Chapter MCMXII: Copyright, 1912, by Harper & Brothers

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

PUBLISHED SEPTEMBER, 1912

[See page 205

CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE
I. LOOKING SEAWARD 1
II. THE DAWNING OF THE LIGHT 24
III. THE CASTLE OF LANGARA 49
IV. THE LAST SIGH OF THE MOOR 72
V. THE SPLENDOR OF THE DAWN 102
VI. THE HARBOR BAR IS PASSED 134
VII. THE JOYOUS HEARTS OF YOUTH 160
VIII. SUNRISE OFF THE BAR OF SALTES 191
IX. GLORIA 214

ILLUSTRATIONS

THEN, RISING, THE ADMIRAL TOOK HIS SON IN HIS ARMS _Frontispiece_

FRAY PIÑA GLANCED WITHIN THE ROOM AND THOUGHT
THEY WERE MAKING ACQUAINTANCE VERY FAST _Facing p._ 4

GARCILOSA SUDDENLY GAVE HIS ANTAGONIST A THRUST
UPON THE SWORD-ARM " 94

THE SIGNING OF THE DOCUMENTS OF AGREEMENT " 126

AUTHOR'S NOTE

Very few liberties have been taken with history, and these few are merely of detail. The signing of the final pact with the Spanish sovereigns by Columbus really took place on the plains of Santa Fé, outside of Granada, but it is represented, for dramatic effect, as taking place in the Alhambra. Also, the celebrated order of Columbus directing his captains, after sailing seven hundred and fifty leagues due west, to make no more sail after midnight was given at the Canaries instead of at Palos. Irving's _Life of Columbus_, the best yet written, has been strictly followed in dates.