=1582.= An edition of Mela edited by A. Schottus, published at Antwerp, with map by Ortelius (Sunderland, no. 10,126). =1584.= The _Cosmographia_ of Apianus and Frisius, called by Clement (_Bibliothèque curieuse_, i. 404) the best edition, published at Antwerp by Bellero, in two issues, a change in the title distinguishing them. It has the same map with the 1564 and 1574 editions, and the section on “Insulæ Americæ” begins on p. 157. Cf. Carter-Brown, i. 354, no map mentioned; Sabin, no. 1,751. =1585.= An edition of Mela in English, translated by Arthur Golding, published at London as _The Worke of Pomponius Mela, the Cosmographer, concerning the Situation of the World_. The preface is dated Feb. 6, 1584, in which Golding promises versions of Solinus and Thevet. There is a copy in the Library of the Massachusetts Historical Society. =1592.= A Dutch edition of Apianus, published at Antwerp (Sabin, no. 1,755). =1595.= An edition of Mela, as edited by Vadianus, published at Basle (D’Avezac, p. 21). =1598.= A Dutch edition of Apianus, published at Amsterdam, with folding map. Cf. Carter-Brown, i. 521; Muller (1877), no. 164. =1605.= Mathias Bonhomme published an edition of Mela and Solinus (D’Avezac, p. 21). =1609.= A Dutch edition of Apianus, printed at Antwerp, with mappemonde (Carter-Brown, ii. 76; Sabin, no. 1,755). Bonhomme’s edition of Mela and Solinus, reissued (D’Avezac, p. 21). =1615=, etc. Numerous editions of Mela appeared subsequently: 1615 (Vadianus), Basle, 1619, 1625, 1626, 1635; at Madrid, 1642, 1644, in Spanish; Leyden, 1646, in Latin; and under different editors, 1658, 1685, and 1700, and often later. CHAPTER III. THE COMPANIONS OF COLUMBUS. BY EDWARD CHANNING, PH.D., _Instructor in History in Harvard College._