"'I will tell you where there is plenty of it'" (in color)
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"'And Freya came from Asgard in her chariot drawn by
two cats'" (in color) 4
"Nils marked out an inscription in Runic letters" 30
"The miniature globe took form as the children watched,
fascinated" 44
"He proposed that Caonaba should put on the gift the
Spanish captain had brought" 78
"A sapling, bent down, was attached to a noose ingeniously
hidden" 86
"The natives seemed prepared to traffic in all peace and
friendliness" (in color) 132
"Cortes flung about his shoulders his own cloak" 146
"Moteczuma awaited them in the courtyard" (in color) 162
"Cartier read from his service-book" 176
"The creatures darkened the plain almost as far as the eye
could see" 190
"'Gentlemen, whence does this fleet come?'" 204
"Drake was silent, fingering the slender Milanese poniard" 226
"If he had to wear her fetters, they should at least be
golden" 244
"The Grand Master of the day entered the dining hall" 266