xxv Preface
I The literature of the New World: 1492 - 1620
10 Christopher Columbus (1451 - 1506)
12 from The journal of the first voyage
12 [The discovery of the west indies]
12 [Ocotber 12, 1492]
[October 13, 1432]
14 [October 14, 1492]
15 from Michele de Cuneo's letter on columbus's second voyage
15 [October 28, 1495: The cannibals]
18 from Columbus's letter to the sovereigns on the third voyage
18 [October 18, 1498: The terrestrial paradise]
21 from Columbus's letter to the sovereigns on the fourth voyage
21 [July 7, 1503: A voice in Veragua]
23 Giovanni da Verrazzano (1485? - 1528)
24 from letter to the king
24 [A new world]
32 Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca (ca. 1490-ca. 1557)
33 from The narrative of Alvar Nunez Cabeza de vaca
33 [the faith healers]