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C.
Cao, Diogo, 27.
Caravajal, 71.
Casimir III, of Poland, 12.
Cassel's Deutsche Kaufleute, quo- ted, 43.
Castellanos, Juan de, 73.
Cathechism, Lutheran, in Indian Language, 110 ; title page, III. Cathay, mention of, 22.
Caton, William, 115; tracts by, 116, Caxton, first book, 14; Recuyell of Histories of Troy, ib. Charles I, of Spain, 48.
Charles V, Emperor, 48; auto- graph, ib. ; negotiates loans, 49 ; mention, 52; indebtedness to Welser, 54; borrows from Anton Welser, 58; edict of, 62 ; grants to Fugger, 78, 80 ; priviledges to mint gold and silver money, 82 ; receives letter from Cortez, 89 ; attempts to suppress Protestant- ism, 96 ; abdicates 92.
Charles VII, of France, 12; VIII, 24. Chili, originally a German colony, 82 ; arms of Republic, 84.
Christian I, of Denmark, 12; II, 48. Collegia, Piætatis, 120.
Coligny, Admiral de, founds colony in South Carolina, 91
Columbus, Christopher, at Lisbon, : 28; make proposals to King John ib .; autograph, 30; first letter of 34; portrait, ib .; arms, ib. ; discov- ery brings no profit to Spain, 41. Compass Rose, de la Cosa, 32.
Concord (Ship) arrives at Phila- delphia, 125.
Constantine, II, Emperor, 12.
Constantinople captured by Turks, 19 ; defence of, 19.
Coro, Germans land at, 61 ; why
chosen, ib .; sketch of, 62, 65; printing press at, 68.
Coriana, see Coro.
Cortez, Hernando, 89.
Cosco, Aliander de, 33.
Cosmographiae, introductio, 36; title, 38.
Crefeld colnoy, 125.
Crisp, Stephen, 115 ; tract by, 116. Croese, Gerhard, mention of 117 ; historia quakeriana, 153; Ger- man, 154 ; English, 154.
Cromberger, Jakob, 9; prints man- uel de adultos, ib. ; second work, ib. ; fac-simile of earliest imprint, IO ; mention of, 69.
D.
Dalfinger (Talfinger), Ambrose, 54; at San Domingo, 55 ; identity of, ib. ; governor of colony, 57, 60 ; lands at Coro, 61 ; death of, 69. Darien, gold found at, 43.
Davis, William, 161.
d'Avaux, 99.
D'Invigney. mention of, 141.
Derricks, Gertrude, m. Stephen Crisp, 116.
Dunkers (a sect), 88.
Dutch Colonization, 102.
E.
Edict of Nantes, revoked, 139. Effects of the great discoveries, 41.
Ehinger, Ambrose, 54; see also Dalfiger.
Ehinger, George, 68. Hans, 44.
Heinrich, of ulm, 55, 58. Ulrich, 65, 66.
Ehinger, arms, 56; negotiate with German miners, 61 ; royal grant . to, 55.
Elisabeth, Countess of Hornes, 117.
Emanuel, of Portual, confers privi- ledges, 43.
Emigrants, information for, 131.
Emperor, I, 92 ; II, ib.
Encomiendas, system of, 81 ; pro- test against, ib.
Enderlein, first German woman in America, 66. Endres, Rem and Company, 46.
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Endres and Lucas, den Remen, 46. Ephemerides, Regiomontanus, 23,
27.
F.
Faber, Uldericus, book by, 83. Fac-similes, oldest American im- print, 10.
Fac-similes of title pages, see ap- pendix.
Falckner, Daniel, 165; Curiense Nachricht, ib. ; tract by, 166 ; Jus- tus, 165; missive to Germany, ib. Federmann, Nicolaus, 63, 65; Indi- anische Historia, 66; diary, 67 ; fac-simile of title, ib., 68; sec- ond expedition, 69, 75.
Fehrbellin, battle of, 114.
Female Harpies, 97.
Ferdinand and Isabella, Spain, 24, 29.
