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Chapter XI: (Addenda.) (5)

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Foster, Andrew, 159.

Fowls, 268, 283.

Fox, G. V., 98, 107, 108.

Francis I., king of France, 300, 301, 319, 320, 338, 344, 351, 352,
357, 358.

Francesca, 307, 330, 351.

Frederic III., of Denmark, 25, 34.

Freydis, 39.

Frisland, island of, 45, 46, 49, 50, 73;
story of a fisherman of, 44, 46-50.

Frizeland, 73.

Fruits, 9, 115, 116, 147, 166, 171, 241, 263, 324, 352.

Fucus natans, 99, 100.

Fuenterabia, 135, 183, 227.

Fuerteventura, island of, 97.

Fundy, Bay of, 201.

Furdustrandir, 35, 41.

Gadeira, 7.

Gadeirica, 7.

Galleys, 21.

Galicia, 135, 141.

Gallia Nova, 343.

Galvano, Antonio, 64, 144, 200.

Gama, Vasco da, 205, 206.

Gamart of Rouen, 298.

Gamlason, Thorhall, 34.

Gamas, Gulf of, 357, 358.

Ganges, 142, 154, 226.

Gardens, 12, 256, 257, 266.

Garay, Francisco de, 275, 278.

Gastaldi, Giacomo de, 326, 356.

Gaul, 61.

Georgia, State of, 279.

Germany, 61.

Giants, 6, 252, 253, 274, 282, 287.

Gilbert, Sir Humphrey, 200, 201.

Ginnungagap, 41.

Gioja, Flavia, 63.

Godeffroy, Adam, 340.

Gods, divide the earth, 5;
marry the daughters of man, 5;
rule in Egypt, 6, 15;
half-gods, 6.

Góes, Damião de, 208.

Golfo de las Flechas, 134, 135.

Golfo de las Perlas, 171.

Golfo Dulce, 214.

Gold, 111, 115, 116, 117, 132, 136, 149, 151, 167, 178, 179, 216,
226, 229, 234, 236, 243, 251, 265, 269, 274.

Gomara, Francisco Lopez de, 199, 200.

Gomera, island of, 97, 99.

Gomez, Estevan, 291, 296.

Gonçalves, André, 213.

Graah, Captain W. A., 30, 31.

Gracia, Tierra de, 170.

Greenland, from Iceland, 22;
discovered, 24;
eastern district in, 25;
sea of, 26, 216, 217;
from Newfoundland, 28.

Grain, 23, 176, 178, 268, 283, 325.

Grand Canary, 97.

Grande River, 318, 319, 320, 346, 348, 351, 353, 356, 358, 359, 360.

Grand Khan of Cathay, 52, 54, 55, 56, 58, 82, 94, 115, 117, 118, 120,
124, 153, 189.

Grand Scarp, the, 348.

Grand Turk Island, 78.

Grapes, 42, 151, 313.

Gratiosa, island, 107.

Great Exuma Island, 107.

Greco, wind, 161.

Greece, invasion of, 5.

Greeks, early civilization of the, 4.

Greene, G. W., 302.

Greenhalgh, Wenworth, 346.

Gregory XIII., calendar of Pope, 107.

Grijalva, Juan de, 233, 237, 247, 278.

Grimolfson, Bjarni, 34.

Groote River, 318, 319, 346.

Guacanagari, 149.

Guacasualco River, 236.

Guacaya, 281, 284.

Guadalupe, 147, 148, 157.

Gualdape, 280.

Guanaco, the, 287.

Guanahani, the island, 107.

Guanaia islands, 175, 214.

Guatemala, 229.

Guazpaltepec, 239.

Gudrid, 40.

Guerrero, Gonzalo, 239.

Guinea, 64, 67, 74, 81, 85, 88, 352.

Guisay, 115, 120. (_See_ _Quinsay_.)

Gulf of Castles, 267.

Gulf of Coquibacoa, 164.

Gulf of Gamas, 357, 358.

Gulf of Mexico, 352.

Gulf of St. Lawrence, 297.

Gulf of Venezuela, 164.

Gulf Stream, the, 223.

Gunnbjörn, the Norwegian, 23;
skerries, 24.

Gutierrez, Pedro, 107, 133, 149.

Guyneth, Madoc, 43;
Owen, 43, 44.

Guyot, 61.

Habacoa, 184.

Hackit, Thomas, 344.

Haki, 35.

Hakluyt, Richard, 42, 44, 64, 203, 204, 357.

Hakon, Jónn, son of, 25.

Half Moon, 362.

Hamacas, 147, 156.

Hammocks, 147, 156, 163, 286.

Hangchau, 83.

Hanno, 60.

Harlem River, 353.

Harrisse, Henry, 160, 184.

Hatchets, 176.

Hauslab, M. le général de, 220.

Havannah, the, 249.

Hawks, 22.

Hayti, 128, 167.

Hekja, 35.

Hell-Gate, 353.

Helluland, 28, 34, 41, 42.

Henderson, Ebenezer, 23.

Henry, prince of Portugal, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 70, 79.

Henry II. of France, 350.

Henry VII., king of England, 86, 186, 187, 192, 194, 195, 196, 197,
199, 200, 201;
VIII., 315, 341.

Herbs, 115, 147, 173, 174, 178.

