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Jomard, M., fac-similes of maps, 152, 351, 353, 359, 386.
Jones, J. W., referred to, 255, 261. notes. Jordan. Capt., 246. Jutland, peninsula of, 99.
Kathay, 123-128. See Cathay.
Karlsefne. 70-81; 82, 91.
Kennebec River, 5-4, 55, 304, 317.
Khan, 136, 285. 376.
Kialarnes (C. ship-nose), 49, 67, 69, 71, 74, 75, 108. 109, 155.
Kochhaf, Nathaniel (Chytræus), 368. 371.
Kohl, new light from Portuguese archives on the Cortereal voy- ages. 170: 304, 307. notes.
Kolno, John of, 114.
Krossanæs, 69.
Kuntsman, referred to, 156, 168, 176, 179, 180, 188, 190, 230, notes.
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Labrador. Cabot's land-fall. 133- 135; attached to Asia, 158; on Schoner's map, 162; on Portu- guese chart, No. 8, 175; on Rei- nel's chart. 178; on Portuguese chart. No. 10, 179, 181 ; on map of New France. 227; name given to Greenland, 181, 378; mentioned, 32. 58. 105, 113. 114, 132. 135, 137- 139, 145, 170, 200, 274. 294, 297, 301, 324, 328-330, 356, 364. 865, 374, 375. 379. 387. 388. 393. 419.
Lac d' Angouleme (St. Peter's Lake), 333.
Lachine. rapides de, 343.
La Francese, 231.
Le Have. highlands of, 40, 303. Lago de Golesme, 356.
Laguna de Nieaxagoc, 363.
Lake Champlain, 334.
Lake Huron, 390.
Lake Ontario. 390.
Lake Superior, 390.
Lake, Great North American, 380.
Larcadia, L'Areadie, L'Accadie, etc., 23-4.
La Roche, French discoverer, 74, note. .
Landonnière, French expedition under, 434-440; plan to relieve colony at Port Royal, 434; intent to establish colony. 435; route, 436; land-fall, 436; builds fort. 437: explores St. John's River, Florida. and Georgia, 438; In- dians, 438; fountain of silver and gold, 438; dissatisfaction and
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mutiny, 438; decision to return to France, 440; arrival of Haw- kins, 440: news of Laudonnière's proceedings carried to France, 447; unfavorable reports spread, 448; expedition sent to his re- lief, 448, 450; escape from mas- sacre by Spaniards, 453; few of company return, 454; he reaches England, 454; mentioned. 413, 423, 429. 431, 432, 471, 473. 475. Lebersee, 3380).
Leif, Erik's son, voyage and set- tlement in New England. 63-66: settlement probably in Rhode Island, 65; observations on cli- mate, etc., 66 : Vinland voyage, 66. Leifsbudir (Narraganset Bay), 65, 67, 69, 72.
Lelewel. referred to, 99, 104, 115, 159, 388. [334.
L'Emerillon, ship of Cartier, 333.
Le Moyne. Jacques. 435; reports of exploring expedition under Lau- donnière. 435. 43 : escapes from massacre, and arrives in England, 453, 454: publishes accounts of events, 455; mentioned, 475, 476. Lery. French navigator. 203.
Lescarbot, referred to, 342, 383.
Levrier, La, ship of Ribault, HS, 453. 454.
Ley, English ambassador in Spain, 281, 361.
Linne, now Kingslynne, 112. Loaysa, 299.
Lok, or Locke, Master Michael, map, 290. 295. 297, 371.
London, 112.
Long Island and Sound, 311.
Long Island. on Homem's chart, 381: (Islesboro'), 417.
Los Martyres ( Florida Keyes), 242. Louisa Island (probably Martha's Vineyard). 260, 261.
Lonisa of Savoy. 259.
Lucayan Archipelago, 243, 245. 436. Lucayos ( Bahamas). 421, 449. Luffoden Islands, 90.
Madden, Sir F., 355. Madeira, 115. 174. 424.
Madoe. tradition of, 59. 114. 478. Magellan, Straits of, 42, 271, 273. 203, 294. 299.
Magliabecchian MS., referred to, 250, note, 263.
Magnetic needle, variation, 47;
needle and pole, notions of, by early navigators, 157.
Magnusen, referred to, 94, 111-113, notes.
Maidas, island of, 301.
Maine, climate, temperature, winds. 44, 45 ; fogs. 46; peculiar feature of coast, 47; position of, 5s: first Europeans on coast of. 71. 79: may have formed part of Maik- land, 84; French influence on discovery and settlement of. 205: early discovery, 236, 237; men- tioned, 109, 120. 146, 172. 335, 336, 354, 392, 393, 407.
