INDEX
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A
Abnaki Indians, 103
Acadia, 107, 110, 112
Acadian Peninsula, 39
Accomac, 115, 126
Accomac Indians, 120
Africa, 4, 14, 26, 135
Africa (ship), 126
Agawam, 169
Alabama River, 196
Albany, 70, 73, 137, 141, 177, 191, 197
Albemarle Sound, 52
Alexander, Pope, 14
Alexander, Sir William, 108, 109, 110, 126
Algonkin Indians, 33, 34, 40, 42
Algonquin Indians, 34, 59, 60, 73, 74, 117, 119, 129, 138, 170, 175, 176, 190
Allegheny River, 199, 201
Alleghenies, 202
Allerton, Isaac, 103, 104, 105, 111, 157
American Revolution, 185
Amerigo’s Land, 25
Amsterdam, 72, 73, 78, 80, 116, 135, 136, 141, 142, 175, 176
Anacostan Indians, 118, 129
Anglican, 99, 115
Anglo-Saxon, 9
Ango, Jean, 32
Annapolis, 126
Appalachian, 20, 193, 194, 196, 197, 203
Arabs, 6, 17
Arabian, 4, 9
Arctic, 28, 67
Argall, Capt. Samuel, 78, 79, 85, 86, 87, 107, 115
Argo, 3
Argonauts, 2, 3, 4
Armada, 80, 82
Armenia, 5
Arthur, Gabriel, 194
Ashley, Edward, 103
Ashley, Lord, 195
Asia, 4, 6, 17, 23, 24, 26, 49
Atlantic (Ocean), vii, 14, 16, 17, 24, 25, 34, 108, 193
Aughwick, 199
Augusta (Maine), 103
Aunay, Charles d’, 111, 112
Avalon (Newfoundland), 114
Ayllon, Lucas Vasquez de, 28, 29
Aztec Empire, 27, 28
B
Babylon, 2
Bacon, Nathaniel, 195
Bagnall, Walter, 104, 105
Baltic Sea, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 45
Baltimore, Lord, (first) see George Calvert;
(second) see Cecilius Calvert
Barbadian brandy, 195
Barbados, 196
Barbary pirates, 57
Barrington, Rhode Island, 171
Basque, 25, 37, 39
Battery, 140
Bay of Biscay, 38
Bay Colony, 166, 183
Bay of Fundy, 37, 39, 55, 62, 82, 83, 84, 86, 107, 108, 109, 111
Bay of the Narragansetts, 172
Bay of Santa Maria, 28
Beaver Road Fort, 160
Bergen, 22
Berkeley, Sir William (Governor of Virginia), 193, 195
Beverwyck, 177, 179
Biard, Father Pierre, 85, 86
Biloxi Bay (Mississippi), 192
Black Sea, 4, 9, 14
Block, Capt. Adrien, 78, 166
Block Island, 171
Blommaert, Samuel, 141, 147, 148
Blue Ridge Mountains, 74, 194
Boone, Daniel, 199
Borgia, Lucretia, 14
Bosphorus, 4
Boston (Massachusetts), 78, 98, 156, 168, 171, 173, 176, 180, 183, 189
Boston Bay, 98, 99, 101
Boston Harbor, 95
Braddock, General Edward, 202
Bradford, Governor William, 91, 93, 96, 102, 105, 106
Brazil, 25
Bremen
Canon Adam of, 10, 22
Councillors of, 10
Bretons, 25, 37
Bristol, 24, 25, 184, 200
Britain, 33, 196
British Empire, 59, 201
Brouage, Bay of Biscay, 38
Browne, Richard, 33
Bruges (Flanders), 12, 14
Brule, Etienne, 76, 77
Bry, Theodore de, 53
Burgesses, House of, 118, 125, 127
Butler, John, 130
Buzzard’s Bay, 55, 87
Byrd, William, 195
Byzantium, 4, 9
C
Cabot, John, 24, 25, 27, 37
Cadillac, Antoine de la Mothe, 193
Cahokia, 193
Calvert, Cecilius (second Lord Baltimore), 127, 128, 132, 133, 134, 183
Calvert, George (first Lord Baltimore), 108, 114, 115, 119, 123, 124, 125, 127, 129
Calvert, Leonard, 127, 128, 130, 131, 132, 133
Canada, 30, 31, 33, 34, 39, 42, 43, 61, 73, 75, 76, 77, 83, 104, 114, 126, 128, 129, 133, 188, 193, 201, 203
Cape Breton, 24, 32, 33, 39
Cape Cod, 17, 18, 28, 39, 55, 69, 78, 87, 88, 89, 93, 95, 111, 175, 181
Cape Elizabeth, 104
Cape Fear, 24, 37, 186
Cape of Good Hope, 14
Cape Hatteras, 34, 52
Cape Henlopen, 141, 142, 152
Cape May, 89, 142, 153
Cape Sable, 108, 109, 111
Carantouan, 76, 77
Cardinal de Richelieu, 109
Caribbean Sea, 29, 33, 38, 52
Carolina, 74, 186, 193, 194, 195, 196
Carr, Sir Robert, 185
Cartier, Jacques, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 39
Casco Bay, 98
Caspian Sea, 4, 9
Castine, Maine, 103
Catawba Indians, 74
Cathay, 4, 6, 15, 24, 28, 29, 30, 38, 44, 48, 49, 54, 58, 63
Catholic, 47, 82, 85, 114, 115, 124, 148, 159, 187
