Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Christopher Columbus
  • Doctor Alvarez Chanca
  • Nicolò Scillacio
  • Michele de Cuneo
  • Amerigo Vespucci
  • The pseudo-Vespucci
  • Peter Martyr
  • Martín Fernández de Enciso's "Suma de Geopraphía"
  • Hernán Cortés
  • Antonio Pigafetta
  • Giovanni de Verranzzano
  • The Spanish government and the geohraphical knowledge of the Indies
  • Life and literary reputation
  • Oviedo and Italy
  • The Claribalte
  • Historical criteria and geographical setting
  • View of the historical and natural world
  • Relics of medievalism and the dawn of a new society
  • The Quinquagenas
  • Oviedo's art and humor.