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CHAP. XVII.—Perfidious Conduct of Don Pedrarias towards Vasco Nunez 2 0 3 CHAP. XVIII.—Calamities of the Spanish Cavaliers at Darien
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CHAP. XIX.—Fruitless Expedition of Pedrarias
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CHAP. XX.—Second Expedition of Vasco Nunez in quest of the Golden Temple of Dobayba
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CHAP. XXI.—Letters from the King in favor of Vasco Nunez—Arrival of Garabito—Arrest of Vasco Nunez .
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CHAP. XXII.—Expedition of Morales and Pizarro to the shores of the Pacific
Ocean—Their Visit to the
Return across the Mountains
Pearl Islands—Their
disastrous
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CHAP. XXIII.—Unfortunate Enterprises of the Officers of Pedrarias— Matrimonial Compact between the Governor and Vasco Nunez
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CHAP. XXIV.—Vasco Nunez transports ships across the Mountains to the Pacific Ocean 229 CHAP. XXV.—Cruise of Vasco Nunez in the
Southern
Sea—Rumors
from A d a
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CHAP. XXVI.—Reconnoitering Expedition Pedrarias to entrap Vasco Nunez
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Garabito—Stratagem of .
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CHAP. XXVII.—Vasco Nuiiez and the Astrologer—His return to Acla
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CHAr. X X V I I I . — T r i a l of Vasco Nunez
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CHAr. XXIX.—Execution of Vasco Nunez
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VALDIVIA and his companions
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MICER CODRO, the Astrologer
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JUAN PONCE DE LEON, CONQUEROR OF PORTO RICO, AND DISCOVERER OF FLORIDA. CHAP. I.—Reconnoitering Expedition of Juan Ponce de Leon to the Island of Boriquen
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CHAP. II.—Juan Ponce aspires to the government of Porto Rico
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CHAP. III.—Juan Ponce rules with a strong hand—Exasperation of the Indians—Their experiment to prove whether the Spaniards were mortal 2 6 7 CHAP. IV.—Conspiracy of the Caciques—Fate of Sotomayor CHAP. V . — W a r of Juan Ponce with the Cacique Aguaybanà
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