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A

Acklin Island,

215

.

Adam of Bremen,

147

.

Adda, G. d',

12

.

Admiral's map,

534

,

546

,

581

.

See

Waldseemüller

.

Africa, circumnavigations of,

91

;

discoveries along its coast,

91

,

151

;

early maps,

133

;

Ptolemy's map of its southern part,

335

.

Agnese Baptista, his maps,

595

,

597

.

Aguado, Juan, sent to Española,

317

;

his conduct,

319

.

Ailly, Pierre d',

De Imagine Mundi

,

7

,

8

,

121

,

180

,

497

;

his map (1410),

601

.

Albertus Magnus,

497

;

portrait,

120

.

Aleutian Islands,

652

,

658

.

Alexander VI., letter to, from Columbus,

9

;

pope,

252

;

his bull of demarcation,

252

;

his bust,

253

.

Alfonso V. (Portugal),

108

.

Aliacus.

See

Ailly

.

Allefonsce,

614

.

Allegetto degli Allegetti,

Ephemerides

,

32

.

Almagro,

565

.

Alto Velo,

390

.

Alva, Duke of,

514

,

515

.

Amazons,

235

,

237

.

America, mainland first seen by Columbus, 351;

gradually developed as a continent, 529, 606, 619, 660;

history of its name,

538

,

621

;

earliest maps bearing the name,

547

-

552

;

the name never recognized in Spain,

554

;

earliest on maps,

581

;

was it known to the ancients?

606

.

See

North

and

South America

.

Anacaona,

305

;

entertains Bartholomew Columbus,

361

;

captured,

473

.

Ancuparius,

588

.

Angelus, Jacobus.

531

.

Ango, Jean,

556

.

Anian, Straits of,

418

,

620

.

Antarctic continent,

628

,

644

.

Antillia, belief in,

111

,

112

,

128

.

Apianus, his map (1520),

550

,

587

;

portrait,

586

.

Archipelago on the Asiatic coast,

190

.

Arctic explorations,

640

,

658

,

659

,

660

.

Asia, as known to Marco Polo, etc., map,

113

,

114

.

Aspa, Ant. de, his documents,

29

.

Astrolabe,

94

-

96

,

132

,

150

,

260

,

632

.

Atlantic Ocean, early cartography of,

86

,

88

;

floating islands in,

185

;

its archipelago,

185

;

as defined by Behaim compared with its actual condition,

190

;

early voyages on,

603

.

Atlantis, story of,

126

.

Aubert, Thomas,

556

.

Audiencia,

518

.

Avila, Luis de,

527

.

Ayala, Pedro de,

343

.

Ayllon, Lucas Vasquez de,

561

;

and Diego Colon,

522

;

his map,

561

,

584

;

settlement on the Potomac,

561

.

Azores discovered,

86

,

88

.

B

Babeque,

225

,

230

,

231

.

Baccalaos,

344

.

Back-staff,

648

.

Bacon, Roger,

Opus majus

,

121

,

497

.

Badajos, congress at,

590

.

Baffin, Wm.,

650

.

Baffin's Bay,

651

.

Bahamas, Herrera's map,

212

;

modern map,

213

;

character of,

215

;

their peoples,

218

;

depopulated,

515

.

Balboa,

562

;

portrait,

563

;

discovers the South Sea,

564

,

606

;

executed,

564

.

Ballester, Miguel,

366

,

372

.

Bancroft, H. H., on Columbus,

59

,

503

.

Bank of St. George, and its records,

21

,

70

.

Barclay, Alex., translates Brant,

537

.

Barlow, S. L. M., his library,

17

.

Barrentes, Garcia de,

372

.

Barros, João de.

Decada

,

33

,

149

,

241

.

Bastidas, Rodrigo de, on the South American coast,

426

,

528

.

Basques on the Atlantic,

128

;

fishermen,

340

.

Baza, siege of,

169

.

Behaim, Martin, in Lisbon,

132

;

improves the astrolabe,

132

;

at sea,

134

;

portrait,

134

;

and Columbus,

150

;

his globe,

185

-

188

,

533

.

