CONTENTS
PREFACE 001
CHAPTER 1 EARLY LIFE OF COLUMBUS 001
CHAPTER 2 HIS PLANS FOR DISCOVERY 014
CHAPTER 3 THE GREAT VOYAGE 026
CHAPTER 4 THE LANDING ON THE TWELFTH
OF OCTOBER 037
CHAPTER 5 LANDING ON CUBA 055
CHAPTER 6 DISCOVERY OF HAYTI OR
HISPANIOLA 063
CHAPTER 7 COLUMBUS IS CALLED TO MEET
THE KING AND QUEEN 082
CHAPTER 8 THE SECOND EXPEDITION SAILS 091
CHAPTER 9 THE NEW COLONY 111
CHAPTER 10 THE THIRD VOYAGE 131
CHAPTER 11 SPAIN, 1500, 1501 150
CHAPTER 12 FOURTH VOYAGE 162
CHAPTER 13 TWO SAD YEARS 186
APPENDIX A 200
APPENDIX B 210
APPENDIX C 215