Hercules, pillars of, 4, 7, 17, 18, 21, 59, 60, 72, 197, 198.

Herjulf, 24.

Herjulfsnes, 24, 25.

Herodotus, 2, 59.

Heroes, 6.

Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de, 215.

Hetland, 22.

Hieroglyphics, 1, 177, 249.

Hitha, 283.

Hochelaga, 345;
river of, 354, 356.

Hojeda, Alonzo de, 150, 173, 183.

Holy Sepulchre, 133.

Honduras, Bay of, 175, 214.

Honfleur, 298.

Hóp, 37, 40.

Horns, 23.

Horses, 12.

Huag, 281.

Hudson, Henry, 318, 361, 362.

Hudson River, 316, 317, 318, 319, 269-272, 353, 357, 362.

Huexotzinco, 258.

Huitzilopochtli, idol, 247;
temple of, 267.

Humboldt, Friedrich Heinrich Alexander von, 44, 56, 57, 183.

Hvarf, 24.

Hvidserk, 24, 25.

Hylacomylus, 218.

Iberian peninsula, 84.

Ibernia, 192, 194.

Icaria, 49.

Iceland, 22, 23, 24, 25, 45, 193, 199. (_See_ _Island_.)

Ignami, 164.

Incense, 235.

India, 57, 61, 69, 70, 74, 75, 77, 181, 206.

Indian Ocean, 314.

Indians (_See also_ _Manants_, _Paesani_, _Paysans_, _Wild Men_,
_Wilden_);
ancestors, 252, 253;
axes, 236, 237, 324;
ball-players, 284;
bows and arrows, 134, 136, 162, 202, 210, 230, 252, 265, 287, 288,
299, 312, 324, 355;
burial, 156, 163;
caciques, 129, 240, 258, 259, 267;
cannibals, 135, 148, 164, 216;
canoes, 110, 119, 135, 164, 165, 175, 258, 299, 312, 313, 324;
carpenters, 266;
carpets, 260;
cities, 251, 254, 256, 258, 270;
clothing, 123, 170, 176, 178, 201, 202, 209, 216, 230, 234, 235,
243, 280, 284, 286, 287, 288, 298, 306, 312, 317, 321, 322,
328, 356;
clubs, 162, 202;
color, 123, 129, 130, 161, 169, 209, 281, 282, 284, 287, 299, 307,
311, 312, 321;
concubines, 262, 266;
courts, 268;
cuirasses, 230, 252, 263;
darts, 202;
dwellings, 116, 117, 130, 163, 164, 170, 209, 225, 286, 288, 314,
324, 325;
edifices, 230, 256, 257, 258, 260, 261, 272;
enchanters, 178, 217;
eyes, 110, 307, 322;
fabrics, 170, 176, 178, 234, 241, 243, 244, 250, 254, 256, 265,
266, 267;
faces, 110, 287, 307, 311, 321;
fans, 245;
farmer-generals, 239;
feather-work, 216, 230, 241, 245, 259;
fishing-hooks, 116, 178;
fishing-nets, 116, 178, 189;
flags, 230;
food, 129, 162, 164, 176, 201, 232, 234, 241, 262, 264, 268, 288,
299, 312, 325, 328;
friendliness, 108, 298, 306, 310, 311, 316, 317, 321, 322, 352, 355;
furniture, 244, 260, 268;
giants, 252, 253, 282, 287;
goldsmiths, 265;
hair, 109, 110, 136, 161, 170, 281, 282, 283, 286, 287, 288, 299,
307, 321, 322;
hammocks, 147, 156, 163, 286;
helmets, 243, 265;
hieroglyphics, 1, 177, 249;
idols, 118, 154, 155, 229, 230, 232, 234, 235, 247, 270, 271, 272;
implements, 176, 189, 236, 237, 324;
javelins, 109, 110, 134;
kidnaped, 279, 280, 281;
kings, 216, 323;
knives, 268;
lances, 162, 202, 230, 231, 252, 264;
language, 120, 162, 201, 210, 299, 355, 356;
lapidaries, 265;
liquors, 263;
longevity, 216;
magistrates, 130;
markets, 267, 271;
masks, 129;
medicine, 164, 216, 288, 325;
merchandize, 267, 268;
mirrors, 244;
money, 176, 269;
morions, 265;
musical instruments, 230, 272;
name, 345;
oars, 110, 324;
occupation, 12, 13, 14, 15, 178, 264, 265, 266, 267, 268;
ornaments, 111, 119, 163, 170, 225, 229, 234, 236, 241, 243, 244,
248, 250, 267, 274, 287, 321, 322, 328;
palaces, 225, 256, 266;
papermakers, 252, 264;
painters, 242, 265;
painted faces, 109, 130, 210, 230, 286, 287, 288, 299, 323;
paintings, 230, 252;
phlebotomy practised, 164, 288;
pikes, 252, 264;
pipes, 264;
plantations, 230, 257;
police-system, 267;
priests, 235, 269, 283;
public works, 9, 10, 252, 256, 257, 258, 270;
religion, 110, 119, 123, 154, 155, 156, 216, 229, 286, 288, 299,
330, 331, 356;
sacrifices, 16, 235, 239, 247, 254, 270-272;
sculptors, 265;
sculptures, 177, 178, 229, 230;
sepulchre, 178;
servants, 264;
shields, 230, 234, 243, 252, 264, 265;
shoes, 244, 288;
silversmiths, 265;
slaves, 110, 136, 167, 210, 225, 267, 269;
slings, 202, 230, 252;
snares, 189, 324;
songs, 284, 325;
spinners, 109, 110;
stature, 109, 110, 129, 161, 209, 307, 311, 321, 356;
stone-cutters, 266;
superstitions, 156;
swords, 176, 230, 231, 252, 264;
tanners, 268;
temples, 11, 12, 229, 230, 234, 235, 254, 260, 270, 271;
theatres, 266;
thread, 267, 284, 311;
tobacco, 121, 264, 268;
traditions, 252, 284, 363;
traffic, 13, 109, 110, 111, 129, 174, 298, 328;
utensils, 162, 262;
villages, 13, 112, 117, 122, 130;
wares, 263, 267, 268, 269;
warlike, 355;
warriors, 12, 14, 15, 230, 231, 251, 252;
weaving, 266;
wines, 171, 178;
wives, 162, 262, 323;
women, 122, 129, 162, 171, 262, 281, 284, 288, 311, 312, 322.