Ferdinand I, Emperor 92; II, ib. Festschrift, für Erdkunde zu Ber- lin, 7; Hamburger, 6. Feyerabend, Sigismund, 83. Flemings (Germans), 74.
Fort, Philip, 123.
Fournier, Hydrographie, quoted, 27. Fox, George, visits Germany, 117, 120.
Frame, Richard, "a short descrip- tion," 159.
Frank, Sebastian, 83. Francis, of Valvis, 48.
Frankfort-Company, 123; publishes tracts, 167.
Franklin, Dr. Benjamin, presents paper on discovery of America, 6. Freiberg, Saxony, mention of, 18. Friederichsen, I, quoted, 6.
Frederick III, Emperor, 12, 24 ; IV, elector Palatine, 92.
Frederick Wilhelm, elector of Brandenburg, 134; plans an American colony, 135; return of expedition, 137; founding of Friedrich's Berg, 136.
Frohermuth, see Hohemuth, 63. Fucares, etc., see Fugger.
Fugger, Jacobus, portrait of, 50 ; Anton, 78; governor of colony, 80 ; portrait of, 81 ; Hieronymus, 79; Raimond, 78; (Fucares, etc.), 45 ; family, 48, 54, 73 ; grants to,
Furly, Benjamin, mention of, 8; postscript by, 116; notice of, 117; publishes Penn's tracts, 122; auto- graph of, 123; member of Frank- fort Company, ib .; pamphlets by, 130 ; translate's " Penn's " brief account, 133, 134 ; proposes safe guards for German emigrants, 142; criticizes Penn's frame of Gov't, 143 ; objects to slavery in Penn's colony, 144; fac-simile, ib .; explanations of, to purchasers, 147, 160.
G.
Gama, Vasco de, 42.
Gelcich, lösung der Behaim Frage, 27.
Genoese, arms, 20; Expelled from Levant, 21.
German Merchants, Enterprise of, 20 ; in Portugal, 43 ; grants to it, at Lisbon, 45; in America, 45 ; San Domingo, ib .; list of at Augsburg, 54.
German Miners (Bergknappen) names of, who came to America, 66,
Germanisches National Museum, 14.
Germanicus, Johannes, defends Constantinople, 19.
Germans, factors in development of America, 4; discriminations against, by Historians, ib .; intlu- ence over trade of the world, ib. German, Names hispanicized, 9 ; printers in America, ib .; Com- mercial Enterprise, 16, 17 ; Nau- tical Instruments, 31 ; Expedition to East Indies, 45; influence in America, 51; Names hispani- cized, ib .; Earliest Colonization, ib .; German Emigration, litera- ture used to induce, 145: First German Book in America, 160. Germany, Social Conditions of, 13; Secular Schools Established, 13; Kloster schulen in, ib .; Devasta- tion of, 95.
Ghillany, Dr. F. W., Mention of, 6; Geschichte des See Fahrers Martin Behaim, 26.
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78 ; arms of, ib. ; house at Augs- burg, 78 ; grants to, 79 ; house at Levelle, 79 ; protest against slav- ery, 81.
Gindley, 30 years' war, quoted, 99. Giocondo, Fra Giovanne del, 36. Gold mines in Germany, 18 ; most profitable in the world, 18.
Gröben, Otto Friedrich von der,
134 ; sent out with German fleet, 135 ; establishes colony on gold coast, 136; return to Europe, ib .; publishes an account, 137.
Grübel, Melcher, 70 ; arms, 75. Gundelfinger, Andreas, 68.
Gustavus, Adolphus, King of Swe- den, portrait, 102; autograph, 106; approves charter for Ameri- can colony, 106; death, ib.
Gustav (Biorn), of Sweden, 48.
Guttenberg discovers printing, 13.
H.
Haebler, Dr. Konrad von, 54, 57 ; quoted, 58, 82.
Hanseatic League, 15 ; objects of, 16; sketch of, ib .; arms London, ib. ; London warehouses, 17 ; arms Bruges, IS ; privelegium to, by Portual, 43.