Behechio,

305

,

361

.

Belknap, Dr. Jeremy, on Columbus,

55

.

Belloy, Marquis de, life of Columbus,

54

.

Beneventanus,

533

.

Benincasa, maps,

81

.

Benzoni,

32

,

51

.

Beradi, Juonato,

258

,

317

.

Bergenroth,

Calendar

,

13

,

23

.

Bergomas, his chronicle,

32

.

Bering's Straits,

418

,

657

.

Bering, his discoveries,

529

,

620

,

653

.

Bernaldez, Andrès, friend of Columbus,

13

,

331

;

Historia

,

13

,

18

,

37

.

Berwick, Duke of,

527

.

Béthencourt, Jean de,

86

.

Bianco, Andrea, his map,

88

,

89

;

helps Fra Mauro,

100

.

Bienewitz.

See

Apianus

.

Bimini,

422

,

558

,

560

.

Birds, flight of,

88

.

Blanco, Cape, passed,

98

.

Bloodhounds,

312

.

Blunderville,

632

.

Bobadilla, Francisco de, sent to Santo Domingo,

390

;

his character,

395

;

his instructions,

396

,

397

;

reaches Española,

398

;

his acts,

398

;

their effect upon Columbus,

400

;

arrests Bastidas,

426

;

his rule in Santo Domingo,

428

;

superseded,

429

;

to return to Spain,

440

;

lost,

440

.

Bohio,

228

.

Bojador, Cape, passed,

97

.

Bordone, map,

142

.

Bossi, L., on Columbus,

32

.

Bourne, Wm.,

The Regiment of the Sea

,

631

.

Boyle.

See

Buil

.

Brandt,

Shyppe of Fools

,

14

.

Brazil coast visited by Cabral,

378

;

early explorers,

533

.

Brazil, island of,

112

,

139

.

Breton explorations,

555

,

556

.

Breviesca, Ximeno de,

333

.

Brevoort, J. C.,

597

,

607

,

621

.

Briggs in Purchas,

652

.

Bristol, England, and its maritime expeditions,

342

.

Brocken, Baron van,

Colomb

,

55

.

Brymner, Douglas,

660

.

Buache, his map,

656

.

Büdinger, Max,

Acten zur Columbus Geschichte

,

46

;

Zur Columbus Literatur

,

46

.

Buet, C.,

Colomb

,

54

.

Buil, Bernardo, sent to the New World,

259

.

Bull of demarcation,

22

,

252

,

339

.

Bull of extension,

305

.

Button, Sir Thomas,

650

.

Bylot, Robert,

650

.

C

Cabot, John, in England,

167

,

340

;

sails on a voyage of discovery,

340

;

earliest engraved map of his discoveries,

341

;

great circle sailing,

341

;

discovers land,

341

;

question of his landfall,

341

;

returns to Bristol,

342

;

question of his going to Seville,

343

;

his second voyage,

344

;

its extent,

344

;

lack of knowledge respecting these voyages,

345

;

authorities on,

346

;

was his voyage known to Columbus?

386

;

and the Ruysch map,

533

;

his explorations,

624

.

Cabot, Sebastian, his observation of the line of no variation,

201

;

on Columbus's discovery,

248

;

his participancy in his father's voyages,

344

;

his papers,

345

;

alleged voyage,

427

;

voyages,

555

;

his mappemonde,

341

,

345

,

624

,

626

,

627

;

returns to England,

639

;

portrait,

642

.

Cabral, Pedro Alvarez, on the South American coast,

377

.

Cabrero, Juan,

161

.

Cabrillo,

611

.

Cacique,

231

.

Cadamosto, his voyage,

98

.

Cado, Fermin,

285

.

California, peninsula of,

610

;

its name,

611

;

map,

611

;

mapped as an island,

652

;

Drake on the coast,

644

,

645

.

Cam, Diogo,

134

.

Camargo on the coast of Chili,

577

.

Camers, Johann,

585

.

Canaries, their history,

86

;

map of,

194

.

Cannibals,

225

,

227

,

230

,

268

,

270

,

281

.

Canoes,

219

.