Indies, 81, 134, 159, 187.

Infante Fortuna, 144.

Insubria, 283.

Inzignanin, 284.

Ilhas Dezertas, 304.

Ireland, 192, 194, 196;
island of, 356. (_See_ _Ibernia_.)

Isabela, island of, 113, 115;
town of, 150, 154, 156, 157.

Isabella, queen of Spain, 72, 91, 92, 93, 142, 158, 159, 167, 168,
172, 187, 195.

Isla Blanca, 234.

Isla de las Bocas, 179.

Island, 23, 55. (_See_ _Iceland_.)

Isla Rica, 228.

Isla Santa, 169.

Isole de Ladroni, 294.

Isole Sfortunato, 292.

Ithaca, 52.

Iti, island of, 167.

Iuca, 164.

Iucatan, 215. (_See_ _Yucatan_.)

Iztapalapan, 256, 270.

Jackals, 268.

Jacobus, 61.

Jacquet, 56.

Jamaica, 133, 152, 154, 180, 182.

Japan, 57, 84, 111.

Java, 57, 294.

Jerez of Ayamonte, Rodrigo de, 120.

Jerusalem, conquest of, 133.

Jesters, 263.

John I., king of Portugal, 63;
II., 67, 69, 85;
III., 300, 301.

Jomard, M., 185.

Jonas, Arngrim, 33.

Jones, Inigo, 43.

Jordan River, 280, 284.

Joseph, Master, 67.

Juan, Prince, 70, 159, 168.

Juana, island, 127, 182.

Juanillo, 232.

Juet, Robert, 319.

Karlsefne, Snorro, 40;
Thorfinn, 34, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40.

Kelly, Patrick, 237.

Kennebec River, 354.

Kettell, Samuel, 111, 126.

Khotan, 57.

Kingsborough, collection of Lord, 21.

Kjalarnes, 35.

Klaproth, 56.

Knoll, Conrad, 218.

La Baya del Rio, 330.

Labrador, cape of, 199;
land of, 200, 202, 345.

La Boca de la Drago, 171;
Sierpe, 171;
de Terminos, 234.

La Cruz, 279.

Lactantius, 89, 90.

La Culata, 279.

Ladrone islands, 294.

Laet, Johannes de, 319, 346, 347.

La Isla de Trinidad, 168, 169, 170.

Lake Maggiore, 181.

Lamb, Mrs. Martha J., 359.

Land of Ayllon, 284.

Land of Codfish, 197, 200, 202, 207.

Land of Cortereal, 208.

Land of Fire, 334.

Land of Grace, 170.

Land of Pearls, 173.

Land of Red wood, 286.

Land of the Farmer, 200.

Land of the Grand Scarp, 349-351.

Land of the Holy Cross, 287.

Land of the Palisades, 349.

La Nouvelle France, 330.

Lanzarote, island, 97.

Lares, Almador de, 237.

La Rabida, 87, 90, 91.

Laos, 57.

Lapidaries, 265.

La Plata, port of, 279.

Lappenburg, M., 41.

Lariab, country of, 166.

Las Barbas, islands, 180.

Las Islas Desdichados, 292.

Lateens, 180.

Lathyrus, 60.

Latini, Brunetto, 62.

Latitude, 66-68.

Laudonnière, René Goulaine de, 351, 367.

Leagues, land, 83, 305;
sea, 83, 305, 329, 331.

Leather, 243.

Leicester, earl of, 350.

Leif, son of Eric the Red, 25, 27, 30, 35, 42.

Lelewel, Joachim, 182.

Lemos, Gaspar de, 207.

Lenormant, François, 15.

Leo X., Pope, 181.

Leon, Juan Ponce de, 221, 223-225, 278.

Lester, C. Edwards, 159.

Leucippe, 17.

Levante, wind, 161.

Lepe, Diego de, 174.

Libeccio, wind, 161.

Libya, 4, 5, 59, 60, 64, 219.

Line of declination, 98, 99, 102, 158.

Line of demarkation, 145, 296.

Lings, 203.

Lions, 268.

Liquors, 171, 176, 178.

Lisbon, 83, 84.

Littré, É., 246.

Liverpool, 84.

Llwyd, Humphry, 43.

Locke, Michael, 79, 315.