Cavelier, Robert (Sieur de la Salle), 190, 191, 192, 197
Cayuga Indians, 74
Champlain, Samuel de. See Chapter IV, pp. 37-43, 55, 56, 74, 75, 77, 107, 108, 109, 110, 187
Channing, Edward, 91
Charles I, 110, 114, 124, 125, 126, 180
Charles II, 124, 184
Charles of Spain, 27
Charleston, 196
Charles Towne, 195
Chattahoochee River, 196
Chaucer, 13
Cherokee Indians, 194, 195
Chesapeake Area, 29, 54, 62, 65, 120
Chesapeake Bay, 20, 27, 28, 52, 53, 55, 56, 59, 61, 65, 69, 74, 76, 77, 89
Chew, John, 120
Chickasaw Indians, 196
China, 16, 27, 28, 39, 43, 67, 68, 72, 186
Choctaw Indians, 196
Chouart, Medard, Sieur des Grosseilliers, 188
Christiansen, Hendrick, 73
Christina River, 79
Church, The, 5, 11, 16
Claiborne, William, 119-123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133
Cloberry, William, 119, 125, 126, 165
Cockatrice (wherry), 131
Codfish Land, 25, 26, 29
Colchis, 3
Columbus, Christopher, 17, 23, 24
Commissioners of the United Colonies, 170, 181
Company of Cathay, 49
Company of London, 165
Company of New France, 109, 110
Connecticut, 170, 171, 172
Connecticut Path, 167, 169
Connecticut River, 40, 66, 74, 78, 87, 113, 137, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 172, 180, 182, 184
Constantinople, 14
Cooper, Thomas, 170
Cornwallis, Capt. Thomas, 131
Corssen, Arendt, 144, 153, 160
Council of Foreign Plantations, 184
Coureurs des bois, 191, 193, 197, 201
Cox, William, 157
Cree Indians, 188
Creek Indians, 196
Cresap, Thomas, 200, 201
“Croatan,” 54
Croghan, George, 199, 200, 201
Cromwell, Oliver, 180, 184
Navigation Act of, 182
Croshaw, Raleigh, 118, 120
Crown Point, 202, 203
Crusades, 5, 10
Cugley, Daniel, 120
Curler, Jacob van, 167
Curran, Barney, 199
Cushenoc, 103, 105
D
Dacotah Indians, 187
Damariscotta River, 104
Danes, 12
Dare, Virginia, 54
Dark Ages, 5, 13
Darkness, Region of, 8, 9
Dartmouth, England, 72
D’Aunay, Charles, 111, 112
Davis, Capt. John, 54
Debedeavon, 120
De Bry, Theodore, 53
De Champlain. See Champlain
De Ferrara, Alfonso, 14
DeGuercheville, Madame, 85, 86
Delaware, 150
Delaware Bay, 78, 89, 138, 141, 183
Delaware Indians, 198
Delaware River, 20, 66, 69, 74, 77, 79, 113, 116, 117, 127, 134, 137, 138, 139, 140, 144, 145, 148, 149, 152, 153, 156, 157, 158, 165, 183, 184, 185
De Monts, 39, 41, 84
Department of Commerce, viii
De Razilly, 110, 111
Dermer, Capt. Thomas, 88, 89, 95, 116
De Roberval, 32
Des Grosseilliers, 188
De Tonti, Henri, 191
Detroit, 193
De Vries. See Vries
D’Iberville, Pierre le Moyne, 192
Dieppe, 32
Digby, 83
Dinwiddie, Governor, 201, 202
Dneiper, 9
Donnacona, 30, 31, 52
Dove (pinnace), 128
Drake, Francis, 48
Dublin, 199
Duck Creek, 149
Dupont-Grave, 38, 39, 40, 86
Dutch. See Chapters VII, XIII, XV and pages 12, 13, 36, 41, 45, 66, 82, 86, 87, 88, 89, 92, 102, 104, 116, 117, 119, 120, 134, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 197
Dutch East India Company, 67, 72, 79, 80
Dutchmen’s Island, 174
Dutch West India Company, 80, 90, 135, 136, 137, 140, 141, 147, 149, 150, 151, 152, 162, 165, 175, 176, 177
DuQuesne, 202
Dvina, 9
E
East India Company, 67, 72, 79, 80
East Indies, 15, 80
Eastern Shore, 115, 116, 120, 126, 131, 195
Edward III, 46
Eelkens, Jacob, 165, 166
Egypt, 2, 60
Elbe, 10
“El Dorado,” 53, 63, 83
Elizabeth I, 47, 48, 49
Elizabeth City, 120
Elizabethan occupation theory, 79, 145, 164
Endicott, Capt. John, 101, 171
England, 11, 12, 13, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 37, Chapter V, 58, 62, 63, 64, 72, 79, 83, 88, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 101, 103, 105, 106, 110, 112, 114, 117, 125, 127, 130, 132, 133, 136, 140, 145, 161, 163, 165, 169, 174, 180, 182, 183, 184, 186, 187, 189, 196, 198, 200, 202
