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Title: The Story of Extinct Civilizations of the West
Author: Robert E. Anderson
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THE STORY OF EXTINCT CIVILIZATIONS OF THE WEST
by
ROBERT E. ANDERSON, M.A., F.A.S.
Author of
Extinct Civilizations of the East
[Illustration: Prehistoric Structure, Uxmal (Yucatan) (p. 76).]
[Illustration]
Venient annis saecula seris
Quibus Oceanus vincula rerum
Laxet, et ingens pateat tellus
Tethys que novos detegat orbes.
--SENECA.
New York _McClure, Phillips & Co._ MCMIV
Copyright, 1903, by
D. Appleton and Company
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
INTRODUCTION 9
I. PRE-COLUMBIAN DISCOVERIES OF AMERICA 19
II. "DISCOVERY OF THE WORLD AND OF MAN" 36
III. THE EXTINCT CIVILIZATION OF THE AZTECS 54
IV. AMERICAN ARCHEOLOGY 71
V. MEXICO BEFORE THE SPANISH INVASION 88
VI. ARRIVAL OF THE SPANIARDS 106
VII. CORTES AND MONTEZUMA 135
VIII. BALBOA AND THE ISTHMUS 164
IX. EXTINCT CIVILIZATION OF PERU 172
X. PIZARRO AND THE INCAS 186
MAPS, ETC.
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