Produced by Free Elf, Joseph Cooper, David Garcia and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net WORKS ISSUED BY The Hakluyt Society. THE LETTERS OF AMERIGO VESPUCCI. FIRST SERIES. NO. XC-MDCCCXCIV THE LETTERS OF AMERIGO VESPUCCI AND _OTHER DOCUMENTS ILLUSTRATIVE OF HIS CAREER._ Translated, with Notes and an Introduction, BY CLEMENTS R. MARKHAM, C.B., F.R.S., PRESIDENT OF THE HAKLUYT SOCIETY. BURT FRANKLIN, PUBLISHER NEW YORK, NEW YORK Published by BURT FRANKLIN 514 West 113th Street New York 25, N. Y. ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED BY THE HAKLUYT SOCIETY REPRINTED BY PERMISSION PRINTED IN THE U.S.A. COUNCIL OF THE HAKLUYT SOCIETY. Clements R. Markham, Esq., C.B., F.R.S., _Pres. R.G.S._, President. Major-General Sir Henry Rawlinson, K.C.B., D.C.L., LL.D., F.R.S., _Associé Étranger de L'Institut de France_, Vice-President. The Right Hon. Lord Aberdare, G.C.B., F.R.S., Vice-President. Vice-Admiral Lindesay Brine. Robert Brown, Esq., M.A., Ph.D. Miller Christy, Esq. The Hon. George N. Curzon, M.P. The Right Hon. Sir Mountstuart E. Grant-Duff, G.C.S.I., _late Pres. R.G.S._ F. Ducane Godman, Esq., F.R.S. Albert Gray, Esq. C. P. Lucas, Esq. A. P. Maudslay, Esq. E. Delmar Morgan, Esq. Captain Nathan, R.E. Admiral Sir E. Ommanney, C.B., F.R.S. E. A. Petherick, Esq. S. W. Silver, Esq. Coutts Trotter, Esq. Prof. E. B. Tylor, D.C.L. Captain W. J. L. Wharton, R.N. William Foster, Esq., _Honorary Secretary_. CONTENTS. PAGE Introduction i Letter of Amerigo Vespucci to a "Magnificent Lord": First Voyage 1 Second Voyage 21 Third Voyage 34 Fourth Voyage 52 Letter of Amerigo Vespucci to Lorenzo Pietro F. di Medici 42 Evidence of Alonso de Hojeda respecting his Voyage of 1499 30 Account of the Voyage of Hojeda, 1499-1500, by Navarrete 31 Letter of the Admiral Christopher Columbus to his Son 57 Letter of Vianelo to the Seigneury of Venice 58 Letter of Naturalization in favour of Vespucci 61 Appointment of Amerigo Vespucci as Chief Pilot 63