CHAPTER I.

SOURCES, AND THE GATHERERS OF THEM 1

ILLUSTRATIONS: Manuscript of Columbus, 2; the Genoa Custodia, 5; Columbus's Letter to the Bank of St. George, 6; Columbus's Annotations on the _Imago Mundi_, 8; First Page, Columbus's First Letter, Latin edition (1493), 16; Archivo de Simancas, 24.