Early accounts to 1600

The Conquest of the River Plate (1535-1555)

Alvar active 16th century Núñez Cabeza de Vaca
Ulrich Schmidel

The travels of Pedro de Cieza de Léon, A.D. 1532-50,

contained in the first part of his Chronicle of Peru

Pedro de Cieza de León

De Orbe Novo, Volume 1 (of 2)

The Eight Decades of Peter Martyr D'Anghera

Pietro Martire d' Anghiera

The Discovery of Guiana

Walter Raleigh