A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 03 / Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time

HISTORY OF THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA, AND OF SOME OF THE EARLY CONQUESTS IN THE NEW WORLD
History of the discovery of America, by Christopher Columbus, written by his son Don Ferdinand Columbus, Introduction, Epochs of American discovery, Authors Preface.
SECTION I.
Of the country, original, and name of Admiral Christopher Columbus; with other particulars of his life previous to his arrival in Portugal.
SECTION II.
Of his first coming to Portugal, and the motives of his proposing to discover the West Indies.
SECTION III.
The Admiral, disgusted by the procedure of the King of Portugal, in regard to the proposed discovery, offers his services to the court of Spain.
SECTION VI. Second Voyage of Columbus to the West Indies.
SECTION VII. Account of the antiquities, ceremonies, and religion of the natives of Hispaniola, collected by F. Roman, by order of the Admiral.