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Amerigo Vespucci

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India house, the great, 80.

Irving, Washington, and his _Life of Columbus_, 29;
denounces Fonseca, 77;
narrates Vespucci's voyage with Ojeda, 125;
seeks to disparage Vespucci, 225, 226.

Iti, an island in the Caribbean Sea, 98.


_Kazabi_, or cassava, 89.

Khan, the Grand, 24, 28.

Kublai Khan, Mongol emperor, 36-40, 49.


Lake Dwellers, the, described by Vespucci, 90-95, 120.

Lariab, conjectural province of, 96.

Las Casas denounces Vespucci, 249.

Lud, Walter, 242.


Mandeville, Sir John, 49.

Mangi, province of, 26, 46.

Maracaibo, Gulf of, discovered by Ojeda, 135.

Maracapana (see Amaraca-pan), 132, 137.

Marco Polo's _Travels_, 33.

Marignoli, John de, traveller, 49.

Medici, the Florentine, 4, 5, 10.

Medici, Lorenzo de, letter written to, by Vespucci in 1501, 109;
in 1503, 179.

Michael Angelo, birthplace of, 15.

Monte Corvino, John of, 49.

_Mundus Novus_, or New World, 46, 239, 246, 248;
title of pamphlet containing first account of
Vespucci's voyage, 197;
when published, 239.


Navarrete, Spanish historian, 219, 221, 232, 233.

New World, the, southern hemisphere of America, so called
by Vespucci, 185.

Nicollini, Donato, Vespucci's friend, 56.

Nicuesa, explorer, quarrels with Ojeda, 160;
whom he rescues, 162.

Nino, Pedro, successful voyage of, 137.


Ojeda the Fighter, chap. viii.;
with Columbus, 126;
friend of Fonseca, 127;
receives authority for a voyage, 128;
accompanied by Vespucci, 130;
visits Trinidad, Pearl Islands, and Curacao, 132, 133;
finds Lake Dwellers, 134;
takes cargo of slaves to Spain, 136;
second voyage of (1502), 158;
placed in irons, 159;
makes third voyage (1509), 156, 160;
wounded by poisoned arrow, 163;
poverty and death of, 164.

Oviedo, historian, on discovery of Bay of Honduras, 105.


Paria, Gulf of, 131, 132.

Paul the Physicist, 16.

Pearls, Gulf of, 132.

Pearls obtained by Vespucci, 122, 141, 146.

Pelotti, Francesco, 49.

Peretola, home of the Vespuccis, 2.

Pinelo, Francisco, 77, 78, 81.

Pinzon brothers, the, 149, 150, 152.

Pinzon, Vicente Yanez, discovers the Amazon, 167.

Pliny quoted by Vespucci, 191.

Polo, Marco, Vespucci's countryman, 33;
taken captive, 34;
_Travels_, 36-42.

Polo, Maffei, 41.

Polo, Nicolo, 36.

Prescott, historian, quotation from, 57.

Printing-press, the first in America, 32.

_Ptolemy_, an improved, 242.


_Quattro Giornate_ (Four Journeys), 176.

Quinsai, city of, 25, 43, 46.


Rene, Duke of Lorraine, 242, 246, 247.

Ringmann, Matthias, contemporary of Vespucci, 241.

Roldan, Francesco, combats Ojeda, 136.


Saint-Die, town in which pamphlet was printed containing first
reference to America, 241, 242.

Savonarola, mention of, 15.

Schoener, Johann, globe made by, 245.

Sierra Leone, 178.

Soderini, Piero, letter written to, by Vespucci, 82, 101;
second letter, 170;
third letter, 201.


_Terra Firma_, definition of term, 70;
coast of, 166.

_Terra Sanctae Crucis_, 246, 248.

Toscanelli, Florentine astronomer, 16;
friendly with Vespucci, 16;
great attainments of, 19;
corresponds with Columbus, 17, 23-27;
sends chart to Columbus, 21;
ideas of, adopted by Columbus, 30.

Trapobana, island of, 123.

Trinidad, visited by Columbus, 131;
by Vespucci, 132.


Varnhagen, Viscount, explains Vespucci's "second" voyage, 105.

Vela, Cape de la, 135.

Venezuela, origin of name, 134.

Veragua, Duke of, 220.

Vespucci, Amerigo, spelling of the name, 1;
birthplace of, 2;
parents, 3, 4;
ancestors, 5, 6;
birthplace of, 2;
parents, 3, 4;
ancestors, 5, 6;
youth, 7, 8, 9, 12-14;
favorite authors, chap. iii.;
begins his career, 51;
enters service with the Medici, 54;
goes to Spain, 55;
letter of, from Spain, 56;
personal appearance of, 63;
characteristics of, 64;
debatable voyage of, chap. vi.;
outfits fleet for Columbus, 76;
in pay of Spain, 81;
letter of, on alleged first voyage, 82-100;
letters to Soderini, 82, 101, 170, 201;
his _Four Voyages_, 90;
accused of purloining from Columbus, 101;
vindicated by Humboldt, 103;
more humane than Columbus, 104;
second voyage of, chap. vii.;
oldest known writing relating to his voyages, 109;
describes constellations of southern hemisphere, 112, 113;
in fight with Indians, 117, 118;
mentions giants, 119;
discovers Lake Dwellers, 120;
takes slaves to Spain, 121, 122;
with Ojeda in 1499, 130;
quoted by Irving, 134;
aborigines seen by, 140-144;
finds pearls, 146;
fellow-voyagers of, chap. x.;
head of house of Berardi, 151;
projected voyage with Pinzon, 153;
invited to Portugal, 168;
married to Maria Cerezo, 168;
leaves Spain for Portugal, 169;
makes two voyages under Portuguese flag, 170;
account of third voyage, 170-177;
encounters cannibals, 180-183;
calls his discovery the New World, 185;
royally received in Portugal, 195;
renowned navigator, 196;
first-published letter of, 197;
makes a "fourth" voyage to America, 200;
returns to Spain, 209;
contrasted with Columbus, 209-214;
mentioned in a letter by Columbus, 218;
pilot-major of Spain, chap. xv.;
at court, 224;
corrects charts made by Columbus, 229;
official papers relating to, 233;
last will and testament, 234;
death of, 235.

Vespucci, Anastasio, Amerigo's father, 3, 6.

Vespucci, Elizabetta, Amerigo's mother, 3.

Vespucci, Georgio Antonio, 8, 11.

Vespucci, Giovanni, or Juan, Amerigo's nephew, 55;
is bequeathed his uncle's valuable papers, 235.

Vespucci, Girolamo, Amerigo's brother, 52, 53.

Vespucci, Guido Antonio, epitaph of, 6.


Waldseemueller, Martin, German geographer, who gave the name
to America, 241-243.


Yucca, flour made from, 89


Zaitun, city of Cathay, 43, 50.

Zipangu. _See_ Cipango.


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[Transcriber's Notes:

The transcriber made the following changes to the text:

1. p. 44, The grand Khan ordered --> "The grand Khan ordered
2. p. 69, The accounts of those --> "The accounts of those
3. p. 74, But I perceive, Signor --> "But I perceive, Signor
4. p. 77, "Fonesca" --> "Fonseca"
5. p. 137, "Ojeba" --> "Ojeda"
6. p. 143, They had no victuals --> "They had no victuals
7. p. 170, There came to be a royal --> "There came to be a royal
8. p. 205, In this part --> "In this part
9. Index, Columbus Ferdinand, books owned by, 268; -->
Columbus Ferdinand, books owned by, 248;

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