Maine, coast of, 52. 53, 84, 113, 140; on Portuguese chart, 177: on . map of New France. 227, 231; possibly visited by Europeans before Verrazano, 246; beauties of, 267; English actually land, 288; Verrazano killed, 289: on chart of Lok, 291: on Mereator's map, 391; first European settle- ment on coast of. 419, 420; inilu- ence of various expeditions up- on discovery and settlement of, 474; mentioned, 172, 804. 367. 388, 405.
Maine, Gulf of, 35; size and con- figuration of, 36; soundings. 38: tides. 43.
Major, R. H., referred to. 378.
Maldonado, 408-410. 412: careful exploration of coast of United States, 411.
Malone Bay, 230.
Malte-Brun, 110, 116, 388.
Mangi, on map of Behaim, 149; name of Chinese province, 150. Maps of Columbus lost. 150; first engraved, of new world. 150; made by mariners of Honfleur and Dieppe. 202.
Map (sce charts), No. 4. of ocean and islands between western Europe and eastern Asia, from Behaim, 147-150.
Map. No. 5, of east coast of North America, 151-155.
Map, No. 6, of new world, by Ruysch. 156-158.
Map. No. 7. of North America, from globe of Schoner. 158-163.
Map, No. 11, of New France, by Gastaldi, 226-233.
Map, No. 12. of Terra Nueva, by Ruscelli, 233-235.
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Map, No. 13, of North America. by Michael Lok. 200-292. |292-295. Map, No. 14. of America. by Agnese, Maps, No. 15, of North America, a, b, c, d, 296-299.
Map, No. 17, sketches, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. 7, of coast of United States by different authors, 315-318.
Map, No. 20, of world, attributed to Cabot, 358-369.
Mar Baxa, 308.
Mar descubierto por Ingleses, 154.
Mare congelatum, 176.
Mare de Verrazana. 292.
Margaret's Bay, 230.
Markland (Nova Scotia), named, €4; two boys of, 77; position of, in Icelandic geography, 85, 86; mentioned, 66, 71, 83. 84, 88, 106, 108, 109, 117.
Marquez, 400. 468. 469.
Martha's Vineyard. 259-261.
Martyr, Peter, referred to, 133, 142, : 143, 197, 209, 212, 217, 218, 277-270, 370.
Mary of Guilford, English ship, 281-285, 287, 288.
Massachusetts, 109; bay, 35, 312.
Matanzas Inlet, 453.
Matienço. 246; Matienzo, 395.
Matthew. the, ship of the Cabots, 128, 185.
May River, 425, 426, 436.
Medanos, 304, 313, 353.
Medina. Pedro de, 361.
Menendez de Aviles, 450, 452: ex- peditions of. on coast of Flori- da. 455-461 ; service in Spanish America, 456 ; commission to sur- vey coast of Florida, 456; " Per- petual Adelantado of Florida," 457; change in character of ex- pedition. 457; sails. 458: attacks and destroys French settlement. 458: executes other objects of expedition. 459. 460; difficulties, 461: honors and rewards from Philip II, 461 : governor of Cuba, 401; returns to Spain and again to America. 461 : disorders. 461, 467; rebuilds forts and restores colony, 467 ; sends ont Jesuiti missionaries, 467, 468; survey of coast, 408 : far-reaching plans, 470; recalled to Europe, 470; fa- vorite of Philip HI, 470; invested with command of armada, and death, 471; prominence among
navigators and explorers, 471; character, 473.
Menendez and Marquez. enter- prises of, shrouded in obscurity by Spanish policy, 472.
Menendez in, 401.
Mercator, 106; atlas of, 317. 318, 381; birth and childhood of, 384; first maps, 385; map of world,
385 ; projection, 385 ; eminent, 386: character of work, 386.
Mer d'Espaigne, de France, Oceane, 354.
Meta incognita, 291.
Metway harbor, 303.
Mexico, 105, 294, 206, 363, 402, 408, 459.
Micmac Indians, captured by Cor- tereal, 90, 170.
Miller, referred to, 142.
Mines' Basin, 382.
Mingan islands, 328.
Minion, ship of Master Hore, 338.
Miramichi Bay, 326.
Miruelo, 243. 246, 396.
Mississippi River, 204, 368, 414, 408.
Mocosa, 392.
Moluccas. 274, 278, 203-205.
Monaco (the monk), 100.
Montaignes, 353.
Montagna verde, 306, 353.
Montagnes de Palassi, 438.
Montauk Point, 311, 314.
Monte de trigo, 230.
Montreal, 334.
Mösur, or Mausur (wood), 78, 494.
Mount Desert Island, 52.
Mount Royal, 333.
Munich, archives of Bavarian army at, 174.
Münster, 296.
Vaddod. a Scandinavian, in Ice- land. 61, 114.
Naesset, 68, 91.
Nantucket Island, 49; Shoals, 40. 43. 49, 353.
Narraganset Bay, 65, 261, 265, 311. 314. 430. [403.
Narvaez. expedition of, 363, 402. Natiscotic ( Anticosti), 331.
