Originally published: Boston : Little, Brown, 1978. With new foreword.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Prologue -- The Catalan atlas -- 1. Master Jacome of Majorca -- 2. The fortunate islands -- 3. Prester John; or, The noble Ethiopian -- 4. The Guinea trade -- 5. Jews and new christians -- 6. Enter Columbus -- 7. The other 1492 -- 8. Columbus's golden world -- 9. Black devils -- 10. The end of Prester John -- 11. Isles far off -- 12. Interlude: In a garden -- 13. Amadis of Mexico -- 14. Bartolomé de las Casas -- 15. Estévanico's revenge -- 16. Friars and lost tribes -- 17. The passion of Luis de Carvajal -- 18. France discovers the noble savage -- 19. England takes on the Ocean Sea -- 20. Roanoke -- 21. Dramatic interlude -- 22. L'Acadie -- 23. The adventures of Captain John Smith -- 24. The adventures of Captain John Smith, continued -- 25. Squanto: The story of a pilgrim father -- 26. Light and vain persons -- 27. The massacre of the Pequots -- 28. Islands of the Sable Venus -- 29. Slavery comes to North America -- 30. A lost tribe discovered in New York.
