| BOOK I | |
|---|---|
| Preparations for an Expedition | 296 |
| CHAPTER II | |
| Hernando Cortés—His Early Life—Visits the New World—His Residence in Cuba—Difficulties with Velasquez—Armada intrusted to Cortés | |
| Hernando Cortés | 297 |
| His Education | 298 |
| Choice of a Profession | 299 |
| Departure for America | 300 |
| Arrival at Hispaniola | 301 |
| His Mode of Life | 302 |
| Enlists under Velasquez | 303 |
| Habits of Gallantry | 304 |
| Disaffected towards Velasquez | 304 |
| Cortés in Confinement | 305 |
| Flies into a Sanctuary | 306 |
| Again put in Irons | 307 |
| His perilous Escape | 307 |
| His Marriage | 308 |
| Reconciled with the Governor | 308 |
| Retires to his Plantation | 309 |
| Armada intrusted to Cortés | 311 |
| Preparations for the Voyage | 313 |
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