In 1507, there was published at Venice by Franconzio another collection of travels, entitled "Paesi Nouamente Retrouati Et Nous Mondo da Alberico Vesputio Florentino Intitulato" [Countries Newly Found and the New World of Albericus Vesputius Called the Florentine]. Chapters LXXXIIII to CXIIII faithfully reproduce the Libretto of 1504, are in fact a second edition of the Libretto, and need not detain us.14 All this however simply pushes the question back one step further and it now becomes "What or who is the source of Peter Martyr's information?" The answer is that these sources are identical with those for the "Life of Christopher Columbus " by his son Ferdinand, for Las Casas's history of the West Indies, and for Bernaldez's "Reyes Catalicos." In addition Dr. Eastman has skilfully worked out certain internal evidence which points directly to the one person who gave to Peter Martyr the data incorporated in Chapter XV of the Libretto. Let us first of all consider the account which Ferdinand gives of the fisherinan-fish incident, which seems to