Lockhart, John Ingrim, 233.

London, 186, 194, 197.

Longitude, 66-68, 332.

Long Island, N. Y., 316, 317, 319, 320.

Long Island, West Indies, 107, 356.

Long Island Sound, 317, 353, 355.

Looms, 148.

Louise of Savoy, 320, 351, 352, 357, 358.

Louisiana, 275.

Luisa, island of, 320.

Lully, Raymond, 67.

Luna, Fernando Perez de, 153.

Luxan, Juan de, 152.

Lynna, Nicholas de, 217.

Lynx, 322, 324, 328.

Machian, island, 294.

Madagascar, 58.

Madeira, island, 78, 304.

Madoc, Guyneth, 43, 44.

Maestrale, wind, 161.

Maestro, wind, 161.

Magalhaens, Fernam de, 69, 284-294, 337.

Magellan: (_See_ _Magalhaens_.)

Magellan’s Strait, 289, 290, 291, 292, 293, 333.

Magnetic needle, 61-63, 65, 98, 99, 102, 157, 158, 217, 293.

Magnetism, terrestrial, 98, 69, 158, 217.

Magua, island, Great and Little, 107.

Maguey, plant, 252;
root, 268.

Magnussen, Arne, 34.

Maine, 327, 328, 329.

Mainwaring, 350.

Maiollo, Visconte de, 307, 342.

Maize, 176, 178, 230, 234, 283.

Major, Richard Henry, 49, 171.

Malinche, 261.

Malpiero, Gasparo, 53.

Malvas, port of, 208.

Mames, 121, 123.

Mamre, 6.

Mandeville, Sir John, 58, 76.

Mango, 84, 179, 180.

Manants or Manans, 345, 346, 347, 348, 358. (_See_ _Indians_.)

Manants Island, 359.

Manhattan, 362.

Manhattans, 346.

Manhattes, 347;
island of, 347;
river of, 319.

Mantinino, island, 175.

Manzi, 82.

Maques, or Maquaas, 347, 362.

Maravedi, 245.

Marchena, Fray Antonio de, 158.

Mar del Sur, 176, 227, 228.

Mar de Sargasso, 99, 100.

Mar Dulce, 228.

Mare de Verrazana, 315.

Mare Oceanum, 41, 96, 182, 184, 293.

Margarita, Don Pedro, 151.

Margarita, island, 171.

Margarita of Austria, 159.

Marigalante, island, 147.

Mariner’s compass, 61-63, 98, 99, 102, 157, 158, 161, 293, 296.

Mar Indicum, 314, 343.

Marini, Giorgio Baptista, 71.

Marinus of Tyre, 74, 75, 76.

Mark, a weight, 174, 244.

Markland, 28, 34, 40, 41, 42.

Marmora, 180.

Marnef, Jan de, 352.

Mar pacifico, 289, 292, 293.

Martens, 306, 356.

Martha’s Vineyard, 227.

Martin, Joseph, 314.

Martinez, Ferdinand, 80, 81.

Martin V, Pope, 145.

Martin of Bohemia, 67, 290.

Martire d’Anghiera, Pietro, 154, 181, 197, 221.

Martires, islands of las, 224.

Martyr, Peter. (_See_ _Pietro Martire d’Anghiera_.)

Mastic, 124, 136.

Mataia, 180.

Matan, island, 294.

Maurice, prince of Orange and Nassau, 363.

Mauritius River, 347.

May River, 357.

Mecca, 193.

Medea, 76.

Medina, Pedro de, 69.

Mediterranean Sea, 5, 60.

Melchorejo, 232, 233, 238.

Melaccha, island of, 214.

Mendoza, Luis de, 289.

Mercator, Gerard, 76, 350, 360.

Mercator’s projection, 360.

Meredith ap Rhees, 44.

Merrimack River, 354.

Meschita, Alvaro de, 291.

Mestor, 8.

Meteren, Emanuel van, 318.

Mexico, 21, 175, 234, 235, 249, 250, 252, 256-274;
Gulf of, 352.

Midjökul, 24.

Miles, sea and land, 76, 98, 305, 331.

Millet, 283.

Miruelo, Diego, 282.

Mississippi, state, 275;
river, 278, 279.

Mnesis, 8.

Mohawk River, 360.

Moluccas, islands, 59, 64, 294, 296.

Mona, island, 154.

Moncada, Don Hugo de, 336.

Montagneurs, les, 346.

Montauk Point, 320.

Monte Cristo, 289.

Montejo, Francisco de, 247, 249.

Monte Pascoal, 206.

Monteregius, John of, 67.

Montezuma, 240, 241, 242, 243, 245, 247, 250, 251, 259, 260-273.

Montreal, 345.

Moors, 79, 94, 145.

Morales, Gaspar, 228.

Moses, 6.

Mount Hope Bay, 30, 34, 37.

Müller, Johann, 67.

Murphy, Henry C., 343, 363.

Mutir, island, 294.

Myos Hormos, 75.

Myrrh, 213.

Naddoddr, 22.

Nantucket, 327.

Napkins, 264.

Narragansett Bay, 320, 321, 325, 326.

Narrows, The, 316, 317.

Narvaez, Pamfilo de, 279.

Navarrete, Martin Fernandez de, 61, 107.

Navidad, Villa de la, 133, 136, 148, 149, 150.

Naville, Edward, 20.