Hanseatic vessels, sail around Cape of Good Hope, 42.
Hendrick, Pannebecker, quotation, from, 147.
Henry VI, of England, 12 : VIII, p, 24, 48 ; the navigator (Portugal). 23.
Herwart, 54.
Hispanicized names, 73.
Hochstetter, 45, 54.
Hohemuth, Georg (Georg von Speyer), 63, 68, 69; death of, 69, 75.
Hondius, Jocundus, designates the two Continents, 39.
Hörl, Veit, 79.
Hudson Bay company founded on plan of Hanseatic factories, 15.
Huguenot colony, 91 ; persecution of, 139.
Humboldt, Baron, Alexander von, 6; quoted 6; Kritische unter- suchung 6 ; Ex. Critique, 26, 28 ;
investigations of 35; criticizes Dr. Otto, 36 ; quoted, 37 ; opinion of name America, 39.
Hurter, Jobst von (Jobst Dutra), 25. Hutten, Bishop, Moritz von, 64.
Hutten, Philipp von, 64, 68, 69; murder of 70; portrait 71, 75. Hyrssfogel, 45.
I.
Ilsing, 54. Im hof, 45, 54.
ndianische, Historia (Federmann), 66 ; title page, 67.
Indulgence. fragment of, 47.
Information for emigrants, 131.
Insignia, Pennsylvania-German So- ciety, 7.
Introduction, Historical, 3.
J.
Jacobstaff, introduced by Behaim, 27, 28 ; method of using, 20. James of Scotland, II 13; IV, 24, 48. Jansenism, 115.
Jews, German, on Columbus' first voyage, 9.
John II, of Portugal, 24; establishes Junta de Mathematics, 24.
John, Frederick, of Saxony, 90.
Johanus, Alburtus, of Poland, 24.
Johannes of Denmark, 24.
Joseph Justice, 25.
Junto de Mathematics, 27.
K.
Kaufmann, frater Johannes, indul- gence, 47.
Kelp of Sternberg, arms, 46.
Kistler, Hans, 70.
Kleinschmidt, Arthur, quoted, 49.
Klöden v, quoted, 74.
Klunzinger, Karl, 77.
Knipperdolling, 86.
Koch, 54.
Köler, 54; Hieronymus, 68.
Königsberg, 23.
Köster, Henrich Bernhard, 161 ; tract by, ib .; tract against, 161.
Kretschmer, Dr. Konrad, mention of, 7.
Kunstmann, oldest maps of Amer-
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ica, 40 ; " Deutsche in Portugal" quoted, 24.
Kustler, Bartolomeaus, German printer, 33.
L.
Landsknecht, picture of 52. Langmantel, 54.
Las Casas, quoted, 45 ; sketch of, 73 ; controverted, 75, 76.
Las Indies, Spanish name for Amer- ica, 38.
Laudonniere René, 91.
Laurentz, Johann, 125.
Lebrunn, Johann, 123.
Lebzelter, Franz, 68.
Leo X, Pope, 48.
Leopold, Emperor, 114.
Lerma, Gracia de, 57.
Leydon, John von, 86, 87.
Limpias, Pedro de, 72.
Louis XIV, of France, 113; orders devastation of Palatinate ib., and Würtemberg, 140.
Louvois, mention of, 139. Ludovic II, of Hungary, 48.
Lud. Walther, 36. Luther, Martin, portrait, 47.
Lutheran Church, first, in North America, IIO. Lutheranism, evidences of, 75. Lutherans in Venezuela, 76.
M.
Magalhaens uses German instru- ment, 31 ; vessel arrives at Lis- bon, 58; cargo bought by Ger- mans, ib.
Mänlich, 54.
Manuel de Adultos, 9; fac-simile of title, 10.
Map, Ptolomy, 13, 15, 38, 39; Fra Mauro's, 22, 23 ; orbis typus, 36 ; Welser posessions in S. America, 71 ; Palatinate. 86.
