| CHAPTER | | PAGE |
| I. | THE CONTINENT IN PRE-SPANISH DAYS | [1] |
| II. | COLUMBUS | [14] |
| III. | THE SPANISH CONQUISTADORES | [26] |
| IV. | THE DISCOVERY AND EARLY HISTORY OF BRAZIL | [36] |
| V. | THE CONQUEST OF PERU | [47] |
| VI. | SPANIARD AND NATIVE | [56] |
| VII. | THE COLONIZATION OF THE SOUTH | [64] |
| VIII. | THE GOVERNMENT OF THE SOUTH AMERICAN COLONIES | [74] |
| IX. | FOREIGN RAIDS ON THE SPANISH COLONIES | [83] |
| X. | FOREIGN RAIDS ON PORTUGUESE COLONIES | [95] |
| XI. | THE COLONY OF PERU | [110] |
| XII. | THE COLONY OF CHILE | [121] |
| XIII. | THE COLONIES OF PARAGUAY AND THE RIVER PLATE | [130] |
| XIV. | THE NORTHERN COLONIES | [142] |
| XV. | THE LAST DAYS OF EMPIRE | [151] |
| XVI. | THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE—I | [159] |
| XVII. | THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE—II | [176] |
| XVIII. | BRAZIL: FROM COLONY TO EMPIRE | [185] |
| XIX. | THE EMPIRE OF BRAZIL | [201] |
| XX. | FROM EMPIRE TO REPUBLIC | [211] |
| XXI. | MODERN BRAZIL | [220] |
| XXII. | THE INDEPENDENCE OF SPANISH AMERICA | [228] |
| XXIII. | THE REPUBLIC OF PERU | [237] |
| XXIV. | THE REPUBLIC OF PARAGUAY | [245] |
| XXV. | THE PARAGUAYAN WAR | [255] |
| XXVI. | THE REPUBLIC OF CHILE | [264] |
| XXVII. | THE REPUBLICS OF THE RIVER PLATE | [272] |
| XXVIII. | THE NORTHERN REPUBLICS | [283] |
| INDEX | [295] |