Necho, 59.

Negropont, 51.

Nepos, Cornelius, 60.

Nequen, 252, 268.

Newark Bay, 317.

Newfoundland, 28, 198, 201.

New France, 330, 345, 352, 357, 361.

New Gaul, 330.

New Land, 185, 207, 297, 299, 306, 330, 334, 344, 355.

New Netherland, 319, 347, 361.

Newport, stone tower of, 43;
situation, 325.

New Providence, island, 107.

New Spain, 21, 175, 176, 249.

New World, 206, 216, 217, 334.

New York City, 84;
bays, 316, 317;
site, 347, 358.

Nicobar, 57.

Nile, navigation of, 18;
canal from, 60.

Nirando, Alonso Perez, 168.

Nombre de Dios, 176, 342.

Normans, 297.

Norombègue, cape of, 354, 355;
town of, 355, 356;
river of, 355, 356, 357, 359, 360.

North America, 185.

North Carolina, 302, 306, 311.

Northmen, galleys of, 21, 24;
deported, 22;
voyages, 25-41.

North Sea, 21, 301, 302.

Norumbega, 346, 351, 352, 356, 360.

Norway, 22, 23, 24, 333, 334.

Noun, the god, 20.

Nova Scotia, 28, 198, 201, 297.

Novaya Zemlya, 318.

Nucay, 119.

Nuestra Senora, La Mar de, 125.

Nueva España, 21, 175.

Nuova Terra, 306-330.

Nuremberg, 67, 68.

Olafs, 55.

Olone, 349.

Oneydes, 346.

Onondagas, 346.

Onoyants, les, 346.

Onslow Bay, 309.

Orichalcum, 8, 10, 11, 199.

Orinoco River, 160, 168, 170, 171.

Orteguilla, 267.

Ortelius, Abraham, 79, 360.

Ortubia, Juan Perez de, 224.

Ostro, the wind, 161.

Otté, E. C., 44.

Otters, 268.

Oxford, 62.

Pachol, 264.

Pacific Ocean, 289, 292, 293.

Paesani, 346, 352.

Paisans or paysans, 345, 346.

Palisades, the, 348.

Palfrey, John Gorham, 43.

Palos, 87, 95, 96.

Palma, island, 97.

Palmetto trees, 308.

Panama, isthmus, 177, 342.

Panic, 123.

Panuco, province, 236, 247;
river, 275, 276, 277, 278, 279.

Paor, 281, 284.

Paper, 252, 264.

Paria, Gulf of, 171;
country of, 172, 173.

Pascua Florida, 223.

Pasqualigo, Alvise, 189;
Francesco, 189;
Lorenzo, 189;
Pietro, 209.

Pasqui, 281.

Patagonians, 289.

Pearls, 117, 170, 173, 174, 216, 226, 243, 259, 271, 274, 283.

Peasants, 345, 352. (_See_ _Indians_.)

Peking, 84.

Peltry, 298, 355, 356, 358.

Penobscot River, 354.

Perestrello, Bartolomeo Moñis de, 70.

Perez, Friar Juan, 90, 91;
Fray Rodrigo, 133.

Perpignan, 135.

Persia, 44, 57.

Pertz, George Henry, 41.

Peso, 236.

Peter, the Martyr, 181.

Petuneurs, les, 346.

Philippe, duke of Savoy, 320.

Philippine Islands, 294.

Phœnicians, 7, 18, 59, 60.

Pigafetta, Antonio, 66, 69, 83, 284, 295.

Pillars of Hercules, 4, 7, 15, 17, 18, 21, 59, 60, 72.

Pilots, 67, 102, 103, 157, 158, 179.

Pineda, Alonso Alvarez de, 275-279.

Pinkerton’s collections, 71.

Pinzon, Martin, Alonso, 77, 96, 108, 134, 137, 141, 143, 174;
Vicente Yañez, 96, 108, 134, 214, 278.

Pisa, 227.

Pizarro, Francisco, 228.

Place, Jean de la, 219.

Plato, 3, 80.

Plethron, 9.

Pliny, 60, 65.

Plutarch, 3.

Pocorosa, 180.

Point Judith, 326.

Pola, island, 224.

Pole, antarctic, 293;
arctic, 293.

Polo, Maffeo, 52, 53, 54, 55;
Marco, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 76, 82, 83;
Nicolò, 52, 53, 54, 55.

Ponente, wind, 161.

Potonchan, 239, 248.

Porcelain, 363.

Poree, Fremyn, 340.

Porland, 45.

Port du Refuge, 326, 327.

Porto Bello, 180.

Porto Rico, 128, 221.

Porto Santo, island, 77, 78.

Porto Seguro, 206.

Portugal, 84, 196.

Poseidon, 5, 7, 11, 15.

Potatoes, 283.

Poughkeepsie, 353.

Powel, David, 43, 44.

Prado, prior of, 87, 91.

Preudhomme, Guillaume, 339.

Prima Tierra Vista, 190, 191.

Providence, 325, 326.

Psenophis, 3.

Ptolemy, 73, 74, 75, 77, 182, 191, 215, 336.

Puebla, Ruy Gonzales de, 187.

Puertocarrero, Alonso, 249.

Puerto de la Concepcion, 128.

Puerto del Principe, 125, 330.

Puerto de Mares, 125.

