Chapter 1 PARLEY TELLS HOW AMERICA WAS FIRST DISCOVERED, AND ABOUT COLUMBUS THE DISCOVERER.

Chapter 2 PARLEY DESCRIBES THE INHABITANTS.

Chapter 3 COLUMBUS SETS SAIL TO RETURN TO SPAIN, AND ENCOUNTERS A DREADFUL STORM.

Chapter 4 COLUMBUS PREPARES FOR ANOTHER VOYAGE.

Chapter 5 PARLEY TELLS HOW COLUMBUS DISCOVERS THE CONTINENT OF AMERICA.

Chapter 6 PARLEY TELLS HOW COLUMBUS WAS ROBBED OF THE HONOUR OF GIVING HIS NAME TO AMERICA.

Chapter 7 PARLEY TELLS HOW COLUMBUS WAS SHIPWRECKED, AND ALSO OF THE MANNER OF HIS DEATH.

Chapter 8 PARLEY TELLS OF OVANDO'S CRUEL TREATMENT OF ANACAONA, THE PRINCESS OF HAYTI.

Chapter 9 PARLEY DESCRIBES THE TREES, PLANTS, AND FLOWERS OF THE NEW WORLD.

Chapter 10 PARLEY TELLS OF THE CONQUEST OF MEXICO.

Chapter 11 PARLEY RELATES HOW PIZARRO DISCOVERED AND CONQUERED PERU.

Chapter 12 PARLEY DESCRIBES THE NATURAL BEAUTIES OF AMERICA.

Chapter 13 PARLEY TELLS OF THE FIRST ENGLISH COLONY IN AMERICA.

Chapter 14 PARLEY TELLS OF THE ORIGINAL NATIVE AMERICANS.

Chapter 15 PARLEY TELLS ABOUT THE UNITED STATES.

Chapter 17 PARLEY DESCRIBES THE INHABITANTS, VEGETABLES, AND ANIMALS OF AUSTRALIA-THE BRITISH SETTLEMENTS-THE GOLD REGIONS-RECENT EXPLORATIONS