"Moteczuma awaited them in the courtyard" (in color) 162

"Cartier read from his service-book" 176

"The creatures darkened the plain almost as far as the eye
could see" 190

"'Gentlemen, whence does this fleet come?'" 204

"Drake was silent, fingering the slender Milanese poniard" 226

"If he had to wear her fetters, they should at least be
golden" 244

"The Grand Master of the day entered the dining hall" 266




DAYS OF THE DISCOVERERS




I

ASGARD THE BEAUTIFUL


A red fox ran into the empty church. In the middle of the floor he sat