CHAPTER XVI.

THE THIRD VOYAGE, 1498-1500 347

ILLUSTRATIONS: Map of the Gulf of Paria, 353; Pre-Columbian Mappemonde, restored, 357; Ramusio's Map of Española, 369; La Cosa's Map (1500), 380, 381; Ribero's Map of the Antilles (1529), 383; Wytfliet's Cuba, 384, 385.

THE DEGRADATION AND DISHEARTENMENT OF COLUMBUS (1500) 388

ILLUSTRATION: Santo Domingo, 391.