{"product_id":"2940013030053","title":"SOUTH AMERICAN FIGHTS AND FIGHTERS","description":"CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSOUTH AMERICAN FIGHTS AND FIGHTERS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e                                                            PAGE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePANAMA AND THE KNIGHTS-ERRANT OF COLONIZATION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    I. THE SPANISH MAIN  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3\u003cbr\u003e   II. THE DON QUIXOTE OF DISCOVERERS AND HIS RIVAL  . . . .   5\u003cbr\u003e  III. THE ADVENTURES OF OJEDA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10\u003cbr\u003e   IV. ENTER ONE VASCO NUÑEZ DE BALBOA . . . . . . . . . . .  17\u003cbr\u003e    V. THE DESPERATE STRAITS OF NICUESA  . . . . . . . . . .  20\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePANAMA, BALBOA AND A FORGOTTEN ROMANCE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    I. THE COMING OF THE DEVASTATOR  . . . . . . . . . . . .  31\u003cbr\u003e   II. THE GREATEST EXPLOIT SINCE COLUMBUS'S VOYAGE  . . . .  34\u003cbr\u003e  III. \"FUROR DOMINI\"  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  42\u003cbr\u003e   IV. THE END OF BALBOA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  44\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePERU AND THE PIZARROS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    I. THE CHIEF SCION OF A FAMOUS FAMILY  . . . . . . . . .  53\u003cbr\u003e   II. THE TERRIBLE PERSISTENCE OF PIZARRO . . . . . . . . .  57\u003cbr\u003e  III. \"A COMMUNISTIC DESPOTISM\" . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  68\u003cbr\u003e   IV. THE TREACHEROUS AND BLOODY MASSACRE OF CAXAMARCA  . .  73\u003cbr\u003e    V. THE RANSOM AND MURDER OF THE INCA . . . . . . . . . .  85\u003cbr\u003e   VI. THE INCA AND THE PERUVIANS STRIKE VAINLY FOR\u003cbr\u003e       FREEDOM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  93\u003cbr\u003e  VII. \"THE MEN OF CHILI\" AND THE CIVIL WARS . . . . . . .   102\u003cbr\u003e VIII. THE MEAN END OF THE GREAT CONQUISTADOR  . . . . . .   105\u003cbr\u003e   IX. THE LAST OF THE BRETHREN  . . . . . . . . . . . . .   108\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE GREATEST ADVENTURE IN HISTORY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    I. THE CHIEF OF ALL THE SOLDIERS OF FORTUNE  . . . . .   115\u003cbr\u003e   II. THE EXPEDITION TO MEXICO  . . . . . . . . . . . . .   120\u003cbr\u003e  III. THE RELIGION OF THE AZTECS  . . . . . . . . . . . .   125\u003cbr\u003e   IV. THE MARCH TO TENOCHTITLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . .   130\u003cbr\u003e    V. THE REPUBLIC OF TLASCALA  . . . . . . . . . . . . .   138\u003cbr\u003e   VI. CORTES'S DESCRIPTION OF MEXICO  . . . . . . . . . .   147\u003cbr\u003e  VII. THE MEETING WITH MONTEZUMA  . . . . . . . . . . . .   162\u003cbr\u003e VIII. THE SEIZURE OF THE EMPEROR  . . . . . . . . . . . .   171\u003cbr\u003e   IX. THE REVOLT OF THE CAPITAL . . . . . . . . . . . . .   174\u003cbr\u003e    X. IN GOD'S WAY  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   177\u003cbr\u003e   XI. THE MELANCHOLY NIGHT  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   182\u003cbr\u003e  XII. THE SIEGE AND DESTRUCTION OF MEXICO . . . . . . . .   194\u003cbr\u003e XIII. A DAY OF DESPERATE FIGHTING . . . . . . . . . . . .   198\u003cbr\u003e  XIV. THE LAST MEXICAN  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   215\u003cbr\u003e   XV. THE END OF CORTES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   218\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART II\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOTHER TALES OF ADVENTURE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE YARN OF THE \"ESSEX,\" WHALER  . . . . . . . . . . . . .   231\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSOME FAMOUS AMERICAN DUELS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   245\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    I. A TRAGEDY OF OLD NEW YORK . . . . . . . . . . . . .   246\u003cbr\u003e   II. ANDREW JACKSON AS A DUELLIST  . . . . . . . . . . .   248\u003cbr\u003e  III. THE KILLING OF STEPHEN DECATUR  . . . . . . . . . .   251\u003cbr\u003e   IV. AN EPISODE IN THE LIFE OF JAMES BOWIE . . . . . . .   252\u003cbr\u003e    V. A FAMOUS CONGRESSIONAL DUEL . . . . . . . . . . . .   254\u003cbr\u003e   VI. THE LAST NOTABLE DUEL IN AMERICA  . . . . . . . . .   256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE CRUISE OF THE \"TONQUIN\"  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   261\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJOHN PAUL JONES  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   281\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    I. THE BIRTH OF THE AMERICAN NAVY  . . . . . . . . . .   283\u003cbr\u003e   II. JONES FIRST HOISTS THE STARS AND STRIPES  . . . . .   284\u003cbr\u003e  III. THE BATTLE WITH THE \"SERAPIS\" . . . . . . . . . . .   285\u003cbr\u003e   IV. A HERO'S FAMOUS SAYINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   287\u003cbr\u003e    V. WHAT JONES DID FOR HIS COUNTRY  . . . . . . . . . .   288\u003cbr\u003e   VI. WHY DID HE TAKE THE NAME OF JONES . . . . . . . . .   289\u003cbr\u003e  VII. A SEARCH FOR HISTORICAL EVIDENCE  . . . . . . . . .   292\u003cbr\u003e VIII. THE JONESES OF NORTH CAROLINA . . . . . . . . . . .   296\u003cbr\u003e   IX. PAUL JONES NEVER A MAN OF WEALTH  . . . . . . . . .   297\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIN THE CAVERNS OF THE PITT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   301\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBEING A BOY OUT WEST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   315\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePanama and the Knights-Errant of Colonization\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI. The Spanish Main\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of the commonly misunderstood phrases in the language is \"the\u003cbr\u003eSpanish Main.\"  To the ordinary individual it suggests the Caribbean\u003cbr\u003eSea.  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