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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

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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

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