BROUGHT DOWN TO THE PRESENT TIME.

REVISED BY

THE REV. T. WILSON.

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY S. WILLIAMS.

LONDON:
DARTON AND HODGE, HOLBORN HILL.
1862.

CONTENTS.

PAGE
I.—PARLEY TELLS HOW AMERICA WAS FIRST DISCOVERED,
AND ABOUT COLUMBUS[1]
II.—PARLEY DESCRIBES THE INHABITANTS[12]
III.—COLUMBUS SETS SAIL TO RETURN TO SPAIN; ENCOUNTERS
A DREADFUL STORM[21]
IV.—COLUMBUS PREPARES FOR ANOTHER VOYAGE[35]
VI.—PARLEY TELLS HOW COLUMBUS DISCOVERED THE
CONTINENT OF AMERICA[45]
V.—PARLEY TELLS HOW COLUMBUS WAS ROBBED OF THE
HONOUR OF GIVING HIS NAME TO AMERICA[59]
VI.—PARLEY TELLS HOW COLUMBUS WAS SHIPWRECKED,
AND OF HIS DEATH[65]
VII.—PARLEY TELLS OF OVANDO'S CRUEL TREATMENT OF
ANACAONA, THE PRINCESS OF HAYTI[73]
VIII.—PARLEY DESCRIBES THE TREES, THE PLANTS, AND
FLOWERS OF THE NEW WORLD[79]
IX.—PARLEY TELLS OF THE CONQUEST OF MEXICO[96]
X.—PARLEY RELATES HOW PIZARRO DISCOVERED AND
CONQUERED PERU[121]
XI.—PARLEY DESCRIBES THE BEAUTIES OF AMERICA[133]
XII.—PARLEY TELLS OF THE FIRST ENGLISH COLONY IN
AMERICA[141]
XIII.—PARLEY TELLS OF THE ORIGINAL NATIVE AMERICANS[150]
XIV.—PARLEY SHOWS HOW THE UNITED STATES AROSE, AND
WHAT FOLLOWED THEIR ESTABLISHMENT[165]
XV.—PARLEY TELLS ABOUT NEW SOUTH WALES[176]
XVI.—PARLEY DESCRIBES THE INHABITANTS OF AUSTRALIA—THE
BRITISH SETTLEMENTS—THE GOLD REGIONS—RECENT
EXPLORATIONS[185]
XVII.—CONCLUSION[207]