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قراءة كتاب The Letters of Amerigo Vespucci, and Other Documents Illustrative of His Career
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The Letters of Amerigo Vespucci, and Other Documents Illustrative of His Career
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.
BURT FRANKLIN, PUBLISHER
NEW YORK, NEW YORK
Published by
BURT FRANKLIN
514 West 113th Street
New York 25, N. Y.
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED BY THE HAKLUYT SOCIETY
REPRINTED BY PERMISSION
PRINTED IN THE U.S.A.
COUNCIL OF THE HAKLUYT SOCIETY.
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., Associé Étranger 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.
PAGE | |
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 |