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| CONTENTS OF THIS VOLUME. | |
| CHAPTER I. | |
| VOYAGE OF HERNANDEZ DE CÓRDOBA TO YUCATAN. | |
| 1516-1517. | |
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| A Glance at the State of European Discovery and Government in America at the Opening of this Volume — Diego Velazquez in Cuba — Character of the Man — A Band of Adventurers Arrives from Darien — The Governor Counsels them to Embark in Slave-catching — Under Hernandez de Córdoba thay Sail Westward and Discover Yucatan — And are Filled with Astonishment at the Large Towns and Stone Towers they See there — They Fight the Natives at Cape Catoche — Skirt the Peninsula to Champoton — Sanguinary Battle — Return to Cuba — Death of Córdoba | 1 |
| CHAPTER II. | |
| JUAN DE GRIJALVA EXPLORES THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE MEXICAN GULF. | |
| 1518. | |
| Velazquez Plans a New Expedition — Gives the Command to his Nephew, Juan de Grijalva — Who Embarks at Santiago and Strikes the Continent at Cozumel Island — Coasts Southward to Ascension Bay — Then Turns and Doubles Cape Catoche — Naming of New Spain — Fight at Champoton — Arrival at Laguna de Términos — Alaminos, the Pilot, is Satisfied that Yucatan is an Island — They Coast Westward and Discover the Rivers San Pedro y San Pablo and Tabasco — Notable Interview at this Place between the Europeans and the Americans — The Culhua Country — They Pass La Rambla, Tonalá, the Rio Goazacoalco, the Mountain of San Martin, the Rivers of Alvarado and Banderas, and Come to the Islands of Sacrificios and San Juan de Ulua | 15 |
| CHAPTER III. | |
| RETURN OF GRIJALVA. A NEW EXPEDITION ORGANIZED. | |
| 1518. | |
| Refusal of Grijalva to Settle — Alvarado Sent back to Cuba — Grijalva Continues his Discovery — After Reaching the Province of Pánuco he Turns back — Touching at the Rio Goazacoalco, Tonald, the Laguna de Términos, and Champoton, the Expedition Returns to Cuba — Grijalva Traduced and Discharged — A New Expedition Planned — Velazquez Sends to Santo Domingo and Spain — Characters of Velazquez and Grijalva Contrasted — Candidates for the Captaincy of the New Expedition — The Alcalde of Santiago Successful — His Standing at that Time | 28 |
