Excerpt from The Illustrated American Biography, Vol. 1 of 6: Containing Correct Portraits and Brief Notices of the Principal Actors in American History; Embracing Distinguished Women, Naval and Military Heroes, Statesmen, Civilians, Jurists, Divines, Authors and Artists, Together With Celebrated Indian Chiefs Catholic majesties, amidst a wondering crowd of naked savages, who received hirr with simple sincerity, little dreaming of the strange and sad results which were tt grow out of the pageant that filled their dazzled eyes. After refreshing and resting his worn-out band, he cruised among the islands (t( which he gave the general name of West Indies) for several months, and then, on the 4th of January, set sail on his return to Spain. His return was hailed as a triumph and he was treated with all the pomp and ceremony of a mighty conqueror. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.