I. THE CONTINENT IN PRE-SPANISH DAYS 1

II. COLUMBUS 14

III. THE SPANISH CONQUISTADORES 26

IV. THE DISCOVERY AND EARLY HISTORY OF BRAZIL 36

V. THE CONQUEST OF PERU 47

VI. SPANIARD AND NATIVE 56

VII. THE COLONIZATION OF THE SOUTH 64

VIII. THE GOVERNMENT OF THE SOUTH AMERICAN COLONIES 74

IX. FOREIGN RAIDS ON THE SPANISH COLONIES 83

X. FOREIGN RAIDS ON PORTUGUESE COLONIES 95

XI. THE COLONY OF PERU 110

XII. THE COLONY OF CHILE 121

XIII. THE COLONIES OF PARAGUAY AND THE RIVER PLATE 130

XIV. THE NORTHERN COLONIES 142

XV. THE LAST DAYS OF EMPIRE 151