Chapter I: Front Matter

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The Hakluyt Society.

THE LETTERS OF AMERIGO VESPUCCI.

FIRST SERIES. NO. XC-MDCCCXCIV

THE LETTERS OF AMERIGO VESPUCCI

AND

_OTHER DOCUMENTS ILLUSTRATIVE OF HIS CAREER._

Translated, with Notes and an Introduction,

BY CLEMENTS R. MARKHAM, C.B., F.R.S.,

PRESIDENT OF THE HAKLUYT SOCIETY.

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Clements R. Markham, Esq., C.B., F.R.S., _Pres. R.G.S._, President.

Major-General Sir Henry Rawlinson, K.C.B., D.C.L., LL.D., F.R.S.,
_Associe Etranger de L'Institut de France_, Vice-President.

The Right Hon. Lord Aberdare, G.C.B., F.R.S., Vice-President.

Vice-Admiral Lindesay Brine.
Robert Brown, Esq., M.A., Ph.D.
Miller Christy, Esq.
The Hon. George N. Curzon, M.P.
The Right Hon. Sir Mountstuart E. Grant-Duff, G.C.S.I.,
_late Pres. R.G.S._
F. Ducane Godman, Esq., F.R.S.
Albert Gray, Esq.
C. P. Lucas, Esq.
A. P. Maudslay, Esq.
E. Delmar Morgan, Esq.
Captain Nathan, R.E.
Admiral Sir E. Ommanney, C.B., F.R.S.
E. A. Petherick, Esq.
S. W. Silver, Esq.
Coutts Trotter, Esq.
Prof. E. B. Tylor, D.C.L.
Captain W. J. L. Wharton, R.N.

William Foster, Esq., _Honorary Secretary_.

CONTENTS.

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Introduction i

Letter of Amerigo Vespucci to a "Magnificent Lord":
First Voyage 1
Second Voyage 21
Third Voyage 34
Fourth Voyage 52

Letter of Amerigo Vespucci to Lorenzo Pietro F. di Medici 42
Evidence of Alonso de Hojeda respecting his Voyage of 1499 30
Account of the Voyage of Hojeda, 1499-1500, by Navarrete 31
Letter of the Admiral Christopher Columbus to his Son 57
Letter of Vianelo to the Seigneury of Venice 58
Letter of Naturalization in favour of Vespucci 61
Appointment of Amerigo Vespucci as Chief Pilot 63

Chapters from Las Casas, which discuss the Statements of Vespucci:
Chapter CXL 68
" CLXIV 76
" CLXV 85
" CLXVI 86
" CLXVII 89
" CLXVIII 96
" CLXIX 101

Evidence respecting the Voyage of Pinzon and Solis 109
Las Casas (II, cap. xxxix) on the Voyage of Pinzon and Solis 111
Index 115