Nauset, 72. 74, 91.
Navarro, 285-287.
Navarrete, referred to, 199, 280, 301.
Navigation from Great Britain to Iceland, 112.
Navigators, Spanish, Portuguese, French, English, 92.
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New Brunswick, 327.
New England. 34: first discovered. 62, 63 ; first settlement. 63-66; southern part named Vinland, 66; considered part of Europe, 85-88 ; inhabited by Skrellings (Esquimaux). 89: English vessel driven to coast, 119; mentioned, 105, 106, 144. 146, 173, 294-297, 305- 307, 335, 366, 383, 384, 390, 391, 413, 431, 470.
New England. Gulf of, 35, 36. New found island. 186.
Newfoundland, 32. 34. 58; seen by Biarne, 63, 64: Icaria, 105: pen- insula on Cosa's map, 152; on Ruysch's chart, 158: on Schoner's map, 162 ; visited by Cortereal, 168 ; second voyage. 169; east coast explored by. 176; thinks it mainland, 177 : on Reinel's chart, 178 ; names on maps of, 179; south coast on Reinel's chart. 170; on Portuguese chart, 181; Portuguese fishing company, 188; Portuguese expeditions to. 190; intention of making Spanish set- tlement in, 195; belonging to Portugal. 198 ; on map of New France, 227, 230; early discove- ries, 236; circumnavigated by Car- tier, 337; voyage of Master Hore to, 337-340: mentioned, 106, 132, 135. 139. 140. 144, 145, 153, 267, 274, 275, 279. 281, 283. 297, 301, 305, 307, 313, 315, 326, 348-350. 356, 305, 366, 371, 373, 374, 379, 359, 393, 419, 430, 431.
Newfoundland Banks. 39, 187. 238. 280, 251, 301, 354, 404, 412, 447, 470, 476.
New France, 342. 310, 379, 380, 428.
New Hampshire. 109.
New Islands, the, 159, 160.
New Jersey, 353.
New land. a. supposed to be New- foundland. $3.
Newport, Leit's settlement near, 65; harbor. 261, 202, 428.
New River Inlet, 254.
New Spain, 350.
New York, bay, and harbor, 141- 144, 256-256, 283. 277, 294, 391. 413, 428, 430. 431. 475.
New York. Gulf of, 39, 141. Niça. Marco de. 426. Nicolas of Liune. 112.
Noder, like Norden, 102.
Nordero, colfo. 100. Vorobagra, 353.
Normandy, 196, 200. 279.
Northmen. 45: accounts of. 56-91, 89 ; emigration, 60; traffic with Skrellings, 73 : reports of voy- ages, 76; expedition to Vinland after Thorfinn Karlsefne. 82-85; heroic age passed by. 84; geog- raphers in Iceland, 86; reminis- cences of, SS; attractions of New England to, 92; influence of their attempt, 93; Friesland Islands in possession of. 94 ; resumé of their knowledge, 105; charts of. 107- 110: common features. 107 : men- tioned, 49. 53, 83, 90-94, 102, 103. 116. 262. 305.
North-west passage, 283. 200, 369, 379. 395, 403, 412, 477.
Northumberland, Duke of, 206.
Norumbega, Norumbegue. Terra de Norumbega, 205. 230; differ- ent restrictions of name. 231.253: various forms of word. 235 : men- tioned, 279. 284. 288, 291, 317, 318, 391. 392, 416, 419, 486.
Norumbega, city of, 353 : great river of, 304, 420, 489; gulf or sea of. 35.
Norvegia (Norway), 99, 100, 297.
Norway. 77, 99; Norwegia. 86.
Nouvelle France, La, Nova, La, 346, 356, 359.
Novaja Zemlia, 86.
Nova Scotia. 34. 51 : seen by Biarne. 63 ; included with Maine. 84; Estotiland, 105: seen by Cabot, 140, 141; on Ruysch's chart, 158; on Reinel's chart, 179; on Portu- guese chart, 180. 181 ; on map of New France, 227, 230: mention- ed. 173. 267. 281, 297. 302-304. 307. 317. 348, 353, 358, 366, 373, 380, 381, 390. 419.
Novus Atlas, sketch from, 317. Nueva Hispania, 297.
Nouvelle France. 436, 450. Nuova Francia, La. 231.
Nuremburg, M. Behaim, born in. 147.
Nurumberg, Tierra de, 234.
Ocampo, Sebastian de. 240.
Ocean, Atlantic, 33, 157, 295, 296. 297, 354, 426: isthmus between, and Pacific, 295; passage sought between and Pacific, 400.
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Ocean, Eastern. 109. 268.
Ocean, Northern, 297.
Ocean, Pacific, 33, 124, 160, 203, 295, 296, 298, 426, 477.
Ocean, Western, 140, 295, 474.
Ocean, between western Europe and eastern Asia, 147-150.