Marco Polo, mention of, 22 ; Bio- graphical note, 22 ; Travels, 23. Marcou, Jules, refuted, 39. Mastrich, Gerhard von, 123. Matthias, Emperor, 92.
Maxmillian, Empereor, 48 ; II, 92 ; Duke of Bavaria, ib. Mayr, Hans, 45, 54.
Mazarin, 113. Medieval Era, close of, 12. Melac, 14I.
Mennonities, 88; emigration, 89 ; secure recognition, 115; Penn preaches among, 118.
Mercurius, Germaniae, mention of, 106 ; title page, 107.
Merian, Casper, 123.
Merlau, Johanna von, 120.
Meurs, land of, 125; account of, I26. Mey Cornelius, 102.
Micer de Ambrosio, see Dalfinger, Ambrose.
Michaelis, Pastor, 103.
Minuet (Minnewit, etc.), Peter, 102; notice of, 103; treats with Indians, 104; founds colony, 105 ; resigns as Dutch Commissioner. 106; en- ters service of Sweden, 110, 112. Mohammed !I, Sultan, 13; portrait, 19 ; obtains foot hold in Europe, 19 ; sketch of, ib.
Monathlicher, Auszug, 164.
Musicians, German, arrive at Coro, 68.
N.
Neidhardt, 54. Negro slaves introduced, 56, 57.
Neusesser, Jorg, 61.
Nicolas VI, Pope, 12.
Nürnberg, arms of, 63; peace of, 89; Casimir von, 57.
Otto, Dr. John Matthew, 5 ; sketch of, ib. ; memoir on discovery of America, 6; refuted by Spaniards, ib .; incentive to Humboldt, 36; criticized, ib.
Ortiz. Don Diego, 24.
Oxenstjerna Axel, 108; autograph ib .; portrait, 110.
P.
Palatinate, invasion of, 139; map 86. Paper, improvements in making, 13; first mill in Europe, ib. ; from linen rags, ib.
Paraguay, German interests in, 83. Pastorius, Daniel Francis, 156; "Four Tracts," 156; Kurtze Be- schreibung," 157; pamphlet, 161;
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quoted, 123, 125; arrives at Philadelphia, ib. ; Send Brief, ib ; "Four Boasting Disputers Re- buked," ib .; “Umständige Be- schreibung," 166.
Pastorius, Melchior Adam, 157: " Kurtze Beschreibung."
Paul III, Pope, aids Charles V, 90. Peace of Westphalia, medal of, 95; consumation of, 99.
Peasants, Broadside, 85; title page, XII articles, 86; war, ib. ; ser- mon, 87.
Penn, William, mention of, 8, 104 ; visits Germany, 117; "Send Brieff," ib. ; title page of journal, 118; Mss. to Countess of Hornes, 119; visits Frankfort, 120; Horta- tory tracts, 122; portrait, 124, notes arrival of Germans, 125; seal of, ib. ; arms, 126; “ condi- tions and concessions, 127 ; some account of province, ib. ; trans- lated into German and Dutch, 128; liberty of conscience, 129 ; articles of free society of traders, 130; charter to free society, 130; frame of Government, ib. ; infor- mation and directions to emi- grants, 131 ; Nader Informatie, 132; brief account, 133 ; Kurtze Nachricht, ib .; fundamental con- stitution, 143; criticized by Furly, ib. ; letter to free traders, 145; same in Dutch, ib .; German, 146; French, ib. ; a further ac- count, 148; same in Dutch, 149; vindication by Philip Ford, 151 ; by Dr. More, ib. ; some letters, 152; No Cross, No Crown in Dutch, ib .; frame of Govern- ment, 152; travails in Holland, ib. ; proposals for second settle- ment, 156; letter to King of Po- land, 164.
Pennsylvania-German Society, au- thorizes publication of history of German influences in settlement of Pennsylvania, 7.
Pennsylvania Magazine of History, quoted, 8.
Pennsylvania, royal proclamation, of grant to Penn, 127.
Pennsylvania State arms, II.
Pennypacker, Hon. S. W., referred to, 82.
