Excerpt from The Real America in Romance Estevan the Age of Conquest, Vol. 2 The first volume of this series, covering the age of discovery, concluded with the death of Colum bus. This volume, designed to cover the period known as the age of conquests, begins with the sailing of Ojeda and N icuesa to Darien, and con eludes with the discovery of the Mississippi. As in the former work, historical events are narrated With great regard for accuracy. There is so much romance in the Spanish conquests in America, that one has only to select incidents, and, by the exer cise of a little skill in weaving them together, an entertaining novel is made. Hernando Estevan, one of the leading characters in Columbia, ap pears in the beginning of this volume; but the ro mance centres about his son, Christopher, and the daughter of Vasco Nunez de Balboa. 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.