The European Discovery of America: The southern voyages, 1492-1616. Christopher Columbus ; His "Enterprise of the Indies" ; Columbus's first voyage of discovery, August-October 1492 ; The Greater Antilles, 12 October 1492-15 March 1493 ; Triumph and tragedy, March 1493-April 1494 ; Jamaica, Cuba, and rebellion, 1494-1496 ; Third voyage, mainland discovered, 1498-1500 ; The mariner's day ; "Minor voyages" : the Spanish Main, 1499-1526 ; The discovery of Brazil, 1500-1508 ; Columbus's fourth voyage, 1502-1504 ; Vespucci and Solis, 1499-1516 ; Ferdinand Magellan ; Armada de Molucca, 1517-1519 ; Magellan's voyage to the Strait, 1519-1520 ; "The strait that shall forever bear his name", October-November 1520 ; Across the Pacific ; Philippines and Spice Islands ; Homeward bound, 1522 ; Spain's follow-up to Magellan, 1525-1565 ; Bermuda, Florida, and the Gulf, 1505-1543 ; Sebastian Cabot goes to sea, 1526-1530 ; The conquest of the River Plate, 1534-1580 ; France and Portugal in Brazil, 1504-1568 ; Back to the Strait, 1534-1558 ; California before Drake ; Drake's voyage of circumnavigation, 1577-1579 ; Drake in California, 1579 ; The voyages of Sarmiento de Gamboa, 1571-1589 ; The voyages of Thomas Cavendish, 1586-1593 ; The discovery of Cape Horn, 1598-1616

The European Discovery of America: The southern voyages, 1492-1616. Christopher Columbus ; His

Author: Samuel Eliot Morison

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Published: 1971

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Includes discussions of fictional pre-Columbian voyages, Vinland voyages, voyages of Cabot, Cartier, Frobisher, and others. Good bibliographies.

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