Discovery of the Americas, 1492-1800

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  • 1 COLUMBUS RETURNS TO SPAIN Introduction xiii

    • Route of Columbus’s First Voyage,

    • The People Who Greeted Columbus

    • Native Americans Inhabiting Areas First Visited by Columbus,



  • 2 THE WORLD IN

    • Europe, ca.

    • Navigating at Sea in

    • Native American Culture Areas, ca.

    • Major Societies of the Americas, ca.

    • Books in the Age of Columbus



  • 3 THE FOUR VOYAGES OF COLUMBUS

    • Routes of Columbus’s Second, Third, and Fourth Voyages, 1493–1504

    • The Encomienda

    • Disease in the New World



  • 4 A NEW WORLD: 1500–1519

    • The Treaty of Tordesillas

    • Disputed Route of Amerigo Vespucci, 1497–1498

    • Naming America

      • Vasco Núñez de Balboa’s Route to Discovery of the Pacific Ocean,

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      • Legacy of the Maya



    • 5 CORTÉS THE EXPLORER

      • Hernán Cortés’s Routes to and in Mexico, 1519–1521

      • Native Civilizations of Mexico



    • 6 PIZARRO, PERU, AND SOUTH AMERICA: 1531–1683

      • The Inca Empire

      • Spanish Expeditions to Peru and Chile, 1524–1542

      • The Legend of El Dorado

      • Francisco de Orellana’s Route down the Amazon River, 1541–1542

      • The Exploration of South America Continues



    • 7 CABEZA DE VACA’S EPIC JOURNEY

      • Probable Route of Pánfilo de Narváez’s Expedition,

      • Conquistadores and “Cows”: The American Buffalo

        • 1528–1536 Four Interpretations of Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca’s Journey,





    • 8 HERNANDO DE SOTO AND “LA FLORIDA”

      • The Requerimiento

        • Route, 1542–1543 Hernando de Soto’s Route, 1539–1542, and Luis de Moscoso’s





    • 9 CORONADO AND THE SEVEN CITIES

      • Seven Cities of Cíbola

        • 1540–1542 Routes of Francisco Vásquez de Coronado and Secondary Expeditions,







  • 10 CHARTING THE COAST OF CALIFORNIA

    • Expeditions along the Pacific Coast, 1542–1603

    • Improvements in Mapmaking

    • Strait of Anian

    • Route of Sebastián Vizcaíno, 1602–1603



  • 11 NEW MEXICO AND THE GULF COAST: THE 1600s

    • Routes of Major Expeditions of Juan de Oñate, 1598–1605

    • The Pueblo Revolts

      • 1684–1687 René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle’s Failed Expedition,



    • Excavating La Salle’s Ship



  • 12 THE ROAD TO CALIFORNIA: THE 1700s

    • Routes of Expeditions in the Southwest and California, 1769–1793

    • Missions Founded by Father Junípero Serra, 1769–1782

    • The Role of California Missions



  • 13 CHARTING THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST: THE 1700s

    • Expeditions along the Northern Pacific Coast, 1774–1795

    • The Nootka Convention



  • 14 THE NEW WORLD IN

    • Scientists Descend on South America

      • 1600–1775 Introduction and Spread of the Horse into North America,



    • Horses Return to the New World

    • The Americas,



  • Glossary

  • Further Information

  • Index

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