Ochelaga, 420, 356. See Hochelaga. Oesteroe, 101.
Ohio River, 40S.
Olafsen, referred to, 94.
Olensis, 102.
" Onefoots," 75, 76, 80.
Onslow Bay, 254.
Ophir, 296.
Ortelius, referred to, 106, 134, 292, 360, 361, 375, 381, 386, 389, 390, 392. Osmora Bay, 391.
Ottawa River. 335, 390.
Ottigny, M. de, 453.
Ovando, 469.
Oviedo, description of coast, 307- 316: referred to, 207, 226. 247, 274-
279, 285, 287, 299, 307. 312, 313, 315, 361, 367, 383, 396, 398. 405.
Owen, referred to, 00.
Owl's Head promontory, 304, 312, 316, 384.
Pamlico Sound, 309, 399.
Panama, Isthmus of, 160, 293.
Panuco, 402.
Papagalli terra, 160.
Papas, or papar, in Iceland, 60, 61, 111.
Pardo, expedition under, 460. Paria, 161.
Pariana, 296.
Parkman, referred to, 234.
Parmentier, 223, 232.
Parry, 220.
Parte incognite, 230.
Pascua Florida, 241.
Pasqualigo, referred to, 169, 171, note : letter of, 130, note ; 133, 135, 136. 177. 375.
Passamaquody Bay, 53, 56, 234, 235, note.
Pedee River, 309.
Pemaquid. 91.
Penguin Island. 339.
Peninsulas, 33. 34. 47.
Penobscot Bay, 53. 54, 234. 291, 304, 312, 316, 353, 358, 367, 391, 416, 419, 420.
Penobscot Indians, 55.
Penobscot River, 54, 55, 56, 312, 316, 358, 301, 392, 489.
Pequots, 90. Peramich, Indian king, 418. Pergen (Bergen), 99.
Perle, La, ship of Ribault, 448, 453, 454.
Perm (Biarmaland), 107.
Pert, English navigator with Cabot. 206, 207, 208, 219, 220.
Peru, 294, 459.
Peschel, referred to, 175, 178, 188, 193, 240, 297, notes.
Peterpence collected in Greenland, 94.
Phillips, Sir Thomas, map in pos- session of, 355, 356.
Physical features of coast and Gulf of Maine 31-56.
Pieria, commander of Charlesfort, 428, 432.
Pineda, 402, 403, 408.
Pirates on coast of Greenland, 114.
Piscataqua River, 55.
Pizarro, discoveries of, 293.
Placentia Bay, 349.
Plisacus Sinus, 157.
Point S. Andre, 349.
Point S. Maria, 349.
Polo, Marco, notions and reports of, 149; inscriptions and legends taken from, 150; quoted, 156.
Ponce de Leon, expedition of, 240- 243; sails in search of fountain of youth, 240; reaches Guana- hani, discovers and names La Florida, 241 : governor of Florida and Bimini, 242; dies in Cuba, 243; mentioned, 161, 162, 180, 274, 303, 308, 402, 444.
Popham celebration, memorial vol- ume. 187.
Popham, English captain, 405.
Port of the Holy Cross, 332, 334, 336, 342.
Port de la Plata, 396.
Port du Refuge, 230.
Port Royal, on map of New France, 230.
Port Royal, fate of settlement at, 432-434; sufferings, 432; captain killed, 432: sail for France, 433; snccor from an English bark, 433 ; arrive in England, 434; men- tioned, 436, 467.
Port Royal River, entrance, etc., 427. Portland Harbor, 53, 54. Porto Rico, 285, 286, 402. Portolano, or Portulano, 293, 298, --
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$48, 377, 420: name explained. Rhode Island. 72. 49:).
Portugal. 184. 273. 355.
Portuguese. explorers, 164; decline Columbus' proposal for western voyage, 164: Squyres. 185; fish- ing company formed, 188, 189; no journals, 190: may have appeared on our coast. 190; expeditions to Newfoundland continued, 190; kindness to Gilbert, 191; settle- ment on Sable Island, 191 : active on Banks of Newfoundland, 192; their discoveries given on charts. 192; high road to East Indies, 204. 482, 483.
Poutrincourt, 353.
Prato, Albert de, 284.
Prima Vista. 323. 366: Prima tierra vista. 373. 374. 375.
Primium Visam. 371. 374.
Prince Edward's Island, 326, 356, 366, 375.
Pring, 393, 413.
Promontorium Vinlandiæ. 108. 109. Protestant colony in new world, 415, 421; asylum for French, 431. Ptolemy's geography. 150; the Ptolemy, 296, 297, 361.
Punta de la Florida, 308.
Purchas, referred to, 282, 283, 284. notes.
Quaden, 392. Quebec, 334, 343. 356, 357.
Queen Elizabeth. commission to Gilbert and Raleigh. 474; report of French colonists to, 475.
