Diodorus Siculus, 16.

Druid Sacrifices, 106.

"Druidic," 74, 177, 178.

E.

Edward VI and Cabot, 48.

Elysian Fields, 13, 14, 16.

Erik the Red, 20.

Escobar, 162.

Euripides, quoted, 14.

F.

Feather-work, 84, 96.

Ferdinand and Isabella, 40, 41.

Feudalism ended, 36.

G.

Gama, De, 38, 58.

Gardens, 138, 139.

Glazier, Theory, 73-74.

Gladstone quoted, 189.

Gosnold's Expedition, 25, 26.

Greenland, 19-25, 30, 31.

Grijalva and Yucatan, 10, 53.

Guatemala, 58, 76, 79.

Guatimozin, 163.

Gunnbiorn, 20.

H.

Hannibal on the Alps, 134, 135.

Harold Fair-hair, 20.

Hatuey, 51, 52.

Hayti, 43, 98.

Helluland (Newfoundland), 22.

Henry VII., 48, 49.

Hercules' Pillars, 13, 17.

Herodotus, 10, 11.

Hesiod, quoted, 13.

Hesperides, Isles of the Blest, 14.

Homer, quoted, 10, 13.

Honduras, 76, 79.

Huitzilopochtli, god of battles, 93, 94, 150, 151 (see MEXITL.)

Humboldt, 35, 50, 65, 73, 83, 94.

I.

Iceland, 19, 20.

Incas, 172, 182 (see PERU).

"Indian," as a term applied to the New World by mistake, a blunder still perpetuated, 42 (cf. 98.)

Indians, "Red-skins," 72-74, 80, 90.

Ingolf, 19.

Iphigenia, 104.

Ireland, Mickle, 20, 31, 32.

Italian Discovery, 34-36.

Itztli (obsidian), used as a sharp flint, 95.

Iztapalapan, 138.

J.

Jamaica, 170.

Jewish "Discovery," 33.

Juan, S., ship-canal, 172.

K.

Katortuk (Greenland), 21, 22 (cut, 21).

Kingsborough, Lord, 34, 69, 82.

L.

Leif Erikson, 21-23.

Lesseps de, 171-173.

Loadstone, 41, 42.

Longfellow, quoted, 29.

Lucian, quoted, 17.

M.

Madoc, 32, 33, 70.

Magellan reaches the Pacific Ocean and names it, 49; killed at Matan, 50.

Magnetic Pole, 41.

Maguey plant, its singular value, 94.

Major, Mr., on Pre-Columbian discoveries of America, and site of the Greenland colonies, 35, 36.

Malte-Brun, 35.

Marina, "slave-interpreter," 109, 115, 128, 131.

Markham, Sir C., quoted, 30, 174, 179, 183.

Markland (Nova Scotia), 22.

Marvels, Age of, 38, 39.

Maya, Mayapan, 76, 79.

Maya, MS., 81, 82.

Maya, trade, 84.

Mayflower lands in Vinland, 26.

Medea, 18, 104.

Merida, 78.

Mexico, Mexicans (see also AZTECS).

Mexico, archeology, 72-86.

Mexico, geography, 89, 90, 133-135.

Mexico, valley, 134, 135.

Mexico, town, 139, 142, 145-151.

Mexico, wealth, 155.

Mexico, siege, 160-164.

Mexico, ferocity in war, 160-164.

Mexitl, the god of battles, another name for Huitzilopochtli, 93.

Monolith (cuts), 173, 175.

Montezuma I., 57.

Montezuma, 110-113.

Montezuma, meaning of name, 113.

Montezuma, power, 120, 121, 135, 141.

Montezuma, affability, 144.

Montezuma, dress, etc., 161.

Montezuma, death, 162.

Montgomery, James, 20, 22, 23.

Morgan, buccaneer, 170.

Mound builders, 31, 71, 85.

Mueller, Max, quoted, 56.

N.

Narvaez, 158, 159.

Nicaragua, ship-canal, 58, 172.

Norse Discovery, 19-32.

Norse towns in Greenland, 20.

Norumbega, 25.

O.

Ocean, Western, 12, 16, 17.

Ocean, Southern, first name for the Atlantic (q.v.)

Oceanus, river, 10.

