Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Further Reading: Jayne, Vasco da Gama and His Successors. Martins, The Golden Age of Prince Henry the Navigator. Morris, History of Colonization. Payne, European Colonies. B. THE ERA OF DISCOVERY AND CONQUEST i. The Unveiling Of The New World a. The Finding of Western Lands. (1) Early Stages of Discovery. (a) Columbus' First Voyage. i. Trials of the voyage: "Land!" ii. The first attempt at colonization. iii. The triumphal return of the Pathfinder. iv. European ideas and activities revolutionized. (b) Supplementary Discoveries. i. Later explorations of Columbus, ii. Magellan's epoch-making voyage. iii. Cabral and the Portuguese claim to Brazil. (c) The Naming of the Western World. i. Supposed voyages of Americus Vespuccius. ii. Spread and influence of his writings. (2) Defining of the New World, (a) Partition of Colonial Realms. i. The first papal Line of Demarcation, 1493. ii. The Treaty of Tordesillas, 1494. (6) Supplementary Discoveries and Exploration. i. The Spaniards in North America. ii. Discovery of the South Sea. iii. The charting of coast lines. Brief References: Abbott, Expansion of Europe, vol i, pp. 96-108, 148-151, 200-221. Bolton and Marshall, Colonization of North America, pp. 8-12, 23-29. Bryce, South America:Observations and Impressions, pp. 1-2,284-286,366. Jones, Caribbean Interests, pp. 4-19. Keller, Colonization, pp. 174-176. Koebel, South America, pp. 14-25. Porter, The Ten Republics, pp. 1-4. Shepherd, Latin America, pp. 9-10. Sweet, History of Latin America, pp. 3S45- Detailed Accounts: Bourne, Spain in America, pp. 20-132. Bullard, Panama, pp. 132-149. Cambridge Modern History, vol. i, pp. 22-36. Further Reading: Bancroft, Central America, vol. i. Fiske, Discovery of America, vo...