CONTENTS.

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I.—A strange royal order[1]
II.—Friends with a Purpose[9]
III.—Prince Henry the Navigator and Vasco da Gama[15]
IV.—The enthusiasts carry their plans to the king[24]
V.—
About the happy Italian who wished to see the
world.—Beautiful Seville!		[38]
VI.—Enemies.— Estaban Gormez[43]
VII.—"Marooned"[52]
VIII.—
"The wonders of new lands."—Pigafetta's tales of
his adventures with Magellan.—The story of "the
fountain tree."—"St Elmo's Fire"		[60]
IX.—Pineapples, potatoes, very old people[70]
X.—
The first giant.— The islands of geese and
goslings.— The dancing giants		[76]
XI.—Capturing a giant.— Magellan's decision[84]
XII.—The mutiny at Port Julian.— The Straits.— 1519[91]
XIII.—"The Admiral was mad"[99]
XIV.—The Pacific.— The death of the giants[103]
XV.—Welcome to the Philippines[108]
XVI.—The visit of the King.— Pigafetta visits the King[116]
XVII.—Easter Sunday.— Magellan plants the cross[122]
XVIII.—
Christianity and trade established.— The Baptist of
the Queen		[129]
XIX.—Halcyon Days[136]
XX.—The Death of Magellan[139]
XXI.—
The Spice Islands.— Wonderful birds.— Cloves, cinnamon
nutmegs, ginger.— The ships overloaded		[144]
XXII.—Mesquita in prison[157]
XXIII.—
Strange stories.— The wise old women.— The walking
leaves.— The haunted sandalwood trees.— The Emperor
Of China.— The little boy and the giant bird		[161]
XXIV.—The lost day[173]
XXV.—In the Church of Our Lady of Victory.— Pigafetta[176]
Supplemental[183]

LIST OF FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS.

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Magellan planting the Cross in the Philippine Islands[Frontispiece]
"He is a renegade. His arms must come down!"[2]
Lisbon, from the south bank of the Tagus[4]
Ferdinand Magellan[6]
Barcelona[34]
Night after night the ships followed Magellan's lantern[55]
Interior of the Alcázar of Seville[60]
The dancing giant[80]
Mount Mayon, on the Island of Luzon[125]
The death of Magellan[142]
Pigafetta presenting the history of the voyage to the King of Spain[179]
Map of the Philippine Islands[187]
Native houses in Manila[190]
Hong Kong[202]
Iloilo[206]
Boats on the River Pasig[218]