A

GENERAL

HISTORY AND COLLECTION

OF

VOYAGES AND TRAVELS,

ARRANGED IN SYSTEMATIC ORDER:

FORMING A COMPLETE HISTORY OF THE ORIGIN AND PROGRESS

OF NAVIGATION, DISCOVERY, AND COMMERCE,

BY SEA AND LAND,

FROM THE EARLIEST AGES TO THE PRESENT TIME.

BY

ROBERT KERR, F.R.S. & F.A.S. EDIN.

ILLUSTRATED BY MAPS AND CHARTS.

VOL. III.

WILLIAM BLACKWOOD, EDINBURGH:

AND T. CADELL, LONDON.

MDCCCXXIV.

CONTENTS OF VOLUME III.

PART II.--(Continued.)

BOOK II.

HISTORY OF THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA, AND OF SOME OF THE EARLY CONQUESTS IN THE NEW WORLD

CHAPTER I.

History of the discovery of America, by Christopher Columbus, written by his son Don Ferdinand Columbus, Introduction, Epochs of American discovery, Authors Preface.

SECTION I.

Of the country, original, and name of Admiral Christopher Columbus; with other particulars of his life previous to his arrival in Portugal.

SECTION II.

Of his first coming to Portugal, and the motives of his proposing to discover the West Indies.

SECTION III.

The Admiral, disgusted by the procedure of the King of Portugal, in regard to the proposed discovery, offers his services to the court of Spain.

SECTION IV. Narrative of the First Voyage of Columbus, in which he actually discovered the New World[1].

[1] By error of the press, a considerable part of this Section is marked in the running title as Section IV., and the next is numbered Section VI., so that, numerically only, Section V. is entirely omitted.

SECTION VI. Second Voyage of Columbus to the West Indies.

SECTION VII. Account of the antiquities, ceremonies, and religion of the natives of Hispaniola, collected by F. Roman, by order of the Admiral.

SECTION VIII. The Admiral returns to Spain from his second voyage.

SECTION IX. Account of the Admirals Third Voyage, during which he discovered the continent of Paria; with the occurrences to his arrival in Hispaniola.

SECTION X. An account of the Rebellion in Hispaniola, previous to the arrival of the Admiral.

SECTION XI. Continuation of the troubles after the return of the Admiral to Hispaniola, to their adjustment.

SECTION XII. Transactions in Hispaniola subsequent to the settlement of the disturbances, until the sending of Columbus in irons to Spain.

SECTION XIII. Account of the Fourth Voyage of Columbus to the West Indies.

CHAPTER II.

Account of the Discovery of America, by Christopher Columbus; by Antonio de Herrera.

SECTION I. Of the knowledge of the Ancients respecting the New World.

SECTION II. Of the motives which led Columbus to believe that there were unknown countries.

SECTION III. Columbus proposes his design to the King and Queen of Spain; which, after many repulses, is adopted by the Queen.

SECTION IV. Conditions granted to Columbus by the crown of Castile, and an account of his First Voyage, in which he discovered the New World.

SECTION V. Continuation of the voyage; signs of approaching land; the people mutiny, and the Admiral endeavours to appease them.

SECTION VI. Discovery of the Islands of San Salvador, the Conception, Ferdinandina, Isabella, and others; with a description of these Islands, and some account of the Natives.

SECTION VII. Discovery of Cuba and Hispaniola, and desertion of Martin Alonzo Pinzon.

SECTION VIII. Farther discovery of Hispaniola; simplicity of the natives; the Admiral loses his ship, and resolves to settle a colony in the island.

SECTION IX. The Admiral builds a fort in Hispaniola, and prepares for his return to Spain.

SECTION X. Account of the Voyage home from Hispaniola to Lisbon.

SECTION XI. From the arrival of Columbus at Lisbon till the commencement of his Second Voyage to the New World.

SECTION XII. Second Voyage of Columbus to the West Indies, and establishment of Isabella, the first European colony in the New World.

SECTION XIII. Columbus proceeds to explore the coast of Cuba, discovers the island of Jamaica, and returns to Isabella in Hispaniola.

SECTION XIV. Summary of occurrences in Hispaniola, to the return of Columbus into Spain from his Second Voyage.

SECTION XV. Conclusion of the discoveries of Columbus.

CHAPTER III.

The voyages of Americus Vespucius to the New World.

Introduction.

SECTION I. The First Voyage of Vespucius.

SECTION II. The Second Voyage of Americus Vespucius.

SECTION III. The Third voyage of Americus Vespucius.

SECTION IV. The Fourth voyage of Americus Vespucius.

CHAPTER IV.

Summary of the discoveries and settlements of the Spaniards in the West Indies, from the death of Columbus to the expedition of Hernando Cortes against Mexico, Introduction.

SECTION I. Improvements made in the colony of Hispaniola, by Nicholas de Obando, and the great value of gold procured in that island during his government.

SECTION II. Settlement of Porto Rico under Juan Ponce de Leon.

SECTION III. Don James Columbus is appointed to the government of the Spanish dominions in the West Indies.

SECTION IV. Settlement of a Pearl Fishery at the island of Cubagua.

SECTION V. Alonzo de Hojeda and Diego de Nicuessa are commissioned to make discoveries and settlements in the New World, with an account of the adventures and misfortunes of Hojeda.

SECTION VI. The history of Vasco Nugnez de Balboa, and the establishment, by his means, of the colony of Darien.

VII. The adventures, misfortunes, and death of Don Diego de Nicuessa, the founder of the colony of Nombre de Dios.

SECTION VIII. The conquest and settlement of the island of Cuba by Diego Velasquez.

SECTION IX. The strange expedition of Juan Ponce de Leon in search of the Fountain of Youth, in which he discovered Florida and the Bahama Channel.

SECTION X. The martyrdom of two Dominican Friars on the coast of Venezuela, through the avarice of the Spaniards.

SECTION XI. Discoveries on the continent of America, by command of Velasquez, under the conduct of Francis Hernandez de Cordova.

SECTION XII. Farther discoveries on the continent by Juan Grijalva, under the orders of Velasquez, by which a way is opened to Mexico or New Spain.

CHAPTER V.

History of the discovery and conquest of Mexico, written in the year 1568, by Captain Bernal Diaz del Castillo,