Historical Tales - The Romance of Reality - Volume III by Charles Morris Edition 1, (October 9, 2006) Philadelphia and London J. B. Lippincott Company Copyright, 1904, by J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY. Copyright, 1908, by J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY. [Illustration: DEPARTURE OF COLUMBUS.] DEPARTURE OF COLUMBUS. ILLUSTRATIONS DEPARTURE OF COLUMBUS. A TROPICAL RIVER SCENE. CATHEDRAL OF SAN DOMINGO. LANDING-PLACE OF CORTEZ, VERA CRUZ. FLOATING GARDENS ON THE CHENAMPAS. AZTEC IDOLS CARVED IN STONE. DEATH OF ATAHUALPA, FROM A PAINTING IN THE CATHEDRAL AT CALLAO. COFFEE PLANT IN BLOSSOM. THE HARBOR OF VALPARAISO. A TROPICAL BUNGALOW AND PALMS. THE CITY OF PANAMA. INDIANS OF THE PLATEAU. SOUTH AMERICAN NATIVE HUT. BRIDGE ENTERING QUITO. RIO JANEIRO AND HARBOR. INDIAN SPINNING AND WEAVING. THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL’S PALACE, HAVANA. OLDEST HOUSE IN THE UNITED STATES, SANTA FE. ON THE BORDER OF LAKE CHALCO. HOUSE OF MAXIMILIAN AT QUERETARO. CONTENTS THE ISLES OF BEAUTY BEYOND THE SEAS. ALONSO DE OJEDA AND THE CARIB CACIQUE. THE EARLY DAYS OF A FAMOUS CAVALIER. BALBOA AND THE DISCOVERY OF THE PACIFIC. THE ROMANTIC STORY OF THE PRINCE OF TEZCUCO. THE FAMOUS RETREAT OF CORTEZ AND THE SPANIARDS. PIZARRO AND THE INCA’S GOLDEN RANSOM. GONZALO PIZARRO AND THE LAND OF CINNAMON. CORONADO AND THE SEVEN CITIES OF CIBOLA. THE FAITHFUL MIRANDA AND THE LOVERS OF ARGENTINA. LANTARO, THE BOY HERO OF THE ARAUCANIANS. DRAKE, THE SEA-KING, AND THE SPANISH TREASURE-SHIPS. SIR WALTER RALEIGH AND THE QUEST FOR EL DORADO. MORGAN, THE FREEBOOTER, AND THE RAID ON PANAMA. A DRAMA OF PLUNDER, MURDER, AND REVENGE THE WONDERFUL MARCH OF THE FREEBOOTERS THE CRUELTY OF THE SPANIARDS TO THE INDIANS. CUDJOE, THE NEGRO CHIEF, AND THE MAROONS OF JAMAICA. TOUSSAINT L’OUVERTURE AND THE REVOLUTION IN HAYTI. BOLIVAR THE LIBERATOR, AND THE CONQUEST OF NEW GRANADA. HIDALGO THE PATRIOT, AND THE GRITO DE DOLORES. PAEZ, THE LLANERO CHIEF, AND THE WAR FOR FREEDOM. THE HANNIBAL OF THE ANDES AND THE FREEDOM OF CHILI. COLONY, EMPIRE, AND REPUBLIC; REVOLUTION IN BRAZIL. FRANCIA THE DICTATOR, THE LOUIS XI. OF PARAGUAY. TACON THE GOVERNOR AND MARTI THE SMUGGLER. KEARNEY’S DARING EXPEDITION AND THE CONQUEST OF NEW MEXICO. THE SECOND CONQUEST OF THE CAPITAL OF MEXICO. WALKER THE FILIBUSTER, AND THE INVASION OF NICARAGUA. MAXIMILIAN OF AUSTRIA AND HIS EMPIRE IN MEXICO. MACEO AND THE STRUGGLE FOR CUBAN INDEPENDENCE. LIEUTENANT HOBSON AND THE SINKING OF THE "MERRIMAC." THE ISLES OF BEAUTY BEYOND THE SEAS.