Cantino, Alberto,

417

;

Cantino map,

387

;

sketched,

419

;

its traits examined,

420

;

its relation with Columbus,

421

.

Caonabo,

305

;

attacks La Navidad,

273

,

275

;

attacks St. Thomas,

308

;

forms a league,

308

;

captured,

313

;

dies,

323

.

Cape Blanco,

98

.

Cape Bojador,

97

.

Cape Breton,

627

.

Cape of Good Hope discovered,

151

.

Cape Horn discovered,

577

;

seen by Drake,

644

.

Cape Race,

534

.

Cape Verde Island discovered,

199

.

Cardenas, Alonso de,

161

.

Cardona, Cristoval de, Admiral of Aragon,

524

,

526

,

527

.

Caribs,

236

,

271

,

323

.

Carpini, Plano,

90

.

Carthaginians as voyagers,

127

.

Cartier, Jacques, his explorations,

612

,

624

.

Carvajal, Alonso Sanchez de, factor of Columbus,

430

.

Carvajal, Bernardin de,

248

.

Casa de Contratacion,

481

.

Casaneuve.

See

Colombo the Corsair

.

Casanove,

71

.

Casoni, F., annals of Genoa,

32

,

154

.

Casteñeda, Juan de,

238

.

Castellanos,

Elegias

,

491

.

Castillo,

611

.

Catalan seamanship,

94

.

Catalina, Doña,

9

,

276

.

Cathay,

224

,

457

;

early name of China,

90

;

map of,

113

,

114

;

as found by the Portuguese,

509

.

Cazadilla,

150

.

Chanca, Dr., his narrative,

29

;

goes to the new world,

262

,

282

.

Charles V., portrait,

519

.

Chaves, Alonso, his map,

561

,

621

;

at the Seville Conference,

604

.

Chesapeake Bay, Spaniards in the,

633

.

Chili discovered,

565

,

577

.

China, early known,

90

.

See

Cathay

.

Chronica Delphinea,

9

,

11

.

Chronometers,

260

,

603

.

Chytræus,

627

.

Cibao,

232

;

its mines visited by Ojeda,

279

.

Ciguare,

447

. Cipango,

125

;

map,

113

.

Circourt, Count,

46

.

Clavus, Claudius,

140

,

141

.

Clemente, Claudio,

Tablas

,

214

.

Climatic lines,

601

.

Codex Flatoyensis,

146

.

Coelho's voyage,

410

.

Colombo, Balthazar,

525

,

527

.

Colombo, Bernardo,

525

,

527

.

Colombo, Corsair,

71

,

72

,

83

,

84

.

Colon, Cristoval (bastard son of Luis, grandson of Columbus),

526

.

Colon, Diego (brother of Columbus), born,

77

;

in Spain and in Columbus's second expedition,

262

;

his character,

285

;

placed by Columbus in command at Isabella,

290

;

goes to Spain,

311

;

quarrels with Fonseca,

318

.

Colon, Diego (son of Columbus),

106

;

page to the Queen,

181

;

at Court,

478

,

479

;

receives letter from Columbus,

478

;

his illegitimate children,

513

;

receives what was due to his father,

513

;

urges the King to restore his father's privileges,

513

;

his suit against the Crown,

514

,

553

;

wins,

515

;

marriage,

515

;

denied the title of Viceroy,

515

;

Governor of Española,

515

,

516

;

in Spain,

519

;

lends money to Charles V.,

520

;

his income,

520

;

Viceroy,

520

;

builds a palace,

520

;

its ruins,

520

;

in Spain pressing his claims,

522

;

dies,

522

;

his children,

522

.

Colon, Diego (great-grandson of Columbus), marries and becomes Duke of Veragua,

525

,

526

;

his connection with the

Historie

of 1571,

44

.

Colon, Luis (grandson of Columbus), succeeds his father,

522

;

makes compromise with the Crown,

522

;

holds Jamaica,

523

;

made Duke of Veragua,

523

;

governs Española,

523

;

his marriages,

523

;

imprisoned and dies,

523

;

his children,

526

.

Colon.

See

Columbus

.

Columbia River,

658

.

