the First Voyage, 74.--The Vessels, 76.--Setting sail, 77.
--Columbus’s Diary and Letters, 77.--Repairs of the “Pinta,” 79.--
Traditions of the Islanders, 80.--On the Voyage, 82.--Report of
Land, 84.--Indications, 84.--Probable Truth concerning a Mutinous
Spirit, 85.--Columbus reports a Light, 86.--Discovery of Land,
October 12, 87.--The Place of Landing, 88.--Cronau’s Investigations,
89.--Riding Rocks, 91.--The People, 92.--Explorations, 93.--
Cuba, 94.--San Domingo, 94.--Shipwreck, 95.--La Navidad, 96.
--Spirit of the Natives, 97.--Sail for Home, 98.--Spirit of
the Discoverer, 98.--Quest for Gold, 99.--Slender Foundation of
Promises, 100.--Attitude of Columbus toward his Crew and toward the
Natives, 100.--Testimony of Las Casas, 104.--Final Departure, 105.
--The Caribs, 106.--Salt-pits, 107.--Return of the “Pinta,” 107.
--Last of the Bahamas, 108.--Furious Storms, 108.--Precautions,
109.--Pilgrimages promised, 110.--The Azores, 110.--Lisbon, 111.
--Couriers sent to announce Discoveries, 111.--Claims of Portugal,
112.--Treaty of 1479, 112.--Treatment by the King of Portugal,
114.--Reaches Palos, March 15, 1493, 115.--Arrival of the “Pinta,”
115.--Sad end of Pinzon, 116.--Reception of Columbus at Barcelona,
118.--Renewal of Authority, 120.--Unwarranted Promises, 121.--
Resolves to retake Jerusalem, 121.--Hostility of Old Nobility, 121.
--Announcement to the Pope, 122.--Bull of Demarcation, 123.--
Preparation for a Second Voyage, 124.--Policy of Confiscation, 125.--
Diplomatic Controversy with Portugal, 126.--Triumph of Spain, 128.--
Removal of Line of Demarcation, 128.