TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Author's Preface " A land beyond the ocean where men dwelt before the flood "1
An Introductory Geography of Antiquity.
Chapter 1. The Norsemen and Vinland 12
Chapter 2. The 1291 Oceanic Voyage of Ugolino and Guido Vivaldi. Explorations and Discoveries of the Portuguese Prince Henry "The Navigator"
Chapter 3. Giovanni Caboto (John Cabot), With documentation, Voyages of Miguel and Gaspar Corte-Real. 38
Chapter 4. Juan Ponce de Leon 73
Chapter 5. Lucas Vazquez de Ayllon. His 1526 ill-fated attempt to plant a colony in North America, "The Conquistadores", Colonists and "New World" Natives. 100
Chapter 6. Giovanni da Verrazano 165
Chapter 7. English Explorers of the XVI century and selec- ted parts from Richard Hakluyt's Discourse on Western planting. 223
Chapter 8. The earliest maps of the New World, known as: Juan de La Cosa (1500) and Alberto Cantino (1502) 253
Chapter 9. A Study on the Origins of Columbian Literature265
Chapter 10. A Critical Study on the Origin of Christopher Columbus 326
Bibliography 424
Appendix ADocumentation pertaining to John and Sebastion Cabot. 438
Appendix BChapter 9, Letters to The New York Times and Cardinal 465
Appendix C Chapter 6, A listing in chronological order of documents pertaining to Giovanni da Verrazano 472
Index 475

The Discovery of North America

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