Note II-2 — Chapter II · ANTIQUITIES OF THE ISTHMUS, COSTA RICA, MOSQUITO COAST, AND NICARAGUA.

I might except a Roman coin of the time of Cæsar Augustus, and a buried ship, or galley, of antique model, said to have been discovered in early times by the Spaniards in the vicinity of Panamá, and which figured somewhat largely in early speculations on the question of American origin. I need not say that the evidence for the authenticity of such a discovery is extremely unsatisfactory. See: García, Orígen de los Ind., p. 174, with quotation from Marineo, Sumario, (Toledo, 1546,) fol. 19—apparently the original authority in the matter—and a reference to other editions and works; Solórzano Pereyra, De Ind. Jure, tom. i., p. 93; Id. Política Ind., tom. i., p. 22; Horn, Orig. Amer., p. 13; Simon, Noticias Historiales, (Cuença, 1626,) lib. i., cap. x.