Speculations as to the earth's shape; the mountain of Paradise 494 Relation of the "Eden continent" to "Cochin China" 495 Discovery of the Pearl Coast 495 Columbus arrives at San Domingo 496 Roldan's rebellion and Fonseca's machinations 496, 497 Gama's voyage to Hindustan, 1497 498 Fonseca's creature, Bobadilla, sent to investigate the troubles in Hispaniola 499 He imprisons Columbus 500 And sends him in chains to Spain 501 Release of Columbus; his interview with the sovereigns 502 How far were the sovereigns responsible for Bobadilla? 503 Ovando, another creature of Fonseca, appointed governor of Hispaniola 503, 504 Purpose of Columbus's fourth voyage, to find a passage from the Caribbee waters into the Indian ocean 504, 506 The voyage across the Atlantic 506 Columbus not allowed to stop at San Domingo 507 His arrival at Cape Honduras 508 Cape Gracias a Dios, and the coast of Veragua 509 Fruitless search for the strait of Malacca 510 Futile attempt to make a settlement in Veragua 511 Columbus is shipwrecked on the coast of Jamaica; shameful conduct of Ovando 512 Columbus's last return to Spain 513 His death at Valladolid, May 20, 1506 513 "Nuevo Mundo;" arms of Ferdinand Columbus 514, 515 When Columbus died, the fact that a New World had been discovered by him had not yet begun to dawn upon his mind, or upon the mind of any voyager or any writer 515, 516 ILLUSTRATIONS. PAGE Portrait of the author _Frontispiece_ View and ground-plan of Seneca-Iroquois long house _reduced from Morgan's Houses and House-Life of the American Aborigines_ 66 View, cross-section, and ground-plan of Mandan round house, _ditto_ 80 Ground-plan of Pueblo Hungo Pavie, _ditto_ 86 Restoration of Pueblo Hungo Pavie, _ditto_ 88 Restoration of Pueblo Bonito, _ditto_ 90 Ground-plan of Pueblo Penasca Blanca, _ditto_ 92