Columbus, Bartholomew (brother of Columbus), born,

77

;

in Portugal,

104

;

affects Columbus's views,

117

;

with Diaz on the African coast,

151

,

303

;

sent to England,

167

,

303

,

339

;

in France,

168

,

303

;

reaches Española,

303

;

made Adelantado,

304

;

left in command by Columbus,

323

;

confirmed by the Crown as Adelantado,

328

;

portrait,

329

;

attacks the Quibian,

451

;

sees Columbus for the last time,

488

;

survives him,

513

;

goes to Rome,

516

;

takes a map,

516

,

533

;

goes to Española,

516

;

dies,

518

;

reputed descendant,

527

.

Columbus

,

Christopher

, sources of information,

1

;

biographers,

30

;

his prolixity and confusion,

1

;

his writings,

1

;

Libro de las Proficias

,

1

;

facsimile of his handwriting,

2

;

his private papers,

2

;

letters,

2

,

5

;

written in Spanish,

2

;

his privileges,

3

;

Codex Diplomaticus

,

3

;

the Custodia at Genoa,

4

,

5

;

Bank of St. George,

5

;

marginalia,

7

;

Declaracion de Tabla navigatoria

,

7

,

32

;

Cinco Zonas

,

7

;

lost manuscripts,

8

;

MS. annotations,

8

;

missing letters,

9

,

18

,

19

;

missing commentary,

9

;

journal of his first voyage,

9

,

193

;

printed in English,

10

;

letters on his discovery,

10

;

printed editions,

12

;

Catalan text,

13

;

Latin text,

14

;

his transient fame,

14

;

in England,

14

;

autographs,

14

;

edition of the Latin first letter,

15

;

facsimile of a page,

16

;

libraries possessing copies,

17

;

bibliography of first letter,

17

;

other accounts of first voyage,

17

;

lawsuits of heirs,

18

,

26

,

514

;

account of his second voyage,

18

,

264

;

Libro del Segundo Viage

,

18

,

264

;

letters owned by the Duke de Veragua,

18

;

accounts of his third voyage,

18

,

347

;

of his fourth voyage,

19

;

Lettera rarissima

,

19

;

Libros de memorias

,

19

;

work on the Arctic Pole,

19

;

his maps,

29

;

Memorial del Pleyto

,

26

;

Italian accounts of,

30

;

influenced by his Spanish life,

33

;

Portuguese accounts,

33

;

Spanish accounts,

33

;

documents preserved by Las Casas,

47

;

canonization,

52

;

English accounts,

55

;

life by Irving,

56

;

bibliography,

59

;

his portraits,

61

-

70

;

his person,

61

;

tomb at Havana,

69

;

his promise to the Bank of St. George, 5,

70

;

ancestry,

71

;

early home,

71

;

name of Colombo,

71

;

the French family,

71

;

professes he was not the first admiral of his name,

72

;

spurious genealogies,

73

,

74

;

prevalence of the name Colombo,

73

;

his grandfather,

74

;

his father,

74

;

life at Savona,

75

;

Genoa,

75

;

his birth,

76

;

disputed date,

76

;

his mother,

77

;

her offspring,

77

;

place of his birth,

77

;

many claimants,

78

;

uncertainties of his early life,

79

;

his early education,

79

;

his penmanship and drawing,

79

;

specimen of it,

80

;

said to have been at Pavia,

79

;

at Genoa,

81

;

in Anjou's expedition,

83

;

his youth at sea,

83

;

drawn to Portugal,

86

,

102

;

living there,

103

;

alleged swimming with an oar,

103

;

marries,

105

;

supposed interview with a sailor who had sailed west,

107

;

knew Marco Polo's book,

116

;

Mandeville's book,

116

;

the ground of his belief in a western passage,

117

;

inherits his views of the sphericity of the earth,

119

;

of its size,

123

;

his ignorance of the Atlantis story, etc.,

126

,

148

;

learns of western lands,

129

;

in Portugal,

131

;

in Iceland,

135

;

Tratado de las Cinco Zonas

,

137

;

and the Sagas,

146

;

his first gratuity in Spain,

149

;

difficulty in following his movements,

149

;

interviews the Portuguese king,

150

;

abandons Portugal,

149

,

153

;

did he lay his project before the authorities of Genoa?

