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History of Central America, Volume 1, 1501-1530

History of Central America, Volume 1, 1501-1530

by Hubert Howe Bancroft

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Author
Bancroft, Hubert Howe, 1832-1918
Title
History of Central America, Volume 1, 1501-1530 The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 6
Credits
Produced by Melissa McDaniel and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
F1401: Latin America local history: General
Subject
Central America -- History
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 58658
Release Date
January 9, 2019
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.HISTORY OF CENTRAL AMERICA. Vol. I. 1501-1530.
  2. 2.PREFACE.
  3. 3.CONTENTS OF THIS VOLUME.
  4. 4.AUTHORITIES QUOTED IN THE HISTORY OF CENTRAL AMERICA.
  5. 5.HISTORY OF CENTRAL AMERICA.
  6. 6.CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION. SPAIN AND CIVILIZATION AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY. — Summary of Geographical Knowledge and Discovery from the Earliest Records to the Year 1540.
  7. 7.CHAPTER II. COLUMBUS AND HIS DISCOVERY. 1492-1500.
  8. 8.CHAPTER III. DISCOVERY OF DARIEN.
  9. 9.CHAPTER IV. COLUMBUS ON THE COASTS OF HONDURAS, NICARAGUA, AND COSTA RICA. 1502-1506.
  10. 10.CHAPTER V. ADMINISTRATION OF THE INDIES. 1492-1526.
  11. 11.CHAPTER VI. THE GOVERNMENTS OF NUEVA ANDALUCÍA AND CASTILLA DEL ORO. 1506-1510.
  12. 12.CHAPTER VII. SETTLEMENT OF SANTA MARÍA DE LA ANTIGUA DEL DARIEN. 1510-1511.
  13. 13.CHAPTER VIII. FACTIONS AND FORAGINGS IN DARIEN. 1511-1513.
  14. 14.CHAPTER IX. DISCOVERY OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN. 1513.
  15. 15.CHAPTER X. PEDRARIAS DÁVILA ASSUMES THE GOVERNMENT OF DARIEN. 1514-1515.
  16. 16.CHAPTER XI. DARIEN EXPEDITIONS UNDER PEDRARIAS. 1515-1517.
  17. 17.CHAPTER XII. THE FATE OF VASCO NUÑEZ DE BALBOA. 1516-1517.
  18. 18.CHAPTER XIII. DECLINE OF SPANISH SETTLEMENT ON THE NORTH COAST. 1517-1523.
  19. 19.CHAPTER XIV. GIL GONZALEZ IN COSTA RICA AND NICARAGUA. 1519-1523.
  20. 20.CHAPTER XV. SPANISH DEPREDATIONS ROUND PANAMÁ BAY. 1521-1526.
  21. 21.CHAPTER XVI. THE WARS OF THE SPANIARDS. 1523-1524.
  22. 22.CHAPTER XVII. COLONIZATION IN HONDURAS. 1524-1525.
  23. 23.CHAPTER XVIII. MARCH OF CORTÉS TO HONDURAS. 1524-1525.
  24. 24.CHAPTER XIX. CORTÉS IN HONDURAS. 1525-1526.
  25. 25.CHAPTER XX. PEDRARIAS REMOVES TO NICARAGUA. 1525-1527.
  26. 26.CHAPTER XXI. RIVAL GOVERNORS IN HONDURAS AND NICARAGUA. 1526-1530.
  27. 27.CHAPTER XXII. MARCH OF ALVARADO TO GUATEMALA. 1522-1524.
  28. 28.CHAPTER XXIII. CONQUEST OF GUATEMALA BEGUN. February-March, 1524.
  29. 29.CHAPTER XXIV. DOWNFALL OF THE QUICHÉ NATION. April , 1524.
  30. 30.CHAPTER XXV. THE CAKCHIQUELS AND ZUTUGILS MADE SUBJECTS OF SPAIN. April-May , 1524.
  31. 31.CHAPTER XXVI. EXPEDITION TO SALVADOR. 1524.
  32. 32.CHAPTER XXVII. REVOLT OF THE CAKCHIQUELS. 1524-1525.
  33. 33.FOOTNOTES

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