Quinsay, city of. 295.
Quiviri (California). 291. Quoddy Head, 36.
Rafn, referred to, 57, 60. 68, 76, 78. 79, 81, 88, 89. 91, 105, 117.
Raleigh Bay. 255.
Raleigh, Sir W., 405, 413, 421, 455. 476.
Ramusio, referred to. 137. 203, 207, 218, 221. 226. 249. 263, 269. 270, 208, 335. 346. 377. 2 0. 403. 430. 492.
Recapitulation, conclusion, and, 477-497.
Reif Cape. 49. 311, 314.
Regiomontanus, 147.
Reinel, chart of Nova Scotia. etc., 177-179; mentioned, 275. 290, 301. Result of examination of maps for early history of Maine, 182.
Rhodes, island of. 260. Ribault. Jacques. 453. 454.
Ribault. Jean. first exploring expe- dition of. 421-431 : outfit, instruc- tions, etc .. 422, 423; new route. 423. 424: arrives on coast. 425; Eldorado. 426; establishes fort and colony, 427; sails north, 428; returns to France. 428. 429: col- ony overwhelmed by Spaniards, 430: mistakes of Ribault, 430, 431 : solicitations for aid un- heeded, 432 ; commands third French expedition to Florida, 447: sails, 449; meets Laudon- nière and companions, 450; Span- ish armament appears, 450; Ri- bault sails, 451; adopts offen- sive, 452: French fort surprised. 453: Ribault shipwrecked and killed, 453 ; few of colony re- turn to France. 454: commission included Gulf of Maine. 474 : loses opportunities of establish- ing French settlement in Maine. 475: mentioned, 413, 414, 446, 471, 473.
Ribera gram, 381. Ribera de Jardins. 381. Ribera de S. JJoam, 381.
Ribero. first chart of Maine, 52; map by. 299-307; mentioned, 161, 251. 807. 313-317, 319. 353, 361, 300, 377, 383. 898. 899, 407, 419.
R. de bonne mère. 353.
Rio de la buelta, 303. 353 : de Buena madre, buena madeira, 306, 311. 314, 317. 358, 367 : de Canada, 356; de Castanar, 318 : las Canoas, 309; Dabol. 367: Doloso, 358; Douche. 356; de Don Diego. 162; Dnee, 365: del Espiritu Santo (James River). 310; del Espiritu Santo (Mississippi), 868. 408; Fre- mosa. 350; Fundo ( Bay of Fun- dy). 316: de las Gamas, 304. 212, 318. 316, 358, 367. 891, 420: da Gen- te. 349; Grande, grant. 304, 358, 391 : Grande, of Norumbega, 392, 420; Hondo, Fondo, 37. : (+); Jan- eiro. Bay of. 415: Jordan, 217, 309. 396. 397. 399. 427: de Monta- ñas, 808, 313; Nevado, 16%; de Peros, 367; de St. Anthoine, 353; de San Antonio, 810. 311. 3144, 319, 867; de Sta. Elena, 309: S. Pol, 358; de S. Quenam, 365; Pria, 350;
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Primero, 358. 39); del Principe, | Sand-bank on map of New France,
309, 399: de Quenbequin, 347;
Real. 349: de Rosa. 175; Salado. Sandy Hook, 257, 258, 306, 319, 353.
310, 460: Seco. 308; S. Miguel de Gualdape. 807. 401 ; de Tormenta. 388; de Trafalgar, 309; da Trav- San Pedro, 349.
eça. 350; de la Volté, 353. Rivers, 54.
Holy Cross, 294; La Plata, 369; St. Lawrence, 56 .- see St. Law- rence; of Sta. Maria, 420. See Rio.
Rivière Cartier, 324: des Dauphins, 437; Dolphins. 451 ; de May, 425, 420, 436, 437, 450. 465; du Sague- nay, 365: Seine. 464.
Roberval, expedition to Canada, 340-347 ; head of expedition, 3441 ; delay. 342: arrives at St. John, 543; establishes himself at France Roy, 43; search for north-west passage, 344; return, 344 : por- trait on map, 354; mentioned,322, 357, 365. 414, 427.
Rochelle, 454.
Roggeveen, 469. Rolf, 83.
Rome, Greenland known at, 116. Roseway bank. 40.
Route, new French to east coast of United States, 424, 439, 449, 474.
Route, Spanish, to east coast of United States, 424, 436.
Royal collections of King of Bava- ria. 177. 180.
Ruscelli, 233, 234.297.
Rut, object of his expedition, 283: return. 283 : little knowledge concerning, 284 ; probabilities, 286, 287, 288; result of examina- tion, 258: second English expe- dition on entire coast, 259; men- tioned, 320. 481.
Ruysch, chart by, 156-158.
Sable. Cape. 37. Sable Island. 179, 191, 204, 232.