153

;

did he propose to those of Venice?

154

;

did he leave a wife in Portugal?

154

;

enters Spain,

154

,

157

,

169

;

at Rabida,

154

,

173

;

calls himself Colon,

157

;

receives gratuities,

157

,

168

;

sells books and maps,

158

;

writes out his proofs of a new world,

158

;

interview with Ferdinand of Spain,

159

;

his monument at Genoa,

163

;

at Malaga,

165

;

connection with Beatrix Enriquez,

166

;

his son Ferdinand born,

166

;

his views in England,

167

;

invited back to Portugal,

168

;

lived in Spain with the Duke of Medina-Celi,

169

;

at Cordova,

169

;

at Baza,

169

;

his views again rejected,

170

;

at Santa Fé,

176

;

his arrogant demands,

177

;

starts for France,

177

;

recalled and agreed with,

179

;

his passport,

180

;

the capitulations,

181

;

allowed to use Don,

181

;

at Palos,

181

;

his fleet fitted out,

182

;

expenses of the first voyage,

183

;

his flag-ship,

183

;

her size,

184

;

hopes to find mid-ocean islands,

185

;

sails,

191

;

keeps a journal,

193

;

the "Pinta" disabled,

195

;

sees Teneriffe,

195

;

at the Canaries,

195

;

falsifies his reckoning,

195

;

map of the routes of his four voyages,

196

;

of the first voyage,

197

;

his dead reckoning,

198

;

his judgment of his speed,

198

;

observes no variation of his needle,

198

;

watches the stars,

203

;

believed the earth pear-shaped,

203

;

meets a west wind,

205

;

thinks he sees land,

206

;

follows the flight of birds,

206

;

pacifies his crew,

207

;

alleged mutiny,

208

;

claims to see a light,

208

;

receives a reward for first seeing land,

209

,

249

;

map of the landfall,

210

;

land actually seen,

211

;

land taken possession of,

211

;

his armor,

211

;

question of his landfall,

214

;

trades with the natives,

218

,

220

;

first intimates his intention to enslave them,

220

;

finds other islands,

220

;

eager to find gold,

221

;

reaches Cuba,

223

;

mentions pearls for the first time,

223

;

thought himself on the coast of Cathay,

224

;

takes an observation,

224

;

meets with tobacco,

225

;

with potatoes,

225

;

hears of cannibals,

225

;

seeks Babeque,

225

;

difficult communication with the natives,

226

,

227

;

in the King's Garden,

226

;

deserted by Pinzon,

226

;

at Española,

228

;

takes his latitude,

229

;

entertains a cacique,

231

;

meets with a new language,

232

;

seeks gold,

232

;

shipwrecked,

232

;

builds a fort,

233

;

names it La Navidad,

235

;

hears of Jamaica,

235

;

of Amazons,

235

;

fears the Pinzons,

235

;

sees mermaids,

236

;

sails for Spain,

236

;

meets a gale,

237

;

separates from the "Pinta,"

237

;

throws overboard an account of his discoveries,

238

;

makes land at the Azores,

238

;

gets provisions,

238

;

his men captured on shore,

239

;

again at sea,

240

;

enters the Tagus,

240

;

reason for using the name Indies,

240

;

goes to the Portuguese Court,

241

;

leaves the Tagus, having sent a letter to the Spanish Court,

242

;

reaches Palos,

242

;

the "Pinta" arrives the same day,

242

,

244

;

his Indians,

244

,

259

,

272

;

summoned to Court,

244

;

at Barcelona,

245

;

reception,

245

;

his life there,

246

,

247

,

249

,

256

;

his first letter,

248

;

scant impression made by the announcement,

248

;

the egg story,

249

;

receives a coat-of-arms,

249

,

550

;

his family arms,

251

;

his motto,

251

;

receives the royal seal,

256

;

leaves the Court,

256

;

in Seville,

256

;

relations with Fonseca begin,

256

;