English, 12, 24, 36, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45, 46, 48, 50, 53, 54, 55, 59, 62, 63, 65, 67, 76, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 97, 98, 101, 102, 104, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 115, 117, 118, 119, 122, 123, 124, 135, 136, 139, 143, 144, 145, 146, 149, 150, 152, 153, 154, 155, 157, 161, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, Chapter XVI, 186, 187, 189, 190, 191, 193, 194, 196, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203
Eratosthenes, 16
Ericson, Leif, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22
Eric the Red (Eric Thorvaldson), 17, 21
Ericson, Thorvald, 18
Erie, 201
Eriwoneck, 145
Eskimos, 22, 49
Ethiopians, 2, 4
Europe, vii, 5, 6, 9, 12, 13, 16, 23, 25, 51, 70, 72, 141, 149, 197, 202
Euxine Sea, 3
Evelin, George, 133
F
Fairfield, 172
Ferrara, Alfonso de, 14
Fendall, Governor, 183
Fenwick, Cuthbert, 131
Ferryland, 108, 114
Finland, 26
Finns, 152
Five Nations, 41, 42, 43, 61, 74, 75, 76, 77, 129, 191, 197
Flanders, 5, 11, 12
Flatey Book, 21
Fleet, Henry, 118, 119, 128, 129, 130
Florida, 27, 29, 33, 52, 82, 124, 194, 203
Forbes, General John, 202
Forked River, 189, 190
Fort Albany, 186
Fort Amstel, 163
Fort Amsterdam, 140, 141, 143, 144, 145, 146, 149, 156, 157, 176, 184, 185
Fort Beversrede, 160
Fort Casimir, 161, 162
Fort Chartres, 192
Fort Christina, 149, 150, 151, 152, 154, 155, 160, 162, 163
Fort Conquest, 133
Fort Crevecouer, 191
Fort DuQuesne, 202, 203
Fort Elfsborg, 155, 156, 161
Fort Frontenac, 190, 203
Fort Good Hope, 137, 166, 167, 168, 181
Fort d’Huiller, 193
Fort Korsholm, 159, 161
Fort Nassau, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 137, 138, 141, 143, 144, 145, 146, 149, 152, 155, 156, 160, 161
Fort Necessity, 202
Fort New Gothenborg, 155
Fort Onondaga, 76
Fort Orange, 137, 163, 165, 166, 176, 177, 179, 180, 183, 185, 186
Fort Orleans, 193
Fort Pitt, 203
Fort Rosalie, 192
Fort St. Antoine, 192
Fort St. George, 84
Fort Saybrook, 168, 172, 173
Fort Trinity, 163
Fortune (ship), 95
France, 11, 13, 14, 23, 28, 30, 31, 33, 39, 40, 52, 79, 82, 84, 86, 107, 108, 110, 111, 163, 191, 192, 193, 198, 199, 203
Francis I, 27, 29, 31, 47, 48
Fraser, John, 199, 201
French Canada, 35, 61, 83, 175, 185, 186
French Creek, 201
French, 28, 29, 31, 34, 37, 38, 40, 41, 42, 43, 48, 54, 55, 62, 68, 69, 72, 74, 75, 76, 77, 80, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 94, 95, 101, 104, 106, 107, 109, 110, 111, 112, 116, 117, 119, 120, 126, 134, 137, 145, 147, 173, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201 passim, 202, 203
French and Indian War, vii, viii, 187, 202
Freydis, 17, 21
Frobisher, Martin, 48, 49
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, 170
G
Gaspe, 39
Genoa, 6, 14
German, 5, 9, 10, 11, 12, 193
Gibbons, Ambrose, 104
Gilbert, Bartholomew, 54
Gilbert, Sir Humphrey, 49, 50, 51, 54
Gilbert, Sir John, 51
Girling, Captain, 112
Gloucester, New Jersey, 137
Godfrey of Bouillon, 10
Godyn, Samuel, 141
Golden Fleece, 2, 3, 4, 188
Gomez, Captain Estevan, 69
Gondomar, Ambassador, 124
Gorges, Sir Ferdinando, 83, 84, 88, 93, 98, 99, 104
Gorges, Capt. Robert, 99
Gosnold, Bartholomew, 55, 69, 83
Gothenburg, 148
Gothland, 11
Grave, Francois (Sieur duPont), 38, 39, 40
Great Lakes, 68, 74, 190
Great Meadows, 202
Greece, 3, 4
Greek, 2, 4, 13, 17, 188
Green Bay, 187
Greenland, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24
Greenwich (Connecticut), 126, 173, 181, 182
Grenville, Sir Richard, 53
Gripen (ship), 148, 150, 151
Grosseilliers, Sieur des, 188
Gudrid, 17, 19
Guercheville, Madame de, 85, 86