Ogygia, 16.

Ollantay, Peru, 174, 176.

Orinoco, discovered, 45.

Orizaba, 120.

Overland Route, 37.

P.

Pacific, first seen, 166.

Pacific, first sailed upon, 50.

Palenque, 77, 79, 81.

Palos, 41, 45.

Panama, 166, 171, 172.

Panama, modern, 171.

Paper (prehistoric) of Mexico, 82.

Pedrarias, 167, 168.

Peru and Incas, chaps. ix., x.

Peru agriculture, 182, 185.

Peru aqueducts, roads, etc., 177.

Peru archeology, 172-182.

Peru architecture, 87, 172-178.

Peru calendar, 184, 185.

Peru chulpas, 87 (cut).

Peru quipu, 180 (cut).

Peru sculpture and pottery, 178.

Peru history and religion, 182.

Phenicians, 11, 17.

Pictograph, 80, 112.

Pindar, quoted, 13.

Pizarro, 164, 167.

Pizarro and Atahualpha, 187, 188.

Pizarro and Peru, 186-189.

Pizarro, first and second voyages, 186, 187.

Pizarro imitated Balboa, 165, 186.

Pizarro invades Peru, 187.

Pizarro, his treachery and cruelty, 188, 189.

Pizarro at Cusco, 188.

Pizarro founds Lima, 188.

Pizarro, "Doom" at last, 189.

Plato, 14, 15.

Plutarch, 16.

Polo, Marco, 39, 43.

Polyxena, 104.

Popocatepetl, 133, 134.

Ptolemy, 11, 39.

Pythagorean theory, 10.

Q.

Quetzalcoatl, 84, 93, 94, 111, 113, 130, 152.

Quipu, 180, 181 (cut, 180).

R.

Rafn, 28, 29, 31.

Raymi, Peruvian festival, 184, 185.

Renascence, 9, 36, 37.

Renascence influence on travel and exploration, 38.

Renascence assisted the Reformation, 37.

Runes in Greenland, 27, 28.

S.

Sebastian, Magellan's Basque lieutenant, 33, 50.

Seneca, 18, 19 (title-page).

"Scraelings," Vinland, 23.

"Skeleton in Armor," 29.

Spain, how consolidated, 37, 106.

Spain, close of its colonial history, 52.

Squier, quoted, 176, 181.

T.

Tambos, Peru, 185.

Tehuantepec, isthmus, 171.

Tenochtitlan, Mexico, 57.

Teocalli, 106, 117, 148-151, 156 (cut, 105).

Tezcatlipoca, god of youth, 61.

Tezcuco, eastern capital, Mexico, 56.

Tezcuco, 56, 57, 136.

Tezcuco, king of, 100.

Tezcuco, lake, 139-140.

Thorfinn, 23.

Thorwaldsen, 23.

Titicaca, lake, 71, 182.

Titicaca (see CYCLOPEAN RUINS), 174, 175.

Tlaloc, god of rain, 63.

Tlascala, 113, 121-127, 130, 153, 159, 163.

Tlascala, people, and siege, 130, 133.

Toltecs, 56, 71.

Totonacs, 115.

Trinidad, 45.

Tula, 56.

Tumbez, Peru, 186.

Turks, causing civilization, 36, 38.

U.

Utatla, 79.

Uxmal, 55, 76 (frontispiece).

V.

Valladolid, 46.

Velasquez, 51-53, 107, 108, 158.

Vesper, 14 (see HESPERIDES).

Vespucci, 49, 51, 52.

Vinland (New England), 23, 25.

Vinland, map of, 24.

Voltaire, story of Cortes, 164.

W.

Waldseemueller, 50.

Watling's Island, 42.

Welsh Discovery, 32, 33.

William III. and Darien Scheme, 168-169.

Wilson, "Prehistoric Man," 26, 81.

World, shape of, 9-11.

X.

Xalapa, 120.

Xicotencatl, Tlascalan, 124, 126, 127-130.

Xicotencatl appearance, 129.

Y.

Yochicalco, 86.

Yucatan, 53, 54, 75-77.

Z.

Zempoalla, "conversion of," 116.

Zempoalla, 119, 158, 159.

Zeni, Italian brothers, 34-35.