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THE 
Table of C O N T E N T S 
OF THE 
SECOND VOLUME. 
B O O K I. 
Account 0/ Circum-Navigators of the Globe, and 
of the Dijcoveries of the Eaft and Weft, and Weft-Indies. 
CHAPTER III. 
CompTchcfidiTi^ the Dijeovery^ Scttlcfucfit cifid CloJfitTieTce oj' the We s t-I n 0 i e s. 
SECTION I. 
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O F the Importance of the new difeovered 
Continent of jlmerica, the Nature of that 
Difeovery, the Felicities attending it, the 
Advantages derived from thence to the Art of 
Navigation, and the principal Points to be treated 
of in this Chapter. i 
SECT. II. 
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The firfl: Voyage of Chrijiopher Columbus^ in which 
he difeovered the hucayan IJlands, and after- 
wards Cuba and Hifpaniola^ v^hich. opened a Paf- 
fage from Europe to America^ with his Return 
to Spain^ and Reception by their Catholick Ma- 
jefties. 3 
SECT. III. 
The fecond Voyage of the Admiral Eon Chrijiopher 
Columbus to the Weji Indies, including an Ac- 
count of all the Difeoveries made by him in that 
Voyage. ' i6 
SECT. IV. 
The third Voyage of Eon Chrijiopher Columbus to 
the WeJi Indies, in which he firft faw the Conti- 
nent of Atnerica, including the Troubles to which 
he was expofedj and his being fent home in 
Irons. 27 
SECT. V. 
The fourth Voyage of the Admiral Eon Chri/iopher 
Columbus his Difeoveries on the Continent, and 
of the Illands in America ; with an Account of 
his Return from that Voyage to Spain, and his 
Deceaie. og 
SECT. VI. 
The Hiftory of the feveral Difeoveries, Settlements 
and Conquefts made by the Spaniards in the 
JVeJi-Indies, after the Death of the Admiral 
Eon Chrijiopher Columbus, to the Expedition of 
Ferdinand, or Her nan Cortes. qg 
' SECT. VII. 
The Expedition of Her nan Cortes for the Reduc- 
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tion of New-Spain, from the Time of his being 
appointed to that Command, unto his being 
obliged to return to the Ifland of Cozumel. 63 
SECT. VIII. 
The Pfogrefs of this Expedition from the Time 
of the Spaniards embarking for New Spain, to 
the firft Meifage fent by Cortes to Montezuma, 
Emperor of Mexico. yo 
SECT. IX. 
The Continuation of Hernan Cortes's Expedition ; 
his Alliances with feveral Indian Nations ^ his 
Succefs in quelling various Seditions in his own 
Army, and his Preparation for his March to 
Mexico, by burning his whole Fleet. yj 
SECT. X. 
The Hiftory of the War of Flafcala, from its 
breaking out to Cortes's concluding a Peace with 
that Republick, and his taking them into the 
Confederacy againft the Indian Emperor Mon^ 
tezunta. , , g- 
S E C T. XL ^ 
The March ^ of the Spaniards to Mexico j . the Re- 
ception given to Corfes by Montezuma-, his Im- 
prifonment, and other Tranfadions to the Time 
of his ordering the Spaniards to quit his Do- 
minions. 
SECT. XII. 
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The Hiftory of Cortes's Expedition continued to 
the Death oi Montezuma, and tht Spaniards 
ing forced to abandon the City oi Mexico. 103 
SEC T. XIII. 
The Conciufion of Hernan Cortes's Expedition, in- 
cluding the Hiftory of the remaining. Part of the 
War, to the Redudion of the City and Empire 
of Mexico, by which tlie Spaniards acquired 
their extenfive Dominions on the Continent of 
America, 
b .SECT. 