Puerto de San Nicolas, 128.

Puerto de Santa Catalina, 126.

Puerto Grande, 152.

Puerto Maria, 127.

Puerto Santo, 126.

Pumpkins, 147.

Punta de Arenal, 169, 170.

Punta de Arracifes, 224.

Punta de Cotoche, 221, 232.

Punta de la Aguda, 170.

Punta de la Galera, 169.

Punta de la Playa, 169.

Punta Santa, 130, 131.

Quetzalcoatl, temple of, 254.

Quinsay, 75, 83, 84, 115, 120.

Quintalbor, 242, 243, 245.

Quitlalpitoc, 239, 245, 246, 247.

Quohathe, 284.

Râ, the god, 20.

Race-course, 12.

Rafn, Charles C., 34.

Raleigh, Sir Walter, 357.

Ramusio, Giovanni Battista, 52.

Raritan Bay, 317.

Ravens, 22, 23.

Razors, 264.

Real, money, 244, 245.

Red race, 1.

Red Sea, 60.

Red wood, 193, 213, 286.

Refugio, 321.

Regiomontanus, 67, 80.

Retrete, port, 180.

Reychenes, 24.

Rhodes, island of, 320.

Ribauld. (_See_ _Ribaut_.)

Ribault. (_See_ _Ribaut_.)

Ribaut, Jean, 340, 344.

Ribero, Diego, 296.

Rio Coatzacoalcos, 236.

Rio de Banderas, 235.

Rio de Belen, 227.

Rio de Flores, 279.

Rio de Janeiro, 228.

Rio de la Cruz, 224.

Rio de la Plata, 228, 287.

Rio de las Gamas, 330.

Rio de las Palmas, 279.

Rio del Espiritu Santo, 278, 279.

Rio del Sol, 124.

Rio de Luna, 117.

Rio de Mares, 117, 118, 124, 182.

Rio de Montaignes, 319.

Rio de Nieves, 279.

Rio de Pescadores, 279.

Rio de San Anton, 330.

Rio Fonda, 330.

Rio Grande, 247.

Rio Janeiro, 286, 287.

Rio Jordan, 280, 284, 330.

Rio Nevado, 208.

Rio Panuco, 275, 276, 277, 278.

Rio Seco, 279, 330.

Roanoke, island, 311.

Roberval, Sieur de, 352.

Roderic, Master, 67.

Roffet, Ponce, 345.

Roque, Jean François de la, 352.

Rousselay, Zanobus de, 339.

Rum Cay, island, 107.

Rustichi, 338.

Rustizielo, 57.

Ruysch, Johann, 215.

Rymer’s Foedera, 188.

Saint Amaro, 99.

St. Augustine, 89.

St. Christopher, 184.

St. David’s island, 356.

St. Dié, 218.

St. George’s island, 356.

St. Germain, port of, 222.

St. Iago de la Spata, 285.

St. John’s island, W. Indies, 179;
Canada, 190, 192.

St. Julian, port of, 287, 290.

St. Lawrence, Gulf of, 297;
isle of, 352;
river of, 290, 291, 292, 293, 298, 333.

St. Malo, 344, 345.

St. Lucy’s day, 286.

Saga of Eric the Red, 26;
of Thorfinn Karlsefne, 34.

Sagres, 63.

Saguenay, 345;
sea of, 357.

Salamanca, 87.

Samana, island, 108.

Salmon, 29, 30.

Sanchez, Rafael, 125, 142.

Sand-glass, 69.

Sand-haffn, 24, 25.

Sandwich islands, 75.

Sandy Hook, 316, 317, 353.

San Juan de Ulua, 235.

Salt, 268.

Saltes, 141.

San Domingo, 128, 172, 179, 232.

San Juan Baptista, island, 148.

San Lazaro, 229.

San Lucar de Berrameda, 168, 182.

San Miguel, bay of, 227.

San Pablo River, 276.

San Pedro River, 276.

San Salvador, Cuba, 117;
island, 107, 111.

Santa Elena, cape of, 279, 289, 284.

Santa Fé, 91, 92, 93.

Santa Maria de la Antigua del Darien, 225, 226, 227, 228.

Santa Maria de Guadalupe, island, 147, 157.

Santa Maria de la Concepcion, 113.

Santa Maria, island, 140;
port, 184.

Santa Marta, island, 224.

Santángel, Luis de, 87, 92.

Santarem, Visconte de, 64.

Santee River, 184.

Santiago, Cuba, 231, 233.

Sant Joan, island, 190, 192.

San Tomas, fort of, 151.

Santonge or Santongeois, 348, 352.

Saomete, island, 113.

Sardis, 2, 219.

Scandinavia, seamen of, 21, 22, 23.

Schooner, Johannes, 220.

Schoolcraft, Henry R., 42.

Schott, Charles A., 99, 158.

Schotti, Joannis, 182.

Scio, island, 124.

Scotland, 46.

Scylla, 349.

Sea-weed, 99, 100, 134.

Sebastian, harbor of, 99.

Secalart, Raulin, 352, 353.

Sanchis, 3.

Seneca, Lucius Annæus, 76, 80, 88.

Senecas, Indians, 346.

Seres, 74, 75.

Seti I., of Egypt, 20.

Seven Cities, 79, 84, 190, 195.

Seville, 141, 143, 285.

Shetland Islands, 22.

