Part 2

X THE GODS OF TAXMAR (1512-1519) 134 The Legend of Malinche 148

XI THE THUNDER BIRDS (1519-1520) 150 Moccasin Flower 165

XII GIFTS FROM NORUMBEGA (1533-1535) 167 The Mustangs 181

XIII THE WHITE MEDICINE MAN (1528-1536) 182 Lone Bayou (1542) 195

XIV THE FACE OF THE TERROR (1564) 197 The Destroyers 214

XV THE FLEECE OF GOLD (1561-1577) 215 A Watch-dog of England (1583) 237

XVI LORDS OF ROANOKE (1584) 238 The Changelings 250

XVII THE GARDENS OF HELENE (1607-1609) 252 The Wooden Shoe 269

XVIII THE FIRES THAT TALKED (1610) 270 Imperialism 282

XIX ADMIRAL OF NEW ENGLAND (1600-1614) 284 The Discoverers 299

BIBLIOGRAPHY 300

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

"'I will tell you where there is plenty of it'" (in color) Frontispiece

FACING PAGE

"'And Freya came from Asgard in her chariot drawn by two cats'" (in color) 4

"Nils marked out an inscription in Runic letters" 30

"The miniature globe took form as the children watched, fascinated" 44

"He proposed that Caonaba should put on the gift the Spanish captain had brought" 78

"A sapling, bent down, was attached to a noose ingeniously hidden" 86

"The natives seemed prepared to traffic in all peace and friendliness" (in color) 132

"Cortes flung about his shoulders his own cloak" 146

"Moteczuma awaited them in the courtyard" (in color) 162

"Cartier read from his service-book" 176

"The creatures darkened the plain almost as far as the eye could see" 190

"'Gentlemen, whence does this fleet come?'" 204

"Drake was silent, fingering the slender Milanese poniard" 226

"If he had to wear her fetters, they should at least be golden" 244

"The Grand Master of the day entered the dining hall" 266