Sable Island Bank, 40.
Saco Bay, 267, 312, 367.
Saco River, 54. 55. Sagadahoc, 55.
Sagra, 151.
Saguenay River and country, 331, 332, 335. 356, 348. 354, 365, 880, 390. Samson, the English ship, 281-283. Saintonge, French captain, 3H. San Antonio, 307, 317.
San Felipe, fort, 459.
San Mateo, 459, 404.
Santander, 471.
Santee, 309.
River of Hochelaga, 354 ; of the Satouriba. Indian chief, 464.
Sault de S. Louis. 343.
Savage Rock (C. Neddoc), 405, note.
Savannah River, 308, 407. 414.
Saxe Weimar, Grand Duke of, 209, 300.
Scalodin (Skalholt), 102.
Scandinavia, 58. 99: Scandinavian draftsman from Iceland, 107.
Scandinavian, Chronicles, 00 ; A- merica, ST.
Schmeller, referred to. 179.
Schoner, globe of, 158; other globes similar to, 159 ; map, 160, 161; two great series of discoveries indi- cated on, 162. 199.
Scocia (Scotland). on chart of Zeni, Scholnus, 114, 115, 110.
Sea of Cortes, 403.
Sea of Norumbega, 35.
Seahorse Point, 220.
Septemcitade, Sept Cités. Island of the Seven Cities, 125, 135, 148, 292, 426. 437.
Sera Lion (Sierra Leone), 148.
Seyler, Johann, 158.
Sforza archives. 130, note.
Shetland Islands. 58. 95, 100, 107.
Ship-nose ( Kialarnes), 40, 68, 69.
Shoals, fishing, 39.
Sigurdson, referred to, 117.
Sigurdus, map drawn by, 107-109.
Silver mines, 437.
Sinbad, Arabian navigator, 149.
Skager Rak. 99. Skalholdin. 387. Skalholt, Skalhott, 102, 108, 117. Skraekja (to cry), 90.
Skrellings, 68, 73, 80, 89, 90, 91.
Slave-trading voyages, 245: slave- hunting expeditions, 247 ; Gomez' cargo, 277: Hawkins' do., 442.
Smith, 55, 393, 413, 463. Snorre, 74, 77, 79. Snorre Thorbrandsen, 70.
Solomon, ship of Hawkins, 442.
Sorand, 100. Soundings, 38. South Sea, 299, 426, 437. Spagnola, Spañola, 156, 157.
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Spain, 115, 121, 129, 130, 148. 165. 166 |St. Mary's Bay, 309, 349, 382, 399.
183. 184. 192-198. 210-215. 223, 241, 242, 251. 271-278. 277, 281, 287, 827,
394, 430, 456, 457, 459, 401, 466, 407, 484
Spanish Basques. 280, 301. 412.
Spanish expeditions along coast of Florida, 236-248.
Spanish expeditions of Ayllon to Chicora, 245-248.
Spanish expeditions and fisheries, 404, 412, 485; shipwrecks, 405. Spanish survey of east coast of Florida. 467-474.
Spanish claims to whole of North America, 476.
Spanish sovereigns protest against English enterprises, 192.
Sparke, 442, 445; description of Florida. 446.
Spice Islands. 395.
Spitzbergen. 56.
Sprengel, German geographer, 300. Square Gulf. 321.
S. Andre, point, 349.
St. Augustine, San Augustino, 425, 451, 458, 459.
St. Brandan, 125, 148, 149, 386.
S. Christofalo, 317.
St. Croix River. 54. 55, 56.
St. Domingo, 243, 246, 286, 395, 401, 436, 444.
St. George's Channel, 454.
St. German, 286.
St. Gregor, 366.
St. Helena Sound (Rio Jordan), 309. 396. 397, 420, 459.
S. Jago. 277.
St. John, or S. Juan Island, 134.
St. John, Newfoundland. 283.
St. John's River. 308, 330, 390, 459. S. Juan Baptista, 306.
S. Juan de Porto Rico, 285.
St. Lawrence River. 56; expeditions to, 322: application and exten- sion of name, 330; San Lorenço, 330; mentioned. 227. 292. 294. 205, 315, 316, 320, 327, 345, 352, 353, 356, 860, 865. 375, 379, 388, 390, 392, 409, 420, 460.
St. Lawrence, gulf of, 162, 315, 320, 356, 365, 375, 379; early French voyages to. 202, 350.
St. Lawrence Port, 331.
St. Laurens, 354.
Sta. Lucia, fort, 459.
S. Maria, Point. 249.
Ste. Marie, Courant de, 343.
400, 401,400, 469. Sce Bahia' de Sta. Maria.
St. Mary's River, 425. 436.
St. Martin, Pilot Major, 212, 213.
St. Maurice River, 390.
S. Miguel de Gualdape, 397, 398, 401. St. Paul (North Point), 337, 349; island, 350, 373.
S. Paulo, 349.
St. Peter's Channel. 330, 331.