Guiana, 54, 92
Gulf of Mexico, 190, 191, 192, 193, 196
Gulf of St. Lawrence, 28, 29, 37, 50, 108, 109, 190
Gustavus Adolphus, 146
H
Hakluyt, Richard, 33, 37
Half Moon (ship), 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72
Hampton, Virginia, 120
Hansa, 11, 12
Hanseatic League, 11, 12, 22
Hariot, Thomas, 53
Harmar, Charles, 120, 128, 129
Harrisburg, 199
Harris Ferry, 199
Hartford, 137, 166, 168, 170, 181, 182, 183
Harvey, Sir John (Governor of Virginia), 130, 132, 144, 145
Hatteras, 34, 52
Hauk’s Book, 20
Havre, 32
Hawkins, John, 33, 48
Hawley, Jerome, 132
Hendricksen, Cornelis, 78, 79, 89
Henry IV, 38
Henry VIII, 46, 47
Heyn, Admiral Peter, 135
Hindustan, 5
Hochelaga, 30
Holland, 12, 13, 72, 73, 75, 78, 79, 80, 81, 92, 93, 135, 136, 138, 140, 142, 143, 148, 151, 156, 159, 160, 161, 163, 165, 177, 178, 179, 182
Hollanders, 39, 77, 78, 87, 89, 136, 138, 144, 146, 147, 151, 152, 158, 160, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 168, 174, 175, 176, 181, 182
Holmes, Capt. William, 168
Holmes, George, 146
Hoorn, 73, 77, 116
Hopkins, Governor Edward, 170
Horne (Hoorn), 116
Hudde, Andries, 159
Hudson Bay, 22, 188, 189
Hudson’s Bay Company, 189, 193
Hudson, Capt. Henry, 40, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 77, 78, 79, 88, 102, 164
Hudson River, 20, 27, 28, 66, 70, 72, 73, 74, 75, 77, 78, 81, 86, 93, 102, 113, 116, 117, 137, 138, 165, 166, 173, 175, 176, 177, 178, 180, 181, 183, 184, 186, 197
Huguenots, 82, 85
Hunt, Captain, 95
Huron Indians, 33, 41, 42, 74, 76, 77
Huygen, Hendrick, 150, 152, 158
I
Iberville, Pierre le Moyne d’, 192
Ibn-Batootah, 7, 8
Iceland, 17, 24
Illinois, 203
Illinois Indians, 191, 192, 197
Illinois River, 193
India, 2, 7, 14, 16, 24, 63
Indian, 110, 123, 124, 129, 134, 142, 150, 158, 168, 172, 174, 176, 183, 196, 200, 201, 203
corn, viii, 28, 35, 48, 69, 75, 94, 96
league, 176
policy, 198
trade, 126, 128, 148, 153, 154, 156, 157, 169, 174, 177, 180, 184, 193, 194, 200
village, 131, 169, 174, 195
Indian Ocean, 5, 27, 50, 52, 53
Indians, vii, 25, 29, 30, 32, 33, 35, 53, 54, 55, 58, 59, 60, 63, 64, 68, 69, 70, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 80, 84, 85, 87, 89, 94, 97, 100, 102, 105, 109, 115, 117, 119, 128, 129, 130, 133, 136, 137, 139, 143, 148, 149, 150, 152, 153, 154, 158, 159, 160, 161, 165, 167, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 175, 180, 181, 188, 191, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200
customs of, 121-122
Indian Sea, 83
Indies, 16
Ingram, David, 33
Ireland, 17, 72
Iroquois Confederacy, 73
Iroquois Indians, 30, 33, 34, 39, 40, 41, 42, 61, 73, 74, 75, 77, 80, 107, 123, 128, 129, 137, 138, 139, 170, 175, 176, 177, 178, 180, 181, 182, 184, 187, 190, 191, 192, 193, 197, 198
customs of, 74
Islam, 5
Italy, 6, 14
Italian merchants, 5, 6, 14
Ivan the Terrible, 12, 44, 45
J
James I, 54, 58, 83, 86, 108, 164
James Bay, 189
James, Duke of York, 184, 186
James River, 20, 28, 29, 59, 82, 83, 85, 87, 89, 115, 116, 118, 120, 124, 125, 195, 196
Jamestown, 57, 58, 60, 62, 69, 82, 89, 115, 116, 117, 118, 127, 143, 144, 150, 195
Jansen, Commissary Jan, 146, 149, 150, 154, 156, 159
Japazaws, 118
Jason, 2, 3, 4 passim, 188
Jesuit priests, 29, 85, 190, 191
Johnson, Dr. Amandus, 151, 157
Joliet, Louis, 190
Julin, 10
Juno, 3
K
Kalmar Nyckel (ship), 148, 150, 151
Karlsefni, Thorfinn, 17, 19, 20, 21, 69
Kaskaskia, 193
Kecoughtan, 115, 120, 126, 146
Kennebec River, 83, 87, 98, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 145
Kent Hundred, 127
Kent Island, 126, 127, 128, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134
Kent Islanders, 128, 130, 131
Kentucky, 199, 203
