PREFACE

INTRODUCTION.
    By the Editor

DISCOVERIES BEFORE COLUMBUS

I. Men from Asia and from Norway.
    By Justin Winsor

II. How the Norwegians Came to Vinland

III. The First European Child

IV. Other Pre-Columbian Voyages.
    By Henry Wheaton

THE DISCOVERY BY COLUMBUS

I. As Described by Washington Irving

II. As Described by Columbus Himself

THE BULL OF POPE ALEXANDER VI PARTITIONING AMERICA

THE DISCOVERY OF THE MAINLAND BY THE CABOTS:

I. The Account Given by John A. Doyle

II. Peter Martyr's Account

THE VOYAGES OF VESPUCIUS.
    Vespucius' own Account

A BATTLE WITH THE INDIANS.
    As Described by Vespucius

THE FIRST ACCOUNT OF AMERICA PRINTED IN ENGLISH

THE DISCOVERY OF FLORIDA BY PONCE DE LEON.
    Parkman's Account

THE DISCOVERY OF THE PACIFIC BY BALBOA.
     By Manuel José Quintaná

THE VOYAGE OF MAGELLAN TO THE PACIFIC
    By John Fiske

THE DISCOVERY OF NEW YORK HARBOR BY VERAZZANO.
    Verazzano's Own Account

CARTIER'S EXPLORATION OF THE ST. LAWRENCE:

I. The Account Given by John A. Doyle

II. Cartier's Own Account

SEARCHES FOR THE "SEVEN CITIES OF CIBOLA."
     By Reuben Gold Thwaites

CABEZA DE VACA'S JOURNEY TO THE SOUTHWEST.
    De Vaca's Own Account

THE EXPEDITION OF CORONADO TO THE SOUTHWEST.
    Coronado's Own Account.

THE DISCOVERY OF THE MISSISSIPPI BY DE SOTO.
    Parkman's Account

THE DEATH OF DE SOTO.
    By One of De Soto's Companions.

DRAKE'S VISIT TO CALIFORNIA.
    By One of Drake's Companions

HUDSON'S DISCOVERY OF THE HUDSON RIVER
     By Robert Juet, Hudson's Secretary

CHAMPLAIN'S BATTLE WITH THE IROQUOIS ON LAKE CHAMPLAIN.
    By Champlain Himself

MARQUETTE'S DISCOVERY OF THE MISSISSIPPI.
    Marquette's Own Account

THE DEATH OF MARQUETTE.
    By Father Claude Dablon

THE DISCOVERY OF NIAGARA FALLS.
    By Father Louis Hennepin

LA SALLE'S VOYAGE TO THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI.
    By Francis Parkman