1892 History Discovery & Exploration AMERICA Maps Indians Explorers Slavery etc

Description: The Discovery of America With Some Account Of Ancient America And The Spanish Conquest By John Fiske In Two Volumes, Vol. II. Illustrated with Maps and Engravings Published By Houghton Mifflin Company Riverside Press, Cambridge Boston and New York 1892 The title-Page is dated 1892. Hardcover. Maroon cloth binding. Top page edge gilt. Color-coated endpapers. 5" x 7.75" (xxiv) + 631 pages. Indexed. 132 years old. History of the Discovery and Early Exploration of North America plus Central & South America By John Fiske (1842-1901) Historian John Fiske's writings are known for an easy, lucid, and dramatic style. This is volume II only, of II. ( see the Contents below ) Illustrated with Maps and Engravings. Early Maps of the Known World See the List of Maps and Illustrations Below. Includes information on American Indians ( Native Americans ) ---------- Very Good Condition. Just light binding wear. Very Good Condition. ( see the photos ) The hinges are tight. No markings. No writing. The pages and illustration plates are clean and in very good condition. The folding maps are in very good condition. ---------- List of The Maps and Illustrations in this volume : 1. Map of New Discoveries , made in 1500 by the Pilot Juan de La Cosa ( Large Fold-out Map; 15" x 19" ) 2. Part of the Cantino Map of 1502 3. Facsimile of the Titlepage of the Original Italian Edition of the Letter from Vespucius to Soderni 4. The First Voyage of Vespucius in 1497-1498 5. Table of Principle Spanish and Portuguese Voyages South of the Tropic of Cancer from Columbus to Magellan 6. Sketch of the Florida Coast 1502 A.D. 7. Waldseemuller's Map - " Tabula Terre Nove " circa 1507 ( Fold-out ) 8. Second and Third Voyages of Vespucius 9. Johann Ruysch's Map of the World 1508 A.D. 10. Western Half of the Lennox Globe circa 1510 11. Part of the Globe of Orontius Finaeus 1531 A.D. 12. Facsimile of the Passage in which Waldseemuller suggested that Quarta Pars should be called " America " 13. Part of the Map attributed to Leonardo Da Vinci circa 1514 A.D. - The Earliest Known Map with the name " America " 14. Gerard Mercator Map of 1541 A.D. 15. Ships of the Time of Vespucius - Facsimile of Original Woodcut Engraving 16. Map of Jan Stobnicza 1512 A.D. 17. Magellan's Route Across the Pacific Ocean 18. Table of the Succession and Relationships of the Eleven Mexican Tlacatecuhtli or, Chief of Men 19. Bas-reliefs from Palenque 20. Mexican Pueblos in 1519 A.D. 21. The Valley of Mexico in 1519 A.D. 22. The Isthmus of Darien 23. Map illustrating the Conquest of Peru 24. Map of Tuzulutlan and Vicinity 25. Ancient Nahuatl Flute Melodies 26. Sketch of Agnese's Map 1536 A.D. 27. Sketch of Gastaldi's Carta Marina 1548 A.D. 28. Map of Sebastian Munster 1540 A.D. 29. A Street in Zuni 30. Map of Michael Lok 1582 A.D. 31. Dr. John Dee's Map 1580 A.D. 32. Louis Joliet's Map 1673 A.D. 33. Specimen of the Handwriting of Christopher Columbus ----- The Contents includes: ( main chapter headings and some of the chapter sub-headings ) 1. Mundus Novus ( The New World ) Includes: John Cabot Cabot Voyages Labrador - St. Lawrence - Cape Cod Newfoundland Life of Americus Vespucius Voyages of Vespucius Vespucius Explores Coast of Brazil and Meets with Cannibals Island of South Georgia An Antarctic World Why The Western Hemisphere was not named for Columbus Explorations of Early 1500's Magellan - The Ladrone Island - The Philippines Conversion of People at Sebu ( Cebu ) Death of Magellan Massacre at Sebu ( Cebu ) The Moluccas ...And Much More ( this chapter alone comprises over 200 pages) 2. The Conquest of Mexico including: Prehistoric Mexico The Toltecs The Chichimecs The Nahua Tribes Tollan and serpent Hill The Aztec Chiefs Montezuma Quetzacoatal and Tlaloc Expedition to Yucatan in 1517 The Forces of Spain on the Mexican Coast Battle Massacre of Cholulans Details of the City - Mexico - Tenochtitlan Society The Pyramids Festivals Cortes ...And Much More 3. Ancient Peru including: The South American Peoples Chibchas The Caribs and Maypures The Araucanians Quichua - Aymara tribes The Incas Ancient Peruvian Culture The Potato The Inca God-King ...And Much More ( about 60 pages are devoted to the Incas and Incan Life ) 4. The Conquest of Peru including: The Expeditions Balboa Terrible treatment of Nicuesa by men of Darien Francisco Pizarro Origin of the name " Peru " War in Peru Cuzco Conquest of Chili End of Inca Dynasty ...And Much More 5 Las Casas including: Ancient Slavery Indian Slavery Under Columbus Treatment of the Indians in Xaragua Life of Las Casas Las Casas and Negro Slavery The Slave Catcher Ojeda Destruction of a Colony by Indians Guatemala Tuzulutlan or the "Land of War " Enslavement of Indians Forbidden by the Pope ...And Much More 6. The Work of Two Centuries including: Discovery of the Mississippi in 1519 Voyage of Gomez Voyage of Verrazano in 1524 Search for the Northwest Passage The Seven Cities of Cibola or Zuni Coranado The Dominicans in Florida Beginnings of St. Augustine Florida Massacres Robert Cavalier de La Salle Sack of Illinois Town La Salle on the Mississippi River Father Hennepin in the Minnesota Country The Hudson Bay Company and Furs Discovery of Alaska Conquest of the Portuguese Indies by the Dutch ...And Much More Appendix Toscanelli's Letter To Columbus List of Officers and Sailors in the First Voyage of Columbus List of Survivors of the First Voyage Around The World Etc. Index ---------- 132 years old. Carefully packed for shipment to the buyer.

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