Khan, Kublai, the Great, 6, 7, 13
Kieft, Governor William, 150, 175
King George’s War, 198, 199, 200
Kirke brothers, 109, 126, 128
“Kleynties,” 76
Kling, Lieutenant Mans, 150, 156
Knight, Capt. John, 54
Kublai Khan, 6, 7, 13
L
Labrador, 25
Laconia Company, 104, 156
La Dauphine (ship), 27, 28
Lake Champlain, 41, 74, 104
Lake Chautauqua, 201
Lake Erie, 193, 199, 201
Lake Huron, 193
Lake Michigan, 187
Lake Nipissing, 42
Lake of the Iroquois, 41, 156
Lake Onondaga, 75
Lake Ontario, 42, 75, 190
Lake Superior, 188
Lake Winnipeg, 22
Lake Winnepesaukee, 104, 181
Lamberton, George, 153, 154
Lancaster, 198, 200
Lane, Governor Ralph, 53, 54
La Rochelle, 32, 35, 86
La Salle, Sieur de, 190, 191, 192, 197
La Tour, Charles de, 108, 109, 110, 111
Laud, William (Bishop of London), 124
Lederer, John, 193
Lee, Thomas, 200
Leif, Ericson, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22
Leigh, Capt. Charles, 37, 54
Leipzig, 26
Lenni Lenape Indians, 74, 137, 138, 139, 140, 143, 144, 148, 149
Levett, Christopher, 98
Levy, Franks and Simon, 200
Lewger, John (Secretary of Maryland), 133
Leyden, 92
Lincolnshire, 57
Logan, James, 198
Lok, Michael, 49
London, 37, 45, 48, 55, 63, 64, 83, 95, 119, 132, 164, 165, 184, 189, 200
London Company, 57, 58, 69, 82, 83
Long Island Sound, 18, 78, 87, 102, 153, 165, 171, 173, 183
Long Tayle (pinnace), 130, 131, 132
Lords Commissioners of Plantations, 132
Louis XIV, 190, 191
Louisburg, 203
Louisiana, viii, ix, 192, 193
Lowrey brothers, 199
M
Machias (Maine), 111
Machias River, 104
Maine, 18, 55, 62, 68, 83, 84, 85, 96, 97, 98, 100, 101, 102, 104, 105, 106, 107,110, 111, 112, 156
Malaga, 95
Malaya, 14, 16
Malay Archipelago, 5
Manhattan, 70, 71, 73, 77, 78, 79, 86, 88, 89, 102, 136, 140, 144, 145, 150, 154, 158, 163, 164, 165, 166, 173, 175, 176, 177, 179, 181, 185
Marco Polo, 6, 7, 8, 9, 25
“Markland,” 22
Marquette, Father Jacques, 190
Martha’s Vineyard, 78
Martiau, Capt. Nicholas, 127
Mary Tudor (Queen of England), 47
Maryland, 127, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 183, 198, 200
Marylanders, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 152, 200
Mason, Capt. John, 98, 104, 172
Massachusetts, 103, 112, 156, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 180, 182, 183
Massachusetts Bay, 167
Massachusetts Bay Colony, 111
Massachusetts Bay Company, 101
Massachusetts Indians, 95, 97, 98, 99
Matagorda Bay, 192
Matthew (boat), 24
Mathews, Samuel, 120
Maverick, Samuel, 98
May, Capt. Cornelis Jacobsen, 77, 78, 89, 135, 136, 137, 138
May, Peter, 146, 149
Mayflower (ship), 92, 93, 94
Mediterranean, 5, 6, 13, 14
Merrimac River, 98, 181
Merrymount, 100, 101, 104
Mesopotamians, 4
Mexico, 41, 190
Minqua Indians, 77, 79, 140, 144, 149, 150, 152, 154
Minquas Kill, 148, 149, 150
Minnesota, 22
Minnesota River, 193
Minuit, Governor Peter, 136, 140, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151
Mississippi, 192
Mississippi River, 134, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 196, 203
discovery of, 189
Missouri River, 188, 189, 193
Mobile, 192
Mohammed, 5
Mohawk Indians, 73, 74, 75, 170, 175, 176
Mohawk Valley, 76, 187, 197
Mohegan Indians, 73, 75, 137, 167, 172, 173
Moluccas, 24
Mongolia, 4, 7
Monhegan Island, 101
Monongahela River, 201
Montagnais Indians, 33, 40
Montour, Andrew, 199, 201
Montreal, 30, 197, 199, 203
Monts, Sieur de, 39, 41, 84
Morton, Thomas, 100, 101, 104
Moscow, 11, 44, 45
Moslem, 5, 6
Mount Desert Island, 18, 19, 62, 85, 86
Moxon, Rev. George, 170
Moyne, Pierre le (Sieur d’Iberville), 192
Muscongus River, 104
Muscovy, 50, 72
Muscovy Company, 44, 67
Muskingum River, 199
Mystic River, 172
N
Nantasket, 99
Narragansett Bay, 101, 102, 174