fits out the second expedition,

257

,

258

,

261

;

embarks,

263

;

sails,

264

;

his character,

265

;

at the Canaries,

265

;

at Dominica,

266

;

at Marigalante,

266

;

at Guadaloupe,

268

;

fights the Caribs at Santa Cruz,

271

;

reaches Española,

272

;

arrives at La Navidad,

273

;

finds it destroyed and abandons it,

275

,

277

;

disembarks at another harbor,

278

;

founds Isabella,

278

;

grows ill,

279

;

expeditions to seek gold,

279

,

280

;

writes to the sovereigns,

280

;

the fleet leaves him,

282

;

harassed by factions,

284

;

leads an expedition inland,

285

;

builds Fort St. Thomas,

287

;

returns to Isabella,

288

;

sends Ojeda to St. Thomas,

289

;

sails to explore Cuba,

290

;

discovers Jamaica,

291

;

returns to Cuba,

293

;

imagines his approach to the Golden Chersonesus,

295

;

exacts an oath from his men that they were in Asia,

296

;

doubts as to his own belief,

297

;

return voyage,

299

;

on the Jamaica coast,

300

;

calculates his longitude on the Española coast,

301

;

falls into a stupor,

302

;

reaches Isabella,

302

;

finds his brother Bartholomew there,

303

;

learns what had happened in his absence,

304

;

receives supplies,

309

;

sends the fleet back,

310

;

sends Diego to Spain,

311

;

sends natives as slaves,

311

;

battle of the Vega Real,

312

;

oppresses the natives,

315

;

his enemies in Spain,

318

;

receives a royal letter by Aguado,

319

;

the fleet wrecked,

321

;

thinks the mines of Hayna the Ophir of Solomon,

322

;

sails for Spain,

323

;

reaches Cadiz,

324

;

lands in the garb of a Franciscan,

325

;

proceeds to Court,

326

;

asks for a new fleet,

326

;

delays,

327

;

his rights reaffirmed,

328

;

new proportion of profits,

328

;

his will,

330

;

his signature,

330

;

lives with Andres Bernaldez,

331

;

his character drawn by Bernaldez,

331

;

enlists criminals,

332

;

his altercation with Fonseca's agent,

333

;

had authorized voyages,

336

;

the third voyage and its sources,

347

;

leaves directions for his son Diego,

348

;

sails from San Lucar,

348

;

his course,

348

;

letter to him from Jayme Ferrer,

349

;

captures a French prize,

349

;

at the Cape de Verde Islands,

349

;

at Trinidad,

350

;

first sees mainland,

351

;

touches the Gulf Stream,

352

;

grows ill, 355,

356

;

his geographical delusions,

356

;

compared with Vespucius,

358

;

observations of nature,

359

;

meets the Adelantado,

359

;

reaches Santo Domingo,

365

;

his experience with convict settlers,

366

,

392

,

396

,

434

;

sends letters to Spain,

367

;

treats with Roldan,

368

,

370

;

institutes repartimientos,

371

;

sends other ships to Spain,

371

;

his prerogatives as Admiral infringed,

372

;

sends Roldan against Ojeda,

374

;

did he know of Cabot's voyage?

386

;

his wrongs from furtive voyagers,

372

-

387

;

opposition to his rule in the Antilles,

388

;

his new relations with Roldan,

389

;

quells Moxica's plot,

390

;

Bobadilla arrives,

390

;

charges against the Admiral,

392

,

402

,

404

;

his deceiving the Crown,

393

;

receives copies of Bobadilla's instructions,

400

;

reaches Santo Domingo,

401

;

imprisoned and fettered,

401

;

sent to Spain in chains,

403

;

his letter to Prince Juan's nurse,

404

,

405

,

407

;

his alienation of mind,

405

;

reaches Cadiz,

407

;

his reception,

408

,

409

;

suspended from power,

409

;

his connection with the Cantino map,

420

,

421

;

his destitution,

420

;

his vested rights invaded,

428

;

his demands unheeded,

428

;

sends a factor to Española,

430

;