Ships, Egyptian, 18;
Phœnician, 18;
Northmen, 24;
speed of, 68;
of India, 180.

Siam, 57.

Siberia, 58.

Sidney, Sir Philip, 315.

Sierra de Quarequa, 226.

Sierra Leone, 66, 158, 213, 286.

Silver, 119, 243, 251, 265.

Silveyra, Fernão de, 301.

Sinae, 74.

Sines, 227.

Sirocco, 161.

Skagefjörd, 25.

Skalholt, 25.

Skraelings, 38, 39, 40.

Skraelings’ land, 41.

Skulls, 250.

Slaves, Indian, 167.

Sluyter, Peter, 363.

Smith, Captain John, 318.

Sneeland, 221.

Snefelsnes, 24.

Snorrason, Thorbrand, 39.

Snorro, Thorbrandson, 34.

Socotra, 58.

Soles, 203.

Solinus, C. Julius, 219.

Solis, Juan Diaz de, 214, 287.

Solon, 2, 3, 6.

Somerset island, 356.

Somers, Sir George, 356.

Somer’s Island, 356.

Sona, 28.

Soncino, Raimondo di, 190, 192.

South America, 160, 166, 167, 169, 170, 173, 184, 185.

South Carolina, 284, 302, 309.

South Sea, 176, 226, 227, 228.

Spain, early voyages from, 60, 76, 77;
conquered, 79.

Spices, 59, 64.

Spice Islands, 59, 64, 294, 295, 296.

Stadium, 6.

Stanley, Henry E. J., 206.

Staten Island, 316, 317;
Sound, 317.

Stephanius, Sigurd, 41.

Steppes, Mongolian, 57.

Stevens, Henry, 184.

Stock-fish, 193.

Stow, John, 197.

Strait of Belle Isle, 345.

Strait of Magellan, 289, 290, 291, 292, 293, 333.

Strait of the Eleven Thousand Virgins, 289.

Straumey, 35.

Straumfjörd, 36, 40.

Style, old and new, 107.

Suache, 28.

Suevi, 61.

Sumatra, 57, 352.

Sveinson, Bishop Brynjulf, 25, 34.

Tabasco, 240, 245, 248.

Tadore, island, 294.

Tahout, sacred books of, 20.

Tale, 232.

Tanais, 193.

Tanzaca, 281, 284.

Tarenate, island, 294.

Tassel, Robert, 340.

Tatancal, 281.

Tehuacacinco, 250.

Tendilla, count of, 181.

Teneriffe, 97.

Tepeaquilla, 270.

Terceira, 74, 207.

Terra de Lavrador, 200, 202.

Terra delle Perle, 211.

Terra del Verzino, 286.

Terra de Santa Cruz, 207, 216, 289, 300.

Terra de Vera Cruz, 207, 211.

Terra dos Cortereals, 208.

Terra Florida, 307, 342, 344.

Terra ferma, 189, 192.

Terra Nova, 207, 215, 354.

Terra Sanctæ Crucis, 287.

Terra Verde, 208.

Terre d’Anormée Berge, La, 349, 353, 356, 357.

Terre de Norumberge, 357, 358.

Terre Francesque, 330, 357, 358.

Terre Neufve, 354.

Tetzcat, 272.

Tetzcatlipuca, the god, 235, 247, 272.

Teules, 245, 251, 260.

Teuthlille, 239, 241, 242, 243, 245.

Texas, 275.

Tezcuco, lake, 256.

Theatres, 266.

Thebes, 20.

Thevet, André, 351, 359, 360.

Thinae, 227.

Thirkill, Launcelot, 195.

Thompson, Benjamin F., 353.

Thor, the god, 36.

Thorbrandson, Snorro, 34, 37, 39, 40.

Thord, Jónn, son of, 25.

Thorhall, 36, 37, 42.

Thorvard, 39.

Thucydides, 80.

Thule, 73, 70.

Tibet, 57.

Tierra de Ayllon, 284.

Tierra de Gracia, 170, 171.

Tierra del Fuego, 334.

Tierra de los Bacallaos, 197, 200, 202, 207.

Tierra firme, 110, 179.

Tigers, 268.

Tihe, 283.

Tin, 269.

Tiphys, 76.

Titus, 232.

Tlacupa, 260, 270.

Tlalmanalco, 258.

Tlascalla, 250, 251, 258.

Tlatateteclo, 239.

Tlatelulco, the, 267.

Tobacco, 121, 264, 268.

Tordesillas, 146, 295, 296.

Torfæus, or Torfason, Thormod, 33, 34, 41.

Tokio, 84.

Torquemada, Juan de, 243.

Torralva, Juan de, 276.

Torres, Antonio de, 150, 156;
Luis de, 120.

Tortosa, 187.

Tortuga, island, 127.

Toscanelli, Paolo, 80.

Tramontana, wind, 161.

Trees, 12, 108, 114, 115, 116, 124, 163, 166, 189, 209, 212, 223,
266, 308, 309, 324, 326, 327, 352.

Triana, Rodrigo de, 107.

Trico, Catelyn, 347.

Trinidad, island of, 168, 169, 170, 171.

Trireme, 10, 12.

Troy, N. Y., 353.

Tryggvason, King Olaf, 35.

Tsiuenchau, 82.

Tunguses, 58.

Turk Island, 107, 108.

