of gratitude, besides, to my brother, Mr. Frederick W. Keasbey, who has rendered me invaluable assistance in the preparation of this book for the press, by going over the entire manuscript, in correcting the proof, and in making up the index. BRYN MAWR, PENNSYLVANIA, September, 1896. The Honduras and Chiriqui Routes, The Tehuantepec, San Blas, Caledonian, and Atrato Routes, PART ONE. PAGE I 4 5 8 9 9 ΙΟ II THE MERCANTILE PERIOD AND THE ABSOLUTE MONARCHY-THE CANAL PROJECT A ROYAL MONOPOLY. CHAPTER I. 1492-1815. 15. Fifteenth-Century Voyages of Discovery 16. The Discoveries of Columbus and his Contemporaries § 17. The Pope's Bull and the Treaty of Tordesillas § 18. The New World Thought to be an Island $ 19. Spanish Colonial Expeditions to the Northwest 19 21 21 25 29 30 33 34 36 |