St. Peter's Island. 337.
St. Peter's Lake, 333. 334.
S. Sebastian, fishermen of, 280.
Saint Servan, 324.
Stadacona, Indian village, 332, 335, 356 ..
Stat (Cape Statlant), 99.
Steamers, British, 45.
Stockfish, 112.
Stow's Chronicles, 206.
Strachey, 405, note.
Strait of Bahama, 45S.
Strait of Belle Isle, 324-326, 329, 330, 350, 365, 375, 370.
Straumey, 72.
Straumfiordr, 72, 74-76.
Streme, Stromoc, 100.
Sudero Colfo, 100.
Suderőe I., 100.
Suecia (Sweden), 99. Sueno, S1.
Swallow, ship of Hawkins, 442.
Swansea, 454.
Sweating sickness, 220.
Sweet potatoes first mentioned. 248, note.
Sylva, Bp. of Viseu. 351, 355.
Tartars, North American Indians thought to be, 150.
Tarratines, 90.
Tartaria, 149, 150.
Temistitan, city of, 403.
Temperature, 44.
Terceira, 188, 245.
Terra Agricule (Greenland), 378; Terra Agricola, 387.
Terra, tierra, de Bacalaos, Bacalos, Bacalhas, Bacallaos. Baccalaos, Baccalhaos, Bocalhas, 165, 175. 188, 189, 204, 234, 294, 297, 208, 201, 302. 307, 356, 389.
Tera Bimini, 180.
Terra, terre, tierra de, des, dus, Bretones, Bretons. 196, 204, 298, 302, 303, 317, 353, 391.
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Terra Corterealis, terra de cortte | Torlacius Theodorus, 107, 108, 109.
Real. 162. 175, 189. 204. 388, 389. Terra de Cuba, on Schoner's map, 161.
Terra Florida, 100, 296, 297.
Terra incognita, 308.
Terra, tierra de Labrador, 229, 234, 301, 302. 307. 364.
Terra, tierra. Nova, Nueva, Nuova, 158, 190, 231. 233. 321, 356.
Terre Française, La, 204, 205.
Terre des Molues, La, 204.
Terre Neuve, La. 204, 329.
Testa, French pilot, 420.
Thebet, 149.
Thevet. 415 : visits Norumbega, 416; Indian words, 417, 418 ; visits Penobscot, 419; credit to pilot, 420.
Thirkill, L., 186.
Thomassy, referred to, 290, 291, 300, notes.
Thorbrandsen, Snorre, 70.
Thorfinn Karlsefne, settlement in Vinland, 70-s1; marries Gudrida, 70; sails from Greenland, 71; sails westward, and builds Thor- finn's budir. 72; goes in search of Thorhall, 75; third winter in Vinland, 77 ; returns to Green- land, 77 ; sails for Norway, 78; returns to Iceland, 79; results of expedition, 79-81 ; mentioned, 82, 91.
Thorhall, 70, 72, 74. 75, 79, 80. Thorlak. Bishop, 79. Thorleifson, 117.
Thorne, referred to, 186; letter to Henry VIII, 215, 216, 222; two letters of, 251-283, 361.
Thorstein, Erik's son, 70.
Thorwald, Erik's son, 66-69.
Thorwald Helgason, 83.
Thorwald, son-in-law of Erik the Red, 71.
Tides in Gulf of Maine, 43; in Bay of Fundy. 43.
Tierra de Ayllon, 307, 898. 399.
Tierra de Gomez, 277, 279, 302, 307, 309.
Tierra de Nurumberg. 234.
Tiger, the ship of Hawkins, 442.
Tiger-like animal on map attribu- ted to Cabot, 364, 365.
Tiraboschi, referred to, 96, 229,
Tordesillas, treaty of, 307.
Torfaeus, 107, 108.
Torlacius, Gudbrandus, 109, 110.
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Tortugas. 242, 444.
Toscanelli, 125, 140, 148, 150.
Tradition of Madoc, 59; of people from west, 59; of Irish to west, 60; of Irish in Iceland. 60.
Trinité, La, ship of Ribault, 44S.
Trinitie, ship of Master Hore, 33S. Trin, prom. (C. Farewell), 387:
Tronde (Drontheim), 99.
Tyrker, 65, 87, 493.
Ultima Thule, 116-118.
Ungava Bay, 230, 388, 389.
United States, 52, 53, 142; called Nurumbega, 231 ; information from de Soto's reports regarding southern portion of, 409 ; first European settlement on coast of, 65; second do. of, 427; men- tioned, 39, 42, 43, 48, 49, 53, 92, 251, 390, 395, 412, 420, 459.
United States, east coast of, 351- 354.
United States, coast survey, 36, 42.
Valdes, governor of Cuba and Flor- ida, 471.
