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AMERIGO VESPUCCI

FREDERICK A. OBER

HEROES OF AMERICAN HISTORY

ILLUSTRATED

HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS NEW YORK AND LONDON 1907

Copyright, 1907, by HARPER & BROTHERS.

All rights reserved.

Published February, 1907.

CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE

I. YOUNG AMERIGO AND HIS FAMILY 1

II. AMERIGO'S FRIENDS AND TEACHERS 15

III. VESPUCCI'S FAVORITE AUTHORS 32

IV. IN THE SERVICE OF SPAIN 45

V. CONVERSATIONS WITH COLUMBUS 59

VI. VESPUCCI'S DEBATABLE VOYAGE 76

VII. VESPUCCI'S "SECOND" VOYAGE 101

VIII. WITH OJEDA THE FIGHTER 126

IX. CANNIBALS, GIANTS, AND PEARLS 138

X. FAMOUS FELLOW-VOYAGERS 148

XI. ON THE COAST OF BRAZIL 165

XII. THE "FOURTH PART OF THE EARTH" 179

XIII. THE FOURTH GREAT VOYAGE 194

XIV. KING FERDINAND'S FRIEND 209

XV. PILOT-MAJOR OF SPAIN 221

XVI. HOW AMERICA WAS NAMED 237

ILLUSTRATIONS