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Title: Amerigo Vespucci
Author: Frederick A. Ober
Release Date: December 3, 2006 [EBook #19997]
Language: English
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AMERIGO VESPUCCI
BY
FREDERICK A. OBER
HEROES OF AMERICAN HISTORY
_ILLUSTRATED_
[Illustration]
HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS
NEW YORK AND LONDON
1907
Copyright, 1907, by HARPER & BROTHERS.
_All rights reserved._
Published February, 1907.
[Illustration: AMERIGO VESPUCCI]
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
AMERIGO VESPUCCI _Frontispiece_
A CONJECTURAL RESTORATION OF
TOSCANELLI'S MAP _Facing p._
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