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8 CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER XIX.— Da Gama and the Negroes— The Hottentots and Caffres— 

 Adventure with an Albatross — The River of Good Promise — Mozambique — 

 Treachery of the Natives — Mombassa — Melinda, and its Amiable King — Fes- 

 tivities — The Malabar Coast — Calicut — The Route to the Indies discovered.... 200 



CHAPTER XX.— The Moors in Hindostan— Condition of the Country upon the 

 Arrival of Da Gama— Hostility of the Moors — They prejudice the King of 

 Calicut against the Portuguese — Consequent Hostilities — Da Gama sets out 

 upon his Return — Wild Cinnamon — A Moorish Pirate disguised as an Italian 

 Christian — A Tempestuous Voyage — Wreck of the San Rafael — Honors and 

 Titles bestowed upon Da Gama — An Expedition fitted out under Alvarez 

 Cabral — Accidental Discovery of Brazil — Comets and Water-Spouts — Loss of 

 Four Vessels — A Bazaar established at Calicut — Attack by the Moors — Cabral 

 withdraws to Cochin — Visits Cananor and takes in a Load of Cinnamon — Is 

 received with Coldness upon his Return — Vasco da Gama recalled into the 

 Service by the King — His Achievements at Sofala, Cananor, and Calicut — He 

 hangs Fifty Indians at the Yard-Arm — Protects Cochin and threatens Calicut 

 —Withdraws to Private Life 209 



CHAPTER XXL — Spread of the Portuguese East Indian Empire — Alphonzo 

 d'Albuquerque — Immense Sacrifice of Life — Ancient Route of the Spice-Trade 

 with Europe — Commerce by Caravans — Revolution produced by opening the 

 New Route — Francesco Almeida — Discovery of Ceylon — Tristan d'Acunha — 

 The Portuguese Mars — His Views of Empire — An Arsenal established at Goa 

 — Reduction of Malacca — Siam and Sumatra send Embassies to Albuquerque 

 — The Island of Ormuz — Death of Albuquerque — Extent of the Portuguese 

 Dominion — Ormuz becomes the great Emporium of the East — Fall of the 

 Portuguese Empire 219 



CHAPTER XXII.— Ponce de Leon— The Fountain of Youth— Discovery of 

 Florida — The Martyrs and the Tortugas — The Bahama Channel — Vasco 

 Nunez de Balboa — He goes to Sea in a Barrel — Marries a Lady of the Isth- 

 mus — His Search for Gold — Hears of a Mighty Ocean — Undertakes to reach it 

 — Preparations for the Expedition — Leoncico the Bloodhound — Battle with a 

 Cacique — Ascent of the Mountains — Balboa mounts to the Summit alone — The 

 First Sight of the Pacific — Ceremonies of taking Possession — Balboa up to his 

 Knees in the Ocean — Every one tastes the Water — A Voyage upon the 

 Pacific, and a Narrow Escape — Ignominious Fate of Balboa — Juan Diaz de 

 Solis— Discovers the Rio de la Plata— His Horrible Death by Cannibals 225 



CHAPTER XXIII.— Remarkable Foresight of the Court of Rome— A Papal. 

 Bull — Ferdinand Magellan— He offers his Services to Spain — His Plans— His 

 Fleet — Pigafetta the Historian — An Inauspicious Start — Teneriffe and its 

 Legends — St. Elmo's Fire — The Crew make Famous Bargains with the Can- 

 nibals — Heavy Price paid for the King of Spades — Patagonian Giants — Piga- 

 fetta's Exaggerations — The Healing Art in Patagonia — The Tragedy of Port 

 Julian — Discovery of a Strait — The Open Sea — Cape Deseado — The Ocean 

 named Pacific — Ravages of the Scurvy — A Patagonian Paul — The Needle be- 

 comes Lethargic— Discovery of the Ladrones — The First Cocoanut — A Catholic 

 Ceremony upon a Pagan Island , 237 



CHAPTER XXIV.— Discovery of the Philippines— The King of Zubu wishes 

 the King of Spain to pay Tribute — He finally abandons the idea — A whole 

 Island converted t"> Christianity — Magellan performs a Miracb — A Dumb 



