"It has been my design in preparing this volume to accomplish two objects... The first object was to provide an account, succinct and readable and abreast of present scholarship, of the discovery and exploration of the New World, from the birth of Christopher Columbus to the beginning of continuous activity in colonization by the English... Anything like a detailed account of the conquest of Mexico has been omitted as not preparing the way for future Anglo-Saxon occupation. The second part of my plan is to present an outline sketch of the Spanish colonial system and of the first stage of the transmission of European culture to America. This latter purpose seemed to me to be justified both by the intrinsic importance of the subject, some knowledge of which is essential for an understanding of effect on European politics of American colonization; and also by the considerations that more than one-half of the present territory of the United States has at one time or another been under Spanish dominion; that our country has assumed the responsibility of shaping the destiny of several millions of people whose total acquisitions of European culture have until very recently come through Spain; and that more and more, in the increasing contact of the United States with Spanish America, will an appreciative recognition of the work and purposes of Spain in America be of service in promoting friendly relations." - Edward Gaylord Bourne
Contents: Preliminaries of Discovery (867-1487). Preparations of Columbus (1446-1492). Columbus's Discovery and the Papal Demarcation Line (1492-1494).
Columbus at the Zenith of his Fortunes (1493-1500). Voyages of the Cabots and Corte-reals (1496-1502). Development of the Coast-line (1499-1506). Amerigo Vespucci and the Naming of America (1499-1507). The Search for a Strait (1508-1514). Magellan and the First Voyage around the World (1519-1522). Exploration of the Gulf and Atlantic Coasts (1512-1541). Exploration of the Interior of North America (1517-1541). French and Spaniards in Florida (1558-1568). The Achievement of Three Generations (1492-1580). The Beginnings of Spanish Colonial Policy (1493-1518). Spanish Colonial Government and Administration (1493-1821). Spanish Emigration to America (1500-1600). Race Elements and Social Conditions in Spanish America (1500-1821). Negro Slaves (1502-1821). Colonial Commerce and Industry (1495-1821). The Transmission of European Culture (1493-1821).
Contents: Preliminaries of Discovery (867-1487). Preparations of Columbus (1446-1492). Columbus's Discovery and the Papal Demarcation Line (1492-1494).
Columbus at the Zenith of his Fortunes (1493-1500). Voyages of the Cabots and Corte-reals (1496-1502). Development of the Coast-line (1499-1506). Amerigo Vespucci and the Naming of America (1499-1507). The Search for a Strait (1508-1514). Magellan and the First Voyage around the World (1519-1522). Exploration of the Gulf and Atlantic Coasts (1512-1541). Exploration of the Interior of North America (1517-1541). French and Spaniards in Florida (1558-1568). The Achievement of Three Generations (1492-1580). The Beginnings of Spanish Colonial Policy (1493-1518). Spanish Colonial Government and Administration (1493-1821). Spanish Emigration to America (1500-1600). Race Elements and Social Conditions in Spanish America (1500-1821). Negro Slaves (1502-1821). Colonial Commerce and Industry (1495-1821). The Transmission of European Culture (1493-1821).
