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536. Florida, the land of enchantment; including an account of its romantic history from the days of Ponce de Leon and the other early explorers and settlers, and the story of its native Indians; a survey of its climate, lakes and rivers and a description of its scenic wonders and abundant animal and bird life; and a comprehensive review of the Florida of to-day, as a state important for its industries, agriculture and educational advantages as well as the unsurpassed and justly celebrated winter resort of America, with unparalleled attractions for health and pleasure seekers, nature lovers, motorists and sportsmen

540. Old Panama and Castilla del Oro; a narrative history of the discovery, conquest, and settlement by the Spaniards of Panama, Darien, Veragua, Santo Domingo, Santa Marta, Cartagena, Nicaragua, and Peru: including the four voyages of Columbus to America, the discovery of the Pacific ocean by Vasco Nuñez de Balboa, a description of the aborigines of the isthmus, accounts of the search for a strait through the New world and early efforts for a canal, the daring raids of Sir Francis Drake, the buccaneers in the Caribbean and south seas, the sack of the city of Old Panama by Henry Morgan, and the story of the Scots colony on Caledonia bay ...