Vallard, author and owner of map, 354, 355, 390.
Vasco de Gama, 164.
Vasseur, Le, Michael and Thomas, 436.
Vega, referred to, 243, 410.
Velasco, Don Juan de, 469.
Velasco, Portuguese or Spanish sailor, 202.
Velasquez, governor of Cuba, 402.
Venetians, intercourse with north
of Europe, 93, 94 ; resident at . Bristol, 122.
Venice, center of geographical. knowledge, 377.
Vera Cruz, 244.
Verrazano, 52, 84; Italian naviga- tor employed by the French, 249; chart of, 228, 231; expeditions, 248-270; sails from France, 250; in sight of coast of United States, 251; land-fall, 252, 254; southern terminus of voyage, 253, 254; se- cond and third landing-places, 255, 257, 258; hills, 256; sails east, 258; island, 259, 260; sails along coast of New England, 263; de- seription of coast of Gulf of Maine, 263-263; coast of Maine,
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267: returns to France, 267; ac-| count invaluable. 269; second expedition probable, 269, 270; ul- timate fate. 270, 284, 289; charts, 290-299 : Verrazano's plat, 290, 291, 295 ; sea of, 297, 335, 474; mentioned. 319, 320, 352, 422, 423, 424, 427, 428, 430.
Verrazano Hieronymus, 291, note. Vespucci, Amerigo, 129, 160; rea- son for his name being given to America. 496. Vespucci. Juan, 273.
Vessel sails from Iceland to Mark- land. 83. 84.
Vianna, 1SS.
Victoria, the. Magellan's vessel, 271. Viegas, chart by. 348-351.
Villegagnon. 415, 416.
Vines and grapes discovered by Leif's men. 65. 493.
Vinland, named, 66; climate, length of days. etc .. 66: " the good," 77, 79, 82. 92; known in Denmark, 80, 81; expeditions to, 82-85; in- tercourse between Greenland, Iceland. and. 84; lost sight of, 85; position in Icelandic geogra- phy, 85, 86; part of Europe, 87, 88; on chart of Zeni. 106; on chart of Northmen. 108; men- tioned by Adam of Bremen, 116; mentioned, 68, 70. 74, 117.
Vinland's Haf. 108.
Virginia, 405, 407, 413, 414, 434, 441, 475.
Vitalis, Odericus. 81.
Vitet, referred to, 201-203.
Vivaldi, the brothers, Vadino and Guido. 93.
Vivaldi, Ugolino, 93.
Voyage attributed to Sebastian Cabot. 355-377; incorrect theory, 371: remarks on probability of voyage, 372-376 : prima tierra vis- ta, 373; search for. north-west passage. 374; errors in statement, 376; voyage doubtful, 377.
Voyages between time of Coluna- bus and 1520. 161.
Voyage. English, under Cabot and Pert. 206.
Voyages of France, 295.
Voyages. French, after Cabot and Cortereal, 199-205.
Voyage of Hawkins on coast of North America. 440-447.
Voyage of Leif, Erik's son, 63, 66.
Voyages to Newfoundland, 192-199. Voyages of Spaniards from Havana to Bacallaos, 411.
Voyages of Verrazano, 249-270.
Voyages subsequent to those of Cabot and the Cortereals, 183- 224.
Walckenaer, treatise of, 149, note; map found in library of, 151.
Wawenoc Indians, 91.
Weimar, collections of Grand Duke of, 299, 300.
Western Europe and Eastern Asia, short distance between, 147.
Western Islands, 116.
Westrabord, 387.
Weymouth, 393, 413.
White bears, 133.
White Mountains, 265, 267, 304.
Willoughby, 480.
Winds, 44.
Witsare, 387.
Wytfliet, referred to, 114, 279, note, 392, 419, note.
Ylhas de caravillo, 388.
Ynglaterra, Cavo de, 153, 154.
Yngleses, mar descubierto por, 154.
Y. dos Bocalhas, 178.
Y. dus demonios, 388.
Ys. des Loups, 353.
Ysla de S. Juan, 366.
Y. de la tormenta (Island of Storms), 379.
Ysla Verde, 301, 386.
Yucatan, 180, 363.
Zahotman, referred to, 96. Zartmann, referred to, 112.
Zeni, the, voyages of, 92-97, 114, 110; map of Greenland, 102,387; sea chart of, 97-106; names on chart. 98, 100, 102, 104; informa- tion from Northmen, 102; map of Greenland copied, 103; different interpretations, 106; particular distinction of, 106; mentioned, 96, 101, 103, 110, 122.
Zeno, Antonio, 95, 98, 104, 105. Zeno, Carlo, 95. Zeno, Nicolo, 94, 95.
Zeno, Nicolo, the younger, 06, 98, 103. Zichmni, 95, 105, 114.
Zipangu (Japan), 156, 157, 160, 239, 200. Sce Cipangu.
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