Narragansett Indians, 87, 96, 101, 102, 171, 172, 173, 174
Narrows, 70, 166
Natchez, 193
Natchitoches, 193
Naugatuck River, 180
Navigation Acts, 182, 184, 186
Neale, Capt. Walter, 104, 156
Needham, James, 194
Nelson River, 22
Netherlands. See Holland
New Amsterdam, 158, 162, 163, 164, 166, 168, 175, 182, 183, 184
New Brunswick, 108
New Castle, 161
New England, 40, 64, 81, 88, 89, 90, 91, 93, 97, 108, 119, 135, 151, 153, 158, 163, 165, 166, 167, 171, 180, 181, 183, 196
Confederation of, 112
Council for, 93, 97, 98, 99
New Englanders, 107, 137, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 167, 168, 171, 172, 173, 179, 180, 181, 182, 197
Newfoundland, 17, 25, 37, 50, 51, 63, 68, 70, 108, 114
New France, 29, 31, 32, 33, 34, 36, 37, 38, 39, 43, 74, 79, 80, 82, 83, 107, 108, 109, 110, 158, 190
New Haven, 153, 155, 173, 175, 180, 182
New Jersey, 153
New Mexico, 192
New Netherland, 73, 75, 76, 78, 79, 80, 90, 92, 108, 113, Chapter XII, 147, 149, 151, 155, 161, 162, Chapter XV, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 197
Council of, 154
Governor of, 148, 158, 179
New Netherlanders, 102, 146, 175, 176, 183
New Netherland (ship), 136
New Orleans, 192, 203
New Plymouth, 166, 167, 168, 171
Newport, Capt. Christopher, 58, 116
New River Valley, 194
New Scotland, 108, 109
New Spain, 52, 70, 82, 83, 108
New Sweden, 148, 149, 151, 152, 154, 155, 157, 158, 159, 161, 162, 183
New York (city), ix, 76, 136, 137, 164, 184, 196
New York (state), 185, 193, 197
New Yorkers, 40
New York Times, ix
New World, 3, 80, 92
Niagara, 42, 202, 203
Nicollet, Jean, 187, 188
Nicolls, Colonel Richard, 184, 185
Nile, 4, 60
Noddle’s Island, 98
Normans, 13, 25, 27, 46
Norman’s Kill, 137
Norsemen, 9, 10 passim, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 24, 69
North America, 24, 54, 135, 136
North River, 137, 141, 151, 165
North Sea, 9, 11, 12
Norwalk, 173
Norway, 22
Norwegians, 22
Nova Scotia, 17, 22, 54, 68, 107, 108, 109, 110, 126, 189, 202
Novgorod, 10, 11, 12, 45
Nuremberg, 17
O
Oder River, 10
Ohio, 203
Ohio Company, 200, 202
Ohio River, 193, 194, 197, 198, 199, 201, 202, 203
Oldham, John, 104, 167, 171
Oneida Indians, 74
Onondaga Indians, 74
Onrust (ship), 78, 79
Ontario, 188
Opechancanough, 118
Orient, 6, 135
Oriental pelts, 9, 187
Ottawa Indians, 201
Ottawa River, 41, 42
Oyster Bay, 173
P
Pacific Ocean, 203
Palmer’s Island, 127, 128, 130, 133, 134
Pamlico Sound, 52
Pamunkey Indians, 124
Panama Canal, 38
Paris, 33, 39
Passyunk, 137, 138, 160
Patowomecks, 115, 118
Patuxent River, 116, 131
Peirsey, Abraham, 120
Pelias, King, 3
Pemaquid, 104, 111
Penn, William, 137, 198
Penn’s son, 198
Pennsauken Creek, 145
Pennsylvania, 76, 193, 197, 198, 199, 200
Penobscot Bay, 68, 88
Penobscot River, 103, 104, 110, 111, 187
Pentagoet, 103, 110, 112
Pentagoet Bay, 112
Peoria, Illinois, 191
Pequot Indians, 102, 167, 168, 171, 172, 173, 174, 176
annihilation of, 172
War, 171
Persians, 4, 44, 45
Philadelphia, ix, x, 39, 78, 123, 127, 137, 144, 145, 153, 155, 160, 200
Philip II (King of Spain), 48
Phoenicians, 17
Piedmont plateau, 74
Pilgrims, 90, Chapter IX, 110, 111, 112, 156, 167, 168
Pimitoui, 193
Piscataqua, 98, 104
Piscataqua River, 104
Piscattaway Indians, 129
Placentia Bay, 108
Pleskow, 11
Plymouth, Chapter IX, 111, 112, 157, 164
Plymouth Company, 83, 84, 88, 93
Pocahontas, 58, 61, 117
Pocomoke River, 131
Point Comfort, 124
Polo, Marco, 6, 7, 8, 9, 25
Poole, Robert, 117
Popham, Sir Francis, 88
Popham, George, 83
Popham, Sir John (Chief Justice), 83
Port Royal (Bay of Fundy), 39, 62, 84, 85, 86, 108, 109, 110, 111, 126
Port Royal, South Carolina, 194
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 98
