Narrative and Critical History of America, Vol. 2 (of 8) Spanish Explorations and Settlements in America from the Fifteenth to the Seventeenth Century

CHAPTER II.

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AMERIGO VESPUCCI. _Sydney Howard Gay_ 129

ILLUSTRATIONS: Fac-simile of a Letter of Vespucci, 130; Autograph of Amerrigo Vespuche, 138; Portraits of Vespucci, 139, 140, 141.

NOTES ON VESPUCIUS AND THE NAMING OF AMERICA. _The Editor_ 153

ILLUSTRATIONS: Title of the Jehan Lambert edition of the _Mundus Novus_, 157; first page of Vorsterman’s _Mundus Novus_, 158; Title of _De Ora Antarctica_, 159; title of _Von der neu gefunden Region_, 160; Fac-simile of its first page, 161; Ptolemy’s World, 165; Title of the _Cosmographiæ Introductio_, 167; Fac-simile of its reference to the name of America, 168; the Lenox Globe (American parts), 170; Title of the 1509 edition of the _Cosmographiæ Introductio_, 171; title of the _Globus Mundi_, 172; Map of Laurentius Frisius in the Ptolemy of 1522, 175; American part of the Mercator Map of 1541, 177; Portrait of Apianus, 179.

BIBLIOGRAPHY OF POMPONIUS MELA, SOLINUS, VADIANUS, AND APIANUS. _The Editor_ 180

ILLUSTRATIONS: Pomponius Mela’s World, 180; Vadianus, 181; Part of Apianus’ Map (1520), 183; Apianus, 185.