The Discovery of America
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Published: June 30, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 560
ISBN-13: 9781419128233
Subjects: American history; History; History - U.S.; History: American; USA; Expeditions & Discoveries; United States - General
First sentence: WHEN the civilized people of Europe first became acquainted with the continents of North and South America, they found them inhabited by a race of men quite unlike any of the races with which they were familiar in the Old World.
Table of contents: title: Volume I; title: 1. Ancient America; title: 2. Pre-Columbian Voyages; title: 3. Europe and Cathay; title: 4. The Search for the Indies – Eastward or Portuguese Route; title: 5. The Search for the Indies – Westward or Spanish Route; title: 6. The Finding of Strange Coasts; title: Volume II; title: 7. Mundus Novus; title: 8. The Conquest of Mexico; title: 9. Ancient Peru; title: 10. The Conquest of Peru; title: 11. Las Casas; title: 12. The Work of Two Centuries; title: Appendix