THE CONTENTS of the several CHAPTERS and SECTIONS.
Reading edition
The first Book.
America unknown to the Ancients Fol. 1
Of the Original of the Americans, whence they came, when, how, and from what People Planted 11
First Discoverers of America, with Christopher Colonus his Expedition 43
Pedro Alphonso Nigno his Voyage 56
The Voyage of Vincent Agnes Pinzon 58
The Expedition of Americus Vesputius 60
The Expedition of Alphonso Fogeda, Diego Nicuesa, Ancisus, and Roderick Colmenares 65
Peter Arias his Expedition, and the remarkable Passages of Vascus Nunnez 69
The Expedition of Francisco Fernandez, Lupo Caizedo, Christophero Morantes, Bernardo Igniguez, and Juan Grisalva 76
The Expedition of Ferdinand Magaglian, commonly call’d Magellan 79
Ferdinando Cortez his Voyage 81
Diego Gottierez his Expedition 92
The Expedition of Pedro Alvarado, Francisco and Gonzalvo Pizarro, and Diego de Almagro 95
The Expeditions of John Stade and Nicholas Durando Villegagnon 103
The Expedition of John Ribald, Renatus Laudonier, and Gurgie 105
Four English Expeditions, under the Command of our famous Sea-Captains, Martin Forbisher, Sir Francis Drake, Thomas Candish, and John Smith 108
A Netherland Expedition, by Jaques Mahu and Simon de Cordes 110
The Expedition of Oliver van Noord 113
The Expedition of George van Spilbergen 115
The Expedition of Corneliszoon Schouten and Jacob Le Maire 117
The Voyage of the Nassavian Fleet, under the Command of Jaques le Heremite and Hugo Schapenham 120
Henry Brewer his Voyage 122
The Second Book.
Of the Bounds of America, and of the Division of the Mexican, or Northern part thereof Fol. 125
Estotiland 126
Terra Laboratoris 128
Canada, or New France 129
Accadia, or Nova Scotia 133
Norumbegua 138
New England 139
New Netherland, now call’d New York 168
A new Description of Mary-Land 183
Virginia 192
The Relation of Captain Smith’s being taken Prisoner by Powhatan, and his deliverance by his Daughter Pocahonta 202
Carolina 205
Florida 213
Jucatan 222
Guatimala 224
Vera Paz 227
Honduras 229
Nicaragua 232
Costarica 235
Veragua ibid.
Guatimala, properly so call’d ibid.
The Kingdom of Mexico, or New Spain 238
Mechoacan 261
Tlascalla 264
Guaxata 268
Panuco 270
Tabasco 273
New Gallicia 281
Guadalajara 284
Xalisco 285
Chiametla ibid.
Couliacan 286
Cinoloa 288
Zacatecas 289
New Biscay 290
New Mexico 291
Cibola, Tontonteac, and Nova Granada 298
Quivira 301
Terra Nova, or New-found Land, with the Island of Assumption 304
The Bermudas, or Summer-Islands 311
Hispaniola 314
Porto Rico, and Monico 327
Cuba 331
Jamaica 337
The Islands call’d The Lucaies 344
The Caribbee-Islands 345
Anegada and Sombrero 362
Las Virgines 363
Anguilla ibid.
Saba 364
St. Crux ibid.
St. Martin 365
St. Bartholomew 367
Barboude 368
Rotonda ibid.
Nevis ibid.
Eustathius 369
Antego 370
Montserrat ibid.
Guadalupe 371
Deseado 372
Marigalante ibid.
Todos Sanctos 373
De Aves ibid.
Dominico 375
Martinico 376
St. Lucia 377
Barbados ibid.
St. Vincent 380
Bekia 381
Granada ibid.
Tabago 382
St. Christophers 383
The Islands Sotavento, and the Isle Trinidado 387
Cubagua 388
California 389
The Third Book.
A Description of Peruana or, Southern America Fol. 393
Castella Aurea, otherwise call’d Terra Firma 394
Panama 395
Darien 399
New Andaluzia 400
St. Martha 403
Rio de la Hacha 405
New Granada 406
Granada 408
Popayana 409
Peru 412
Quito 441
Los Quixos 446
Lima 450
Cusco 456
Los Charcas 462
Collao 466
Chile 471
Chile, properly so call’d 472
Magellanica 473
Paraguay, or Rio de la Plata 475
Rio de la Plata, properly so call’d 476
Tucuman ibid.
La Crux de Sierra 477
Brasile ibid.
St. Vincent 495
Rio de Janeiro 496
De Spirito Santo 497
Porto Seguro 498
Los Isleos 501
Bahia de Todos los Sanctos 502
Pernambuco 505
Parayba 508
Maragnan 511
The Lordships Tamarica, Rio Grande, Siara, and Para 517
A Relation of the Proceedings of the Netherland West-India Company in Brasile, to the Year 1658 518
The Journey of Rodulphus Baron, with the Description of the Customs and Manners of the Tapuyans 595
Grave Maurice his Account of Brasile, so far as it concern’d the West-India Company 600
The Councellor Dussen’s Relation of so much of Brasile as concern’d the West-India Company 601
A Description of the Palace Freyburgh, two Bridges, and a Banquetting-house, all built by Grave Maurice 605
Guiana 607
A Relation of the Journey of Francisco Orellana ibid.
Paria, or New Andalusia 620
Cumana 621
Venezuela 624
The Islands Margareta, Cubagua, and Coche 627
Of the Islands of Southern America 628
In the Appendix.
Rio de la Plata Fol. 631
Chili 634
A View of the Chilesian Language 635
Magellanica 649
The Unknown South-Land 653
Terra Borealis, or The Arctick Region 661
Several Attempts for the discovery of the North-West Passage 672
A brief View of what Places are possess’d at this day in the West-Indies, by the English, Spaniards, French, Portuguese, and Dutch 674
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