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GENERAL

HISTORY AND COLLECTION

OF

VOYAGES AND TRAVELS,

ARRANGED IN SYSTEMATIC ORDER:

FORMING A COMPLETE HISTORY OF THE ORIGIN AND PROGRESS

OF NAVIGATION, DISCOVERY, AND COMMERCE,

BY SEA AND LAND,

FROM THE EARLIEST AGES TO THE PRESENT TIME.

BY

ROBERT KERR, F.R.S. & F.A.S. EDIN.

ILLUSTRATED BY MAPS AND CHARTS.

VOL. V.

WILLIAM BLACKWOOD, EDINBURGH:

AND T. CADELL, LONDON.

MDCCCXXIV.

CONTENTS OF VOLUME V.

PART II.--(Continued.)

BOOK II.--(Continued.)

HISTORY OF THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA, AND OF SOME OF THEEARLY

HISTORY OF THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA, AND OF SOME OF THEEARLY CONQUESTS IN THE NEW WORLD.

CHAPTERVII.--Continued.

Continuation of the early history of Peru, after the death ofFrancisco Pizarro to the defeat of Gonzalo Pizarro, and thereestablishment of tranquillity in the country; written byAugustino Zarate,

SECTION III. Continuation of the Viceroyalty of Blasco NunnezVela, to his deposition and expulsion from Peru,

SECTION IV. History of the usurpation of Gonzalo Pizarro, fromthe expulsion of the Viceroy to his defeat and death,

SECTION V. Continuation of the Usurpation of Gonzalo Pizarro,to the arrival of Gasca in Peru with full powers to restore theColony to order,

SECTION VI. History of the Expedition of Pedro de la Gasca,the death of Gonzalo Pizarro, and the Restoration of Peru toTranquillity,

SECTION VII. Insurrection of Ferdinand and Pedro de Contrerasin Nicaragua, and their unsuccessful attempt upon the RoyalTreasure in the Tierra Firma,

CHAPTER VIII.

Continuation of the early history of Peru, from therestoration of tranquillity by Gasca in 1549, to the death of theInca Tupac Amaru; extracted from Garcilasso de la Vega,

SECTION I. Incidents in the History of Peru, from thedeparture of Gasca, to the appointment of Don Antonio de Mendozaas Viceroy,

SECTION II. History of Peru during the Viceroyalty of DonAntonio de Mendoza,

SECTION III. Narrative of the Troubles in Peru, consequentupon the Death of the Viceroy Mendoza,

SECTION IV. Continuation of the Troubles in Peru, to theViceroyalty of the Marquis de Cannete,

SECTION V. History of Peru during the Viceroyalty of theMarquis del Cannete,

SECTION VI. Incidents in the History of Peru, during thesuccessive Governments of the Conde de Nieva, Lope Garcia deCastro, and Don Francisco de Toledo,

CHAPTER IX.

History of the Discovery and Conquest of Chili,

SECTION I. Geographical View of the Kingdom of Chili,

SECTION II. Of the Origin, Manners, and Language of theChilese,

SECTION III. State of Chili, and Conquests made in thatCountry by the Peruvians, before the arrival of theSpaniards,

SECTION IV. First Expedition of the Spaniards into Chili underAlmagro,

SECTION V. Second Expedition into Chili, under Pedro deValdivia, to the commencement of the War between the Spaniardsand Araucanians,

SECTION VI. Narrative of the War between the Spaniards andAraucanians, from the year 1550, to the Defeat and Death of Pedrode Valdivia on the 3d of December 1553,

SECTION VII. Continuation of the War between the Spa

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