Chapter I: Introduction: 9

I. PRE-COLUMBIAN DISCOVERIES OF AMERICA 19

II. "DISCOVERY OF THE WORLD AND OF MAN" 36

III. THE EXTINCT CIVILIZATION OF THE AZTECS 54

IV. AMERICAN ARCHEOLOGY 71

V. MEXICO BEFORE THE SPANISH INVASION 88

VI. ARRIVAL OF THE SPANIARDS 106

VII. CORTES AND MONTEZUMA 135

VIII. BALBOA AND THE ISTHMUS 164

IX. EXTINCT CIVILIZATION OF PERU 172

X. PIZARRO AND THE INCAS 186

MAPS, ETC.

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Prehistoric Structure, Uxmal (Yucatan) _Frontispiece_

Imaginary Continent, South of Africa and Asia 12

Remains of a Norse Church at Katortuk, Greenland 21

Map of Vinland 24

The Dighton Stone in the Taunton River, Massachusetts 27

The Dighton Stone. Fig. 2 28

Cipher Autograph of Columbus 46

Chulpa or Stone Tomb of the Peruvians 87

Quetzalcoatl 93

Ancient Bridge near Tezcuco 100

Teocalli, Aztec Temple for Human Sacrifices 105

Monolith Doorway. Near Lake Titicaca. Fig. 1 173

Image over the Doorway shown in Fig. 1. Near Lake
Titicaca. Fig. 2 175

The Quipu 180

Gold Ornament (? Zodiac) from a Tomb at Cuzco 182

EXTINCT CIVILIZATIONS OF THE WEST