Chapter I: Front Matter

Transcriber's Note:

Inconsistent hyphenation and spelling in the original document have
been preserved. Obvious typographical errors have been corrected.

In many cases, Bancroft uses both "u" and "v" to spell an
author's name. Examples include:

Villagutierre and Villagvtierre
Mondo Nuovo and Mondo Nvovo
Villagutierre and Villagvtierre
Aluarado and Alvarado
Gvat. and Guat.
Cogolludo and Cogollvdo
Vetancurt and Vetancvrt.

Other archaic letter substitutions include b for v, i for y,
x for j, i for j, ç or c for z and vice versa. These have been
left as printed.

Possible printers errors include:

Quauhtemoctzin or Quauhtemotzin
Verrazano or Verrazzano
Bartolomeo or Bartolommeo
Fricius or Frisius
Gatinara or Gattinara
Veitia and Veyia
Loaysa and Loaisa
Fitz-Roy and FitzRoy
Cohuanococh and Cohuanacoch
Ahpotzotzil or Ahpozotzil
embassadors or ambassadors
unincombered or unencumbered
Albitez or Albites
Lucayos or Lucayas
Castelhanus or Castelhanos
Quauhtemali or Quauhtimali.

The book cited as "Meer oder Seehanen Buch" should be "Meerhanen
oder Seehanen der Königen von Hispanien", a chapter about (not by)
Columbus. The same correction applies to the entry for "Löw
(Conr.)"

The book cited as "Delaporte. Reisen Eines Franzosen oder
Beschreibung." has an incomplete title. The complete title is
"Reisen Eines Franzosen Oder Beschreibung Der Vornehmsten Reiche
In Der Welt."

The book cited as "Santarem (M. le Vicomte), Memoire sur la
question ..." has an incomplete title. The complete title is
"Memoire sur la question de savoir á quelle époque que L'Amérique
Meridionale a cessé d'être représentée dans les cartes
géographiques comme une île d'une grande étendue."

The punctuation in Footnote IX-8 was left as printed.

Italics in the footnote citations were inconsistently applied by the
typesetter.

Accents and other diacritics are inconsistently used.

Italic text is denoted by _underscores_.

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THE WORKS
OF
HUBERT HOWE BANCROFT.

VOLUME VI.
HISTORY OF CENTRAL AMERICA.

VOL. I. 1501-1530.

SAN FRANCISCO:
A. L. BANCROFT & COMPANY, PUBLISHERS.
1883.

Entered according to Act of Congress in the Year 1882, by
HUBERT H. BANCROFT,
In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

_All Rights Reserved._