Libros de las Proficias

,

431

;

his projected conquest of the Holy Land,

431

;

defeated by Satan,

431

;

dreams on a hidden channel through the new world,

432

;

still seeking the Great Khan,

433

;

his purposed gift to Genoa,

434

;

writes to the Bank of St. George,

435

;

his fourth voyage,

437

;

his mental and physical condition,

437

;

at Martinico,

438

;

touches at the forbidden Santo Domingo,

438

;

but is denied the port,

439

;

his ships ride out a gale,

441

;

on the Honduras coast,

441

;

meets a large canoe,

442

;

says mass on the land,

442

;

on the Veragua coast,

445

;

touches the region tracked by Bastidas,

448

;

sees a waterspout,

449

;

returns to Veragua,

450

;

finds the gold mines of Solomon,

450

;

plans settlement at Veragua,

451

;

dangers,

451

;

has a fever,

453

;

hears a voice,

454

;

the colony rescued,

456

;

sails away,

456

;

abandons one caravel,

457

;

on the Cuban coast,

457

;

goes to Jamaica,

457

;

strands his ships,

458

;

sends Mendez to Ovando,

458

,

461

;

writes a letter to his sovereigns,

459

;

Lettera rarissima

,

459

;

his worship of gold,

461

;

the revolt of Porras,

462

;

Porras sails away,

464

;

but returns to the island and wanders about,

464

;

predicts an eclipse of the moon,

465

;

Escobar arrives,

467

;

and leaves,

468

;

negotiations with Porras,

468

;

fight between the rebels and the Adelantado,

469

;

Porras captured,

469

;

the rebels surrender,

470

;

Mendez sends to rescue him,

471

;

leaves Jamaica,

471

;

learns of events in Española during his absence,

472

;

reaches Santo Domingo,

475

;

relations with Ovando,

475

;

sails for Spain,

475

;

arrives,

476

;

in Seville,

477

;

his letters at this time,

477

;

his appeals,

477

;

fears Porras,

478

,

479

;

appeals to Mendez,

479

;

his increasing malady,

480

;

sends a narrative to Rome,

482

;

suffered to ride on a mule,

483

;

relations with the Bank of St. George in Genoa,

483

;

his privileges,

484

;

doubtful reference to Fonseca,

484

;

later relations with Vespucius,

484

;

his property sold,

486

;

goes to Segovia,

486

;

Deza asked to arbitrate,

486

;

makes a will,

487

;

at Salamanca,

487

;

at Valladolid,

488

;

seeks to propitiate Juana,

488

;

makes a codicil to his will,

488

;

its doubtful character,

488

;

ratifies his will,

489

;

its provisions,

489

;

dies,

490

;

his death unnoticed,

491

;

later distich proposed for his tomb,

491

;

successive places of interment,

491

;

his bones removed to Santo Domingo,

492

;

to Havana,

492

;

controversy over their present position,

492

;

his chains,

494

;

the age of Columbus,

494

;

statue at Santo Domingo,

495

;

his character, his dependence on the

Imago Mundi

,

497

;

on other authors,

498

;

relations with Toscanelli,

499

;

different delineations of his character,

501

;

his observations of nature,

502

;

his overwrought mind,

502

;

hallucinations,

503

,

504

;

arguments for his canonization,

505

;

purpose to gain the Holy Sepulchre,

505

;

his Catholicism,

505

;

his urgency to enslave the Indians,

505

,

506

;

his scheme of repartimientos

506

;

adopts garb of the Franciscans,

508

;

mercenary,

508

,

509

;

the moving light of his first voyage,

510

;

insistence on territorial power,

510

;

claims inspiration,

511

;

his heirs,

513

;

his discoveries denied after his death,

514

,

520

;

his territorial power lost by his descendants,

523

;

table of his descendants,

524

,

525

;

his male line becomes extinct,

526

;

lawsuit to establish the succession,

526

;

female line through the Portogallos fails,

527

;

now represented by the Larreategui family,

528

;

present value of the estates,

528

;

the geographical results of his discoveries,

529

;

connection with early maps,

533

,

534

;

his errors in longitude,

603

;

his observations of magnetic influence,

632

.