Portugal, 11, 13, 23, 25, 26
Portuguese, 14, 15, 16, 25
Potomac River, 29, 65, 115, 116, 118, 121, 127, 128, 129, 130, 132, 134, 200
Poutrincourt, Sieur de, 84, 86, 108
Powhatan, 58, 59, 60, 117
Powhatan Confederacy, 59, 116, 124
Pring, Martin, 55, 83
Printz, Johan (Governor of New Sweden), 152, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163
Province Island, 153, 155, 159
Puritan, 101, 111, 112, 167, 168, 169, 171, 172
Pynchon, William, 169-170, 171, 181
Q
Quaker, 198, 199
Quebec, 30, 32, 40, 41, 42, 108, 109, 110, 145, 188, 190, 203
Quebec Province, 108
Quincy, 99
R
Radisson, Pierre Esprit, 188, 189, 190
Raleigh, Sir Walter, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 82
Rappahannock River, 115
Rasieres, Isaak de, 102
Razilly, Chevalier Isaac de, 110, 111
Red River, 22
Renaissance, 12, 14, 46
Rensselaer, Kiliaen van, 141, 176, 177, 178
Rensselaerwyck, 141, 176, 177, 178, 179
Restoration, 183
Rhode Island, 173, 174, 175
Richelieu, Cardinal de, 109
Richelieu River, 41
Richmond’s Island, 104, 105
Rising, Johan, 162, 163
Roanoke, 37, 52, 54, 55, 82
Roberval, Sieur de, 32
Rocky Mountains, viii, 203
Rolfe, John, 118
Romans, 4, 5, 60
Rome, 4, 124
Rotterdam, 151
Rouen, 32, 39
“Rupert’s Land,” 189
Rupert, Prince, 189
Rurik, 9
Russia, 9, 10, 12, 26, 44, 45, 51, 63
Russian, 45, 46
S
Saco River, 104
Sagahadoc, 83, 84, 88, 101
St. Augustine, 186
St. Christopher’s Island, 151
St. Croix, 39, 62, 84, 86
St. Croix River, 186, 187
Saint George, 83
St. Helen (pinnace), 131
Saint Just, 84, 85, 86, 108
St. Lawrence River, 20, 30, 32, 33, 34, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 56, 62, 85, 86, 107, 108, 110, 112, 145, 188, 190, 203
St. Malo, 32, 33
St. Margaret (boat), 131
St. Mary’s, 127, 128, 130, 131, 132, 133
Salem Creek, 153
Salem, 101
San Miguel, 28
Santo Domingo, 28, 29
Sanuto, 14
Saquenay, 30, 31, 32
Savage, Thomas, 115, 116, 117, 120
Savannah River, 195
Saxons, 10
Scandinavia, 5, 11
Schuylkill River, 137, 138, 144, 149, 153, 155, 159, 160
Scioto River, 199
Scotland, 110, 126
Scots, 109, 111
Scottish Company, 110
Scottish and English Company, 109
Semiramis, 2
Seneca Indians, 74
Seven Years’ War, 202
Shawnee Indians, 194, 198
Shenandoah Valley, 197
Shippen and Lawrence, 200
Siberia, 6, 7, 11, 24, 26, 45
Sioux Indians, 188
Skraelings, Chapter II, 94
Skute, Capt. Sven, 162, 163
Slavic lands, 4, 9, 10
Slavs, 10
Slechtenhorst, Brandt van, 178, 179
Smith, Capt. Dirck, 163
Smith, Henry, 169
Smith, Capt. John, 48, 56, Chapter VI, 68, 69, 77, 83, 87, 88, 89, 94, 95, 115, 116, 117, 118, 123
Smith, Richard, 173, 174
Smith, Capt. Thomas, 130, 133
Smith, Sir Thomas, 58, 83
Snorri, 19
Somes Sound, 18
Southampton, 50, 92
South America, 24, 29, 54
South River, 71, 78, 138, 139, 140, 141, 143, 144, 146, 147, 149, 150, 151, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163
South Sea, 54, 55, 145, 186, 199
Sowamset, 171
Spain, 16, 17, 23, 25, 26, 27, 48, 50, 52, 53, 69, 80, 125, 135, 140, 148, 186, 203
Spaniards, 26, 27, 28, 29, 33, 52, 80, 82, 115, 124, 140, 186, 192, 194, 196
Spanish, 27, 48, 52, 70, 76, 95, 124, 135, 136, 148, 149, 150, 190, 194, 196
Spanish Florida, 54, 77, 185, 186, 196
Spanish Hill, 76
Spanish West Indies, 157
Spelman, Henry, 117, 118, 119
Springfield, 169, 170
Squanto, 94, 95, 96
Stamford, 173, 176
Standish, Capt. Miles, 94, 96, 101, 105, 112
“staple right,” 177
States General of the Netherlands, 79, 80, 90, 92, 135, 168, 177, 179, 182
Stoughton, Captain, 172
Strabo, 16
Stratford, 173
Stuyvesant, Governor Peter, 159, 160, 162, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185
Susquehanna River, 61, 65, 68, 74, 76, 77, 113, 123, 127, 133, 134, 138, 152, 197, 199
