ROBERT E. ANDERSON, M.A., F.A.S.

AUTHOR OF
EXTINCT CIVILIZATIONS OF THE EAST

Venient annis saecula seris
Quibus Oceanus vincula rerum
Laxet, et ingens pateat tellus
Tethys que novos detegat orbes.
—Seneca.

NEW YORK McCLURE, PHILLIPS & CO. MCMIV
Copyright, 1903, by
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY

CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
Introduction[9]
I.Pre-Columbian Discoveries of America[19]
II."Discovery of the World and of Man"[36]
III.The Extinct Civilization of the Aztecs[54]
IV.American Archeology[71]
V.Mexico before the Spanish Invasion[88]
VI.Arrival of the Spaniards[106]
VII.Cortés and Montezuma[135]
VIII.Balboa and the Isthmus[164]
IX.Extinct Civilization of Peru[172]
X.Pizarro and the Incas[186]

MAPS, ETC.

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Prehistoric Structure, Uxmal (Yucatan)[Frontispiece]
Imaginary Continent, South of Africa and Asia[12]
Remains of a Norse Church at Katortuk, Greenland[21]
Map of Vinland[24]
The Dighton Stone in the Taunton River, Massachusetts[27]
The Dighton Stone. Fig. 2[28]
Cipher Autograph of Columbus[46]
Chulpa or Stone Tomb of the Peruvians[87]
Quetzalcoatl[93]
Ancient Bridge near Tezcuco[100]
Teocalli, Aztec Temple for Human Sacrifices[105]
Monolith Doorway. Near Lake Titicaca. Fig. 1[173]
Image over the Doorway shown in Fig. 1. Near Lake Titicaca. Fig. 2[175]
The Quipu[180]
Gold Ornament (? Zodiac) from a Tomb at Cuzco[182]

EXTINCT CIVILIZATIONS OF THE WEST