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]

THE STORY OF MAGELLAN.

CHAPTER I.

A STRANGE ROYAL ORDER.

I am to tell the story of a man who had faith in himself.