Susquehannocks, 61, 76, 77, 123, 129, 138, 139, 153
Swanendael, 141, 142, 144, 147
Sweden, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 156, 157, 162
Swedes, 22, 36, Chapter XIV
Swedish, 146, Chapter XIV
T
Tadoussac, 40
Tartars, 6, 7, 8, 13, 44, 45, 57
Tartar Empire, 7
Tartary, 29, 30, 40
Tawasentha, 137
Taylor, Philip, 132
Taz River, 11
Tennessee River, 196
Texas, 192
Thames River, 11, 56, 182
The Hague, 73, 89, 90
Thirty Years’ War, 107, 165
Thompson, David, 98
Thompson, Maurice, 125
Thorowgood, Cyprian, 128
Thorn, Poland, 10
Thorvald Ericson, 18
Thorvaldson, Eric (Eric the Red), 17, 21
Three Rivers, 39, 77, 188
Ticonderoga, 203
Tierra D’Ayllon, 28, 29
Tierra Florida, 28
Timber Creek, 137
Tinicum Island, 155, 161, 163
Tobolsk, 11
Tonti, Henri de, 191
Transylvania, 57
Treasurer (ship), 85, 87
Treaty of Hartford, 182
Treaty of Lancaster, 200
Treaty of Paris, 203
Trent, Capt. William, 199, 201, 202
Trenton, 138
Trinity Bay, 108
Trinity Harbor, 50
Turkey, 45
Turks, 14, 57
Turner, Capt. Nathaniel, 153, 157
Twide, Richard, 33
Tyrker, 18
U
Ulster Scots, 197
Underhill, Capt. John, 172, 176
United Colonies, Commissioners of the, 183
United Colonies of New England, 180
United Netherlands, 80
United New Netherland Company, 73
United States, viii, ix
Urals, 11, 45
Usselinx, William, 80
V
Valley of Virginia, 74
Van Curler, Jacob, 167
Van Rensselaer, Kiliaen, 141, 176, 177, 178
Van Slechtenhorst, Brandt, 178, 179
Van Twiller, Governor Wouter, 165, 166
Varangians, 9
Varkens Kill, 153, 155
Venango, 201
Venice, 6, 11, 14
Verhulst, William, 138
Verhulsten Island, 138
Verrazano, Giovanni da, 27, 28, 52, 69
Vervins, Peace of, 38
Vespucci, Amerigo, 25
Vikings, 9, Chapter II, 24, 94
Vines, Richard, 104
Vinland, Chapter II
Virginia, Capes of, 69
Virginia Company, 83, 86, 92
Virginia Company Council, 116
Virginia Council, 86, 115, 132
Virginia, 52, 53, 57, 58, 59, 60, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 68, 78, 79, 80, 83, 86, 87, 89, 92, 93, 97, 99, 100, 113, Chapters XI, XII, 135, 144, 145, 146, 148, 151, 164, 184, 193, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 201, 202
Virginia (pinnace), 83
Virginians, 70, 80, 82, 115, 116, 117, 119, 121, 123, 124, 125, 128, 129, 130, 134, 144, 146, 157, 194, 195, 196, 199, 200
Volga, 9
Vries, Capt. David Pieters de, 141, 143, 144
W
Wahunsonacock, 116
Waldseemuller, 25
“Walking Purchase,” 198
Walloons, 136, 137, 141
“Wall” Street, 182
Warren, Lieutenant Radcliffe, 131
Washington, D. C., 118
Washington, George, 201, 202
Washington family, 200
Watertown, Massachusetts, 167
Wessagusset, 99, 101
Wessel, 147
West, Capt. Francis, 98
West, John, 132
Westchester County, 173, 182
Westfield, 170
West India Company. See Dutch West India Company
West Indies, 29, 38, 53, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151
Westoes, 195
Weston Thomas, 92, 93, 95, 98, 99
West Virginia, 199
Wethersfield, 168
Weymouth, 83, 99
Weymouth, Capt. George, 54, 55, 95
White, Father Andrew, 130
White, John, 53, 54
White Sea, 11, 44
Whiting, William, 157, 170
Whorekill, 142, 143, 147
Wickford, Rhode Island, 174
Wilcox, John, 157, 173
Willard, Simon, 181
William (ship), 165, 166
Williams, Roger, 172, 173
Wilmington (Delaware), 79, 149
Windsor, 168
Winetha, 10
Winslow, Edward, 105, 166, 167
Winter, John, 105
Winthrop, Governor John, 101, 156, 166
Wisby, 11
Wisconsin, 187
Wollaston, 99, 100
Wood, Abraham, 194
Woodward, Henry, 195, 196
Woronoco, 170
Wyatt, Sir Francis (Governor of Virginia), 150
Y
York, Duke of, 184, 186
York River, 29, 115
Youghiogheny River, 199, 200, 201
Young, Capt. Thomas, 145, 146
Yowaccomoco Indians, 129
Z
Zipangu, 70