Peutinger, 54 ; Christoph, 49. Pfiister, 54.
Philtus, Enthusiasticis, 154 ; title, 155.
Philip, Archduke, of Austria, 48. von Hessen, 90.
Pietists, edicts against, 149, 150.
Pietism, German, 115.
Pimel, 54.
Plantation Work, 133.
Polo, Marco, mention of, 41.
Printer, first German, in America, 68.
Printing introduced in America by Germans, 9; invention of, 13 ; Guttenberg, Faust and Schöf- fer, ib. Printing press at Coro, 68, 69. Ptolomy edition, 1508, 39.
Q.
Quäcker greuel, title, 150.
Quakerism, 115.
Quakers, edicts against, 149.
Quaker powder, 154.
Quaker Valley (Quackerthal, Ger- man name for Penn's colony, 142. Quietism, 115.
R.
Raynal's History, quoted, 52. Recit des l'Estat, etc., 129.
Reformation, the, 85 ; influence of, 46.
Regensburg, diet at, 98.
Regiomontanus (Johannes Müller), 23 ; sketch of, ib., 25; German almanac, 26; calculations and tables, 26; Ephemerides, 27
Rehlinger, 54.
Reiss (Bergmeister), 6r.
Religious unrest in Germany, 114. Rem, 54. « Lucas, 44, Agent for Welser, 46.
Remen, des Lucas, 46.
Rembold, Jacob, 49, 54. Rembold, Heinrich, 69. 71.
Rentz, 54. Rentz, Sebastian, 60, 61.
Ringmann, Matthias (Philesius), 36.
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Index.
Rio de la Platte, German activity on, 83.
Robertson, Ancient India, quoted, 18, 19, 20, 46.
Rodrigo, 25. Rolf, George, 115.
Rudolph, II, Emperor, 92.
Ruge "Endeckungs Reise," 24.
Ruge, Dr. Sophus, quoted, 6, 26, 28.
Rulers of Europe, 48, 92, 100.
Rutter, Thomas, 161.
Ruysch, Johann, engraves name America on Map, 39.
S.
Sachsse, E., quoted, 95.
Safeguards for German Emigrants, 143.
Sailer (Seyler), Bartolomeaus, 57, 61, 69.
Sailer, Hieronymus, 55, 56, 58, 61. Sailer, Johannes, 61.
Sanches, Raphael, Royal Treasurer 33. San Domingo, Germans arrives at, 60, 65.
Santa Marta, Colony of, 57. Sarmiento, 69.
Säyler (Sailer), 54.
Schellenberg, 54.
Scherr, Cultur Geschichte, 95.
Schmalkaldic League, 90.
Schmiedel, book by, 83.
Schmidt, Ulrich Von Straubingen, book by, 83. Schöner, Johannes, 61.
Schöner, Jacob, Globus, 40.
Schools, Secular, Established in Germany, 13. Schopperl, Sebastian, 58.
Schott, Dr. D. Th., quoted, 6, 38, 67, 140. Schutz, Johann Jacob, 123. Schwedentrank, 96.
Sea-going Vessels, 1492, 31. Seelig, Johann Gottfried, 150; Mis- sive to Germany, ib .; "Copia Eines Send Schrieben," 160. Seissenhoffer, Hans, 68, 69.
Seitz, Simon, at Lisbon, 44, 45, 54, 58. Seperatists in Germany, 115.
Sepulveda of Cordova, 75.
Siger (Ciguer, Liguer), Heinrich, 55, 58.
Sigismundus of Poland, 48.
Silber, Frank, printer, 33.
Simon, Memro, 88.
Slavery, protest against by Fugger, 8 ; in Germantown, ib.
Soliman of Poland II, 48.
Spain, Royal Arms, 41 ; precarious condition of, 48; borrows from German Merchants, ib.
Spener, Philip Jacob, quoted, 120; Portrait, 121.
Speyer, George von, see Hohemuth Sprenger, Balthasar, 45.
St. Anna, Church of, at Coro, 61.
St. Die, press at, 36.
Stade, Hans, book by, 84.
