HEROES OF AMERICAN HISTORY

ILLUSTRATED

HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS,
NEW YORK AND LONDON
1907

Copyright, 1907, by Harper & Brothers.
All rights reserved.
Published February, 1907.

CONTENTS

[I.][Young Amerigo and his Family][1]
[II.][Amerigo's Friends and Teachers][15]
[III.][Vespucci's Favorite Authors][32]
[IV.][In the Service of Spain][45]
[V.][Conversations with Columbus][59]
[VI.][Conversations with Columbus][76]
[VII.][Vespucci's "Second" Voyage][101]
[VIII.][With Ojeda the Fighter][126]
[IX.][Cannibals, Giants, and Pearls][138]
[X.][Famous Fellow-Voyagers][148]
[XI.][On the Coast of Brazil][165]
[XII.][The "Fourth Part of the Earth"][179]
[XIII.][The Fourth Great Voyage][194]
[XIV.][King Ferdinand's Friend][209]
[XV.][Pilot-Major of Spain][221]
[XVI.][How America was Named][237]

ILLUSTRATIONS

AMERIGO VESPUCCI[Frontispiece]
A CONJECTURAL RESTORATION OF TOSCANELLI'S MAP[Facing p. 20]
MARCO POLO[" 40]
OJEDA'S FIRST VOYAGE[" 130]
ROUTES OF THE DISCOVERERS[" 166]
NORTH AMERICA FROM THE GLOBE OF JOHANN SCHÖNER[" 244]

AUTHORITIES