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Author: Washington Irving

Washington Irving · 1890 · Scanned text · Free in the US

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Author: Washington Irving
Language: English
Published: 1890
Length: 230,205 words · about 16 h 7 min
Sections: 92 reader sections
Source: Library of Congress (44044397)
Text: Scanned text, read from page scans by OCR; may contain errors
Rights: Public domain in the United States

Contents (92)

Front matter about 5 h 58 min
Preface about 3 min
Contents about 2 min
Chapter I about 11 min
Chapter III. Op The Loves Of Roderick And The Princess Eltata about 6 min
Chapter IV. Of Count Julian about 3 min
Chapter V. The Story Of Florinda about 9 min
Chapter VI. Don Roderick Receives An Extraordinary Embassy about 4 min
Chapter VII. Story Of The Marvellous And Portentous Tower about 19 min
Chapter IX about 4 min
Chapter X. Letter Of Muza To The Caliph— Second Expedition Of Taric about 6 min
Chapter XI about 13 min
Chapter XIII. Terror Of The Country — Roderick Rouses Himself To Arms about 6 min
Chapter XIV about 6 min
Chapter XV about 9 min
Chapter XVII. Last Day Of The Battle about 21 min
Chapter I about 5 min
Chapter II. Capture Of Granada— Subjugation Of The Alpuxarra about 7 min
Chapter III. Expedition Of Magued Against Cordova— Defence Op Thb Patriot Pelistes about 10 min
Chapter V. Meeting Bt2tween The Patriot Pelistes And The Traitor about 4 min
Chapter VI about 7 min
Chapter VII about 5 min
Chapter VIII. Muza Marches Against The City Of Seville about 2 min
Chapter IX. Muza Besieges The City Of Merida about 9 min
Chapter X. Expedition Of Abdalasis Against Seville And The "land Of Tadmir." about 10 min
Chapter XI. Muza Arrives At Toledo— Interview Between Him And I Taric about 5 min
Chapter XII about 5 min
Chapter XIII about 6 min
Chapter XIV about 5 min
Chapter XV. Conduct Of Abdalasis As Emir Op Spain about 4 min
CHAPTER XVI. LOVES OP ABDALASIS AND EXtLONA about 5 min
Chapter XVII, Fate Of Abdalasis And Exilona — Death Of Jitjza about 28 min
Appendix about 6 min
Chapter I about 7 min
Chapter II about 3 min
Chapter III. Coasting Of Terra Firma— Military Expedition Of Ojeda about 3 min
Chapter IV about 5 min
Chapter V. Prosecution Op The Voyage- -re""'tin To Spain about 32 min
Chapter I about 6 min
Chapter II about 7 min
Chapter III about 14 min
Chapter V about 3 min
Chapter VI about 2 min
Chapter VII. Arrival Of A Strange Ship At San Sebastian about 5 min
Chapter IX. Disastrous Voyage Of O.jeda In The Pirate Ship about 2 min
Chapter X about 6 min
Chapter XII. Arrival Of Ojeda At Jamaica — His Reception By Juan De about 3 min
Chapter XIII about 5 min
Chapter I about 5 min
Chapter II. Nicuesa And His Men On A Desolate Island about 2 min
Chapter III. Arrival Of A Boat— Conduct Of Lope De Olano about 3 min
Chapter IV. Nicuesa Rejoins His Crews about 2 min
Chapter V. Supferings Of Nicuesa And His Men On The Coast Of I'he about 5 min
Chapter VI about 5 min
Chapter VII. The Bachelor Hears Unwelcome Tidings Of His Destined Jurisdiction about 2 min
Chapter VIII. Orusadk Op The Bachelor Enciso Against The Sepulchres about 4 min
Chapter IX about 4 min
Chapter X. The Bachelor Enciso Undertakes The Comjiand— His Down- Fall about 1 min
Chapter XI. Perplexities At The Colony — Arrival Of Colmenares about 2 min
Chapter XII. Colmenares Goes In Quest Of Nicuesa about 5 min
Chapter XIII. Catastrophe Of The Unfortunate Nicuesa about 5 min
Chapter I. Factions At Darien— Vasco Nunez Elected To The Command about 3 min
Chapter II about 5 min
Chapter III. Vasco Nunez Hears Of A Sea Beyonp The Mountains about 13 min
Chapter V. Disaster On The Black River— Indian Plot Against Darien about 4 min
Chapter VI about 6 min
Chapter VII about 3 min
Chapter VIII. Expedition In Quest Of The Southern Sea about 5 min
Chapter IX. Discovery Of The Pacific Ocean about 5 min
Chapter X. Vasco Nunez Marcetes To The Shores Of The South Sea about 12 min
Chapter XII about 8 min
Chapter XIV about 6 min
Chapter XV about 8 min
Chapter XVI. Arrival And Grand Entry Of Don Pedrarias Davila Into about 9 min
Chapter XVIII. Calamities Of The Spanish Cavaliers At Darien about 2 min
Chapter XIX. Fruitless Expedition Op Pedrarias about 3 min
Chapter XX about 4 min
Chapter XXI about 4 min
Chapter XXII about 10 min
Chapter XXIII about 4 min
Chapter XXIV about 5 min
CHAPTER XXV. CRUISE OF VASOO NTJSeZ IN THE SOUTHERN SEA — RUMOURS FROM about 2 min
Chapter XXVI about 3 min
Chapter XXVII about 8 min
Chapter XXIX. Execution Op Vasco Nunez.— (1517.) about 22 min
Chapter I about 4 min
Chapter II. Juan Ponce Aspires To The Government Op Porto Rico about 2 min
Chapter III about 3 min
Chapter IV. Conspiracy Of The Caciques— The Fate Of Sotomayor about 5 min
Chapter V. War Of Juan Ponce With The Cacique Agueybana about 6 min
Chapter VI about 7 min
Chapter VIII. Expedition Of Juan Ponce Against The Caries — His Death about 37 min

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