Antiquarian Edition—The American Continent and its Inhabitants before its Discovery by Columbus [SOLD]

Antiquarian Edition-The American Continent and its Inhabitants before its Discovery by Columbus

Communicated by Robin Goodfellow, Fairy Historian

Written by Annie Cole Cady

Publisher: Gebbie & Co., Philadelphia, 1893

Published in two volumes.  Volume I: 479 pages, 15 steel engravings. Volume II: 470 pages, 15 steel engravings.  Both volumes recently rebound with brown fabric over board. Text in excellent condition.

CONTENTS Volume I

1. Introductory Chapter

2. Evolution of the Earth from Chaos

3. First Appearance of Vegetation - The Carboniferous Period

4. The Reptilian Period

5. The Great Island Sea

6. The Beginning of Mammalia

7. Early Mammals of South America

8. The Glacial Period

9. The Advent of Man

10. The Mound Builders

11. The Pueblos

12. The Cliff Dwellers

13. The Maya Civilization of Yucatan

14. Original Indians of Brazil

15. Fuegians-Patagonians-Araucanians

16. Mexico

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18. The Great Market of Tlatelulco

19. Ancient Peru

20. The Roads of the Incas

21. The Realm of The Grand Chimu

22. Lake Titicaca and its Neighborhood

23. Inca Fabrics and Feast

24. The Ancient Muiscas of Colombia

25. The Eskimos

26. The North American Indians-The Dakotahs

27. The Algonquins, Hurons, Iroquois and other Northern Indian Tribes

28. The Indians of the South, Southwest and Northwest

CONTENTS Volume II

Introductory Chapter

1. Birth and Early Manhood of Columbus

2. Marriage of Columbus and Life at Lisbon

3. Ferdinand and Isabella

4. Commencement of the Voyage

5. The Landing of Columbus

6. Columbus Returns to Spain

7. Second Voyage of Columbus

8. Third and Fourth Voyages

9. Last Voyage and Death

SECOND PART 

Voyages Made to the New World by Contemporaries of Columbus and others Immediately after his Death

1. Ojeda, Americus Vespucci, Bastidas, Vincent Pinzon, Cabral, etc.

2. Castilla del Oro, Darien, Cartagena, etc., etc.-The First Colonies on the Mainland of America, and How they Fared.-Balboa and the Discovery of the Pacific Ocean.-Balboa's Reward

3. The Conquest of Mexico

4. Conquest of Mexico Continued-Entrance of Cortez into the City of Mexico

5. The Siege and Capitulation of the City of Mexico

6. The Conquest of Peru

7. The First Voyage Round the World.-Discovery of the Straits of Magellan

8. Northward Advance of Spanish Exploration-Discovery of Florida

9. Early English and Portuguese Discoveries Along the Coast of North America

10. Early French Discoveries in North America

11. Unsuccessful Attempts of the English to Found Settlements in America

12. The First Successful English Settlements

13. Settlement of New England

14. The Dutch and New Netherland

15. The Settlement of Maryland

16. The Settlement of New Jersey-East New Jersey

17. Settlement of Pennsylvania

18. The Settlement of the Carolinas

19. English Colonization of Georgia

20. Conclusion