Part 35

Spice in Española, 5; trees, 67

Spinning and weaving among the Caribbees, 29

Sugar canes, 81

Sumner (Mr. George), his search in the archives of Aragon and Barcelona for records of Columbus, lxvi

Szkolny (John), Polish pilot said to have discovered America in 1476, xxix

Talavera, his opposition to the projects of Columbus, liv

Tartars supposed to have peopled America, vi

Terra firma, note on the supposed discovery in the second voyage, 110; discovered in the third voyage, 121

Theopompus, his story relating to the “New World”, iv

Thorwald, Lief’s brother explores the coast of America, xii

Toinard (Nicolas), his correction of Leibnitz, xxxviii

Torfæus (Thormodus), Norwegian historian, relates the discovery of America by the Northmen, ix

Torres (Antonio de), Columbus begs the King and Queen to confirm his appointment as governor of the city of Isabella, 92

—— (Doña Juana de la), letter of Columbus to, lxxii, 152

Toscanelli (Paolo), his correspondence with Martins and afterwards with Columbus, xlv, xlviii, xlix

Trinidad, Island of, 121; violent currents between it and Garcia, 123; city of, 222

Tristan (Diego) killed by Indians, 220

Turk’s Island, supposed landfall of Columbus, lviii

Turner’s (Sharon) curious surmise respecting Columbus, liii

Turuqueira and Ayay, probably the two islands which form Guadaloupe, 31

Tychsen’s opinion on the Arabian expedition, xx

Vadianus (Joachim) uses the name of America in 1512, lxxxvi

Varnhagen (Señor de), his opinion on the landfall of Columbus, lx; proved to be mistaken, lxii; referred to on the subject of the earliest edition of the first letter, cxxv, cxxvii

Venetian expedition to America, xxii

Veragua, Columbus arrives there in his fourth voyage, 187; gold mines, 188; custom with regard to burial of the chiefs, 203

Vespucci (Amerigo), his letter addressed to Lorenzo di Pier Francesco de’ Medici, lxxxii; the question of his voyage discussed, lxxxiii; the way in which his name was given to America, lxxxv

Vicente (Martin), Portuguese pilot, confirms Columbus in his idea of land to the West, xliii

Villacorta recommended to the notice of the King and Queen, 105

Vineland, New England, xii

Vitalis (Ordericus) speaks of the country visited by the Scandinavians, ix

Waldseemüller (Martin), his _Cosmographiæ Introductio_, lxxxiv

Washington Irving on the landfall of Columbus, lviii; disproved, lxii

Watling’s Island proved to be the landfall of Columbus, lxi

Watt (Joachim), _see_ Vadianus

Welsh expedition to America, xx

Williams (Dr.) advocates the truth of the Welsh expedition, xxii

Xamaná, a province of Española, 41

Xuragoa (Xaragua), 232

Yams in Española, 63

Yañez (Vincent), helps the disaffected in Española, 156

Yaque (River) in Española, 45

Zeno (Nicolò and Antonio), Venetian nobles, their expedition, xxii, xxiv; map published by their descendant, xxv

Zuruquia, ducks found there, 43

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