Chapter II: AMERIGO VESPUCCI. Sydney Howard Gay 129

ILLUSTRATIONS: Fac-simile of a Letter of Vespucci, 130;
Autograph of Amerrigo Vespuche, 138; Portraits of Vespucci,
139, 140, 141.

NOTES ON VESPUCIUS AND THE NAMING OF AMERICA. _The Editor_ 153

ILLUSTRATIONS: Title of the Jehan Lambert edition of the
_Mundus Novus_, 157; first page of Vorsterman’s _Mundus Novus_,
158; Title of _De Ora Antarctica_, 159; title of _Von der neu
gefunden Region_, 160; Fac-simile of its first page, 161;
Ptolemy’s World, 165; Title of the _Cosmographiæ Introductio_,
167; Fac-simile of its reference to the name of America, 168;
the Lenox Globe (American parts), 170; Title of the 1509
edition of the _Cosmographiæ Introductio_, 171; title of the
_Globus Mundi_, 172; Map of Laurentius Frisius in the Ptolemy
of 1522, 175; American part of the Mercator Map of 1541, 177;
Portrait of Apianus, 179.

BIBLIOGRAPHY OF POMPONIUS MELA, SOLINUS, VADIANUS, AND APIANUS.
_The Editor_ 180

ILLUSTRATIONS: Pomponius Mela’s World, 180; Vadianus, 181; Part
of Apianus’ Map (1520), 183; Apianus, 185.

CHAPTER III.

THE COMPANIONS OF COLUMBUS. _Edward Channing_ 187

ILLUSTRATIONS: Map of Hispaniola, 188; Castilia del Oro, 190;
Cartagena, 192; Balbóa, 195; Havana, 202.

CRITICAL ESSAY 204

ILLUSTRATION: Juan de Grijalva, 216.

THE EARLY CARTOGRAPHY OF THE GULF OF MEXICO AND ADJACENT PARTS.
_The Editor_ 217

ILLUSTRATIONS: Map of the Pacific (1518), 217; of the Gulf of
Mexico (1520), 218; by Lorenz Friess (1522), 218; by Maiollo
(1527), 219; by Nuño Garcia de Toreno (1527), 220; by Ribero
(1529), 221; The so-called Lenox Woodcut (1534), 223; Early
French Map, 224; Gulf of Mexico (1536), 225; by Rotz (1542),
226; by Cabot (1544), 227; in Ramusio (1556), 228; by Homem
(1558), 229; by Martines (1578), 229; of Cuba, by Wytfliet
(1597), 230.

CHAPTER IV.

ANCIENT FLORIDA. _John G. Shea_ 231

ILLUSTRATIONS: Ponce de Leon, 235; Hernando de Soto, 252;
Autograph of De Soto, 253; of Mendoza, 254; Map of Florida
(1565), 264; Site of Fort Caroline, 265; View of St. Augustine,
266; Spanish Vessels, 267; Building of Fort Caroline, 268; Fort
Caroline completed, 269; Map of Florida (1591), 274; Wytfliet’s
Map (1597), 281.

CRITICAL ESSAY 283

ILLUSTRATIONS: Map of Ayllon’s Explorations, 285; Autograph of
Narvaez, 286; of Cabeza de Vaca, 287; of Charles V., 289; of
Biedma, 290; Map of the Mississippi (sixteenth century), 292;
Delisle’s Map, with the Route of De Soto, 294, 295.

CHAPTER V.

LAS CASAS, AND THE RELATIONS OF THE SPANIARDS TO THE INDIANS.
_George E. Ellis_ 299

CRITICAL ESSAY 331

ILLUSTRATIONS: Las Casas, 332; his Autograph, 333; Titlepages
of his Tracts, 334, 336, 338; Fac-simile of his Handwriting,
339.

EDITORIAL NOTE 343

ILLUSTRATIONS: Autograph of Motolinia, 343; Title of Oviedo’s
_Natural Hystoria_ (1526), 344; Arms of Oviedo, 345; his
Autograph, 346; Head of Benzoni, 347.