Stetten, 54.
Stone, Fdk. D., notice of, 143.
Straits of Magellan (Fretum Bo- hemi), 50, 51.
Strauss, George, 123.
Strother, Ulman, Establishes first paper-mill in Europe, 13.
Sweden, invades Germany, 114.
Swedish Colonization in America, 102.
T.
Talfinger, see Dalfinger.
Ternaux, quoted, 62. Terra Sanctae Crucis, 35.
Teutsche, Johannes der, John the German, 70.
Thirty years war, 94 ; camp scene, 96.
Thomas Gabriel, account, 166.
Tolosa, Juan Perez de, 72.
Trent, Council of, 89.
Tross (camp followers), 97.
Tross Weiber, 97.
Trautmannsdorf, Count, 99.
"Twee Missiven" from Pennsyl- vania, 147.
U.
Uberfeldt, Johann Wilhelm, 123. Ungut und Pohle, printers at Se- ville, 33. Urre, Philip de, see Hutten. Ulm, 52 ; arms, 57.
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Usselinx, Wilhelm, 102 ; Notice of,
103 ; leaves Dutch Service, 105, Enters Swedish Service, 106; forms Swedish West India Com- pany, 108.
V.
Val, Petri du, Geography, 129.
Van de Walle, Jacob, 123,
Venetian Galley, 44.
Venetians, fortunes of, 20.
Venice, Richest Community in Europe, 21 ; glory of departs, 43. Venezuela, granted to Welser, 49 ;
Oldest Map of, 53; Name, 60; Arms, 76.
Vespucci, 32; Mundus Novis, 35 ; Autograph, 42.
Virginia, German Expedition to, 93. Vladislaus of Hungary, 24; of Bohemia, 48.
Vöhlin, Conrad, 48.
Katharina, 48.
Hans, 48, 49.
Konrad, 49, 54, 68.
Vehm Gericht, 15 ; sketch of, 15. Verhulst, 102.
Volmer, Dr., 99.
Von der Hagen, Professor, deriva- tion of name America, 39.
Von Murr, Diplomatische Ges- chichte, 26 ; quoted, 35.
W.
Wagenseil, quoted, 6.
Walch, Anna Barbara, 14I.
Waldseemüller (Hylacomus) Mar- tin, 36; biographical sketch of, ib .; Cosmographiae Introduc- tio, ib .; Imprint, 37, 40.
Walther, 54; Canonicus, 36.
Walther, Hieronymus, 61, 66.
Wars of Conquest, French, 113.
Welser, Anton, 49; Anton senior, ib.
Welser, Anton & Company, 58; Drafts upon, 58.
Welser (Belzares, etc.), 73.
Bartolomeus, private mark, 44 ; portrait, 55, 49 ; grant to, 54; Patents issued to, 55 ; Bartolo- meus junior, 49; Governor of Welserland, 71.
Welser, Codex, account of, 54; quoted, 57, 72, 76, 77.
Welser Company, develop African Slave trade, 60 ; agreement with Spain, ib .; Arms of, 65, 49. Welser, Christoph, 49.
Welser family, 45, 48 ; acquire part of South America, 49; interests in Paraguay and Buenos Ayres, 83.
Welser Expedition, arrives at Coro, 59.
Welser gesellschaft at Augsburg, 9, 21. gesellschaft Leonhard, 49. Marcus, quoted, 54; por- trait, 55.
Welser, Johann Michael Anton, compiles family history, 49.
Welserland, 49: Name of, 56; Ex- pedition to, 56; bounds of, 58; Story of, 65.
Welserzüge in America, quoted, 46, 49, 61.
West India Companies, 101; Dutch 102, 105.
Westphalia, Secret tribunal of, 15. Weyerman, quoted, 54.
Winsor, Justin, quoted, 28, 38.
Würtemberg, devastation of, 113 ; Royal Arms, e39; Invasion, 139. Wylich, Thomas von, 123.
Z.
Zimmermann's Political Survey, 18. Zipango, Mention of, 22, 41.
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