| [CHAPTER I.] | From New York to the Isthmus of Panama.—Incidents of the Voyage.—Old Times and the Present.—Aspinwall.—A Tropical City.—The Teredo.—Entrance of the Panama Canal. |
| [CHAPTER II.] | First Day on the Isthmus.—The Panama Canal.—History of the Canal Enterprise.—Plans of Balboa and Others.—The Various Routes Proposed.—Strain's Survey of Darien.—Visiting the Works at Panama. |
| [CHAPTER III.] | Over the Isthmus.—A Profitable Railway.—Isthmus Fever.—Tropical Trees, Flowers, and Animals.—Sights in Panama.—The Cathedral.—A Stroll on the Beach.—The Paradise of Conchologists. |
| [CHAPTER IV.] | "The Place of Fish."—An Excursion to Old Panama.—Visiting a Hermit.—Drinking Chichi.—Ruins of the City.—Morgan the Buccaneer.—His History and Exploits.—How he Captured Panama. |
| [CHAPTER V.] | From Panama to Guayaquil.—Vasco Nunez de Balboa.—His Adventures and Death.—Scenes in Guayaquil.—First Experience with South American Earthquakes. |
| [CHAPTER VI.] | The Paradise of Earthquakes.—From Guayaquil to Quito.—A Ride over the Mountains.—All Climates United in One.—The Plains of Ecuador.—Chimborazo and Cotopaxi. |
| [CHAPTER VII.] | Description of Quito.—Visit to the Volcano of Pichincha.—The Deepest Crater in the World.—Route over the Andes to the Amazon.—Return to the Coast. |
| [CHAPTER VIII.] | From Guayaquil to Callao.—Landing at Paita.—The Site of Old Callao.—Arrival at Lima.—Sights of the Peruvian Capital.—General Description of the City and its Inhabitants. |
| [CHAPTER IX.] | Equestrians and their Costumes.—Ladies of Lima.—Excursions among Ruins.—Pachacamac, a Holy City.—The Ancient Peruvians.—Origin of the Inca Government. |
| [CHAPTER X.] | Railways over the Andes.—From Lima to Mollendo, Arequipa, and Lake Titicaca.—The Chincha Islands and the Soda Deserts.—Up the Andes by Steam.—In a Railway Carriage Fourteen Thousand Feet Above the Sea. |
| [CHAPTER XI.] | Puno and Lake Titicaca.—Coca and its Properties.—The Llama and his Kindred.—Excursion to the Sacred Island of the Incas. |
| [CHAPTER XII.] | Coati Island and the Ruins of Tiahuanaco.—Return to Puno.—Cuzco, and the Temples, Palaces, and Fortresses of the Incas.—Plans for Departure. |
| [CHAPTER XIII.] | Leaving Puno.—Crossing Lake Titicaca.—Resources of Bolivia.—Silver Mining.—Primitive Lodgings.—Beginning the Journey to the Eastward. |
| [CHAPTER XIV.] | Over the Eastern Andes into the Amazon Valley.—An Exciting Journey.—Adventures by the Way.—Troubles of Travelling with a Tiger. |
| [CHAPTER XV.] | Down the River.—Arrival on the Beni.—Birds of the Amazon Valley.—Building a Hut.—Hunting with Poisoned Arrows.—Turtles, and Turtle-hunting. |
| [CHAPTER XVI.] | Down the Beni.—Products of the Valley.—Plans for Developing Commerce.—Obstructions to Navigation.—Voyage on the Mamoré. |
| [CHAPTER XVII.] | Hunting the Tapir.—Among the Caripuna Indians.—Arrival at the Falls of the Madeira.—Making India-rubber. |
| [CHAPTER XVIII.] | Slow Transit.—Passing Around the Falls.—Ancient Inscriptions.—The Madeira to the Amazon.—The January River.—The Amazon Forest. |
| [CHAPTER XIX.] | From the Madeira to the Rio Negro.—Other Tributaries of the Amazon.—Notes on the Great River.—Manaos.—Down the Amazon to Para. |
| [CHAPTER XX.] | Para.—Its Business and Characteristics.—The Island of Marajo.—Down the Coast.—Pernambuco.—The Sugar Industry. |
| [CHAPTER XXI.] | Bahia and its Industries.—Rio Janeiro.—The Bay and the City.—Sights of the Capital.—Emperor Dom Pedro II. |
| [CHAPTER XXII.] | The Sights of Rio.—Public Buildings, Aqueduct, Churches, Miracles, and Funerals.—Visit to Tijuca and Petropolis.—The Serra. |
| [CHAPTER XXIII.] | Railways in Brazil.—Coffee Plantations.—Mandioca and its Culture.—Terrible Famines.—Slavery and Emancipation. |
| [CHAPTER XXIV.] | Return to the Capital.—Intrudo Sports.—Museum at Rio.—Montevideo and Buenos Ayres.—The Argentine Republic.—Ascending the River Plate. |
| [CHAPTER XXV.] | Visiting a Cattle Estate.—The Lasso and Bolas.—Ascending the Paraguay and Parana Rivers.—Rosario and Asuncion.—Paraguayan War.—Industries of the Country.—Maté. |
| [CHAPTER XXVI.] | Return to Buenos Ayres.—Dividing the Party.—Two Routes to Valparaiso.—Frank's Journey over the Pampas.—Mendoza.—At the Foot of the Andes. |
| [CHAPTER XXVII.] | Incidents of a Ride over the Andes.—Contract with the Arriero.—Passes Between Chili and the Argentine Republic.—Night Scenes.—Dangers of the Road.—A Perilous Position.—Uspallata.—At the Crest of the Andes. |
| [CHAPTER XXVIII.] | Down the Western Slope of the Andes.—A Long Imprisonment in the Snow.—"The Soldier's Leap."—Santa Rosa.—Santiago.—Arrival at Valparaiso. |
| [CHAPTER XXIX.] | Strait of Magellan.—Falkland Islands.—A Penguin City.—Sandy Point.—Hunting the Ostrich and Guanaco.—Patagonian Giants. |
| [CHAPTER XXX.] | Mutiny at Sandy Point.—Tierra Del Fuego.—Missionary Enterprises There.—Captain Gardiner.—Cruise of the "Wateree."—Side-wheel Ducks.—Up the Pacific Coast.—The Meeting at Valparaiso.—The End. |