Turkeys, 268.

Turin, papyrus of, 15.

Tuspa, 236.

Tusta, 236.

Tustepec, 239.

Tyrker, 29.

Tyrrhenia, 5, 8.

Ubygd, 24.

Ulloa, Alfonso de, 71.

Ulysses, 52.

Uraba, Gulf of, 225.

Valentine, David T., 359.

Valladolid, 182.

Valparaiso, 140.

Van Rensselaer Island, 361.

Vargas, 276.

Varnhagen, F. A. de, 159.

Vegetables, 9, 121, 123, 129, 147, 151, 164, 176, 232, 268, 283, 288.

Velasquez, Diego, 231, 232, 233, 236, 237, 278, 359.

Venezuela, 164, 168, 171.

Venice, 51, 59, 164, 188, 199, 227.

Vera Cruz, 249, 266, 277;
land of, 207, 211.

Veragua, 176, 177, 178, 179, 226, 227.

Vermonde, isle de, 355, 356.

Verrazana seu Gallia nova, 330.

Verrazzano, Giovanni da:
Varasenne, Jean de, 340;
Varesam, Jehan de, 339;
Varezano, João, 300;
Verarsanus, 342;
Vérassen, Jean, 298;
Verazano, João, 301;
Verazanus, John, 315;
Verrassane, Jehan de, 340;
Verrazano, Jean, 357, 358.
First voyage to America, 298, 299;
second voyage, 300;
his ship, 301, 304;
letter to Francis I., 301-303;
discovers land, 305, 306;
map, 314, 315;
on peninsula of Virginia, 314;
Sea of Verrazzano, 315;
enters New York Bay, 316;
discovers the Hudson, 317;
gives a name to Block Island, 320;
anchors in Narragansett Bay, 321-326;
sails along the coast of Maine, 327-329;
extent of land discovered, 329, 351, 357;
geographical explanation, 331;
news of his return, 335;
unfavorable opinions concerning the voyage, 337;
his former voyages, 338;
agreement for a third voyage to America, 339;
his death, 340, 341;
map and globe, 341, 342.

Verrazzano, Hieronymus da, 315, 339;
map, 315, 330, 343.

Verrazzano, Pier da, 300.

Verzino, 213, 216.

Vespasian, 232.

Vespucci Amerigo, his first voyage, 160;
reaches the continent of America, 160;
explorations, 161-165;
land of Lariab, 166;
island of Iti, 167;
returns to Spain, 167.

Vespucci’s second voyage, 173;
explorations along the coast of South America, 174;
returns to Spain, 174.

Vespucci’s third voyage, 212;
explores the east coast of Brazil, 213;
returns to Lisbon, 214.

Vespucci’s fourth voyage, 214;
sails southward along the coast of Brazil, 214;
Bay of All Saints, 214;
returns to Portugal, account of his four voyages, 217, 218;
his name given to the continent, 218, 219;
false imputations, 220.

Vicente, Martin, 77.

Vieusseux, Geo. Pietro, 339.

Vigfusson, Gudbrand, 33.

Vikings, 21.

Villa, Pedro de, 138.

Villa de la Navidad, 133, 136, 148, 149, 150.

Villalan, Doctor, 91.

Villa Rica de Vera Cruz, 249, 279.

Villa Segura, 277.

Villegagnon, Chevalier, 359.

Villers, 350.

Vinland discovered, 30;
shortest day in, 31-34;
island, 41;
promontory, 41.

Virginia, peninsula of, 313, 314, 315, 318.

Vision, prophetic, 158, 180.

Vries, David Pieterse, 347.

Walckenaër, Baron de, 183.

Waldseemüller, Martin, 218.

Walker, E., 99.

Wassenaer, Nicolaes à, 347.

Watling Island, 107.

Wells, 266.

Western Sea, 315, 343.

West Indies, 145, 203.

Westminster, 201, 203.

Wheat, in Vinland, 35, 37;
in Greenland, 35;
in Iceland, 35.

Wheaton, Henry, 23.

Whitehall, 200.

Wilden, 347.

Wild-men, 345, 347.

Wine, 171, 178.

Wine-berries, 29, 35, 42.

Wine-land, 30.

Wine-wood, 29, 37, 42.

Worthington, William, 203.

Xamunabe, 283.

Xamunambe, 281.

Xapida, 283.

Xapira, 281.

Xathi, 283.

Xicales, 262.

Xiquipiles, 269.

Xocotlan, 250.

Xoxi, 281.

Yahveh, sees the wickedness of man, 19.

Yamaye, island of, 133.

Yamiscaron, 28.

Yebra River, 177.

Yenyohol, 281.

Yonge, C. D., 198.

Yuca, 232.

Yucatan, 148, 175, 214, 215, 229, 230, 232, 233, 239.

Yule, Henry, 55, 57.

Yurbaco, 183.

Zacton, or Zayton, 82, 120.

Zanzibar, 58.

Zapata, 276.

Zeno, Antonio, 45, 46, 50;
Carlo, 45, 50;
Nicolò, 44, 45, 46.

Zeni brothers’ voyage, 44, 49, 50.

Zeus, assembles the gods, 19.

Zichmni, 45, 49.

Zipangi, 84. (_See_ _Cipango_.)

Zodiac, 244.

Zuanta, 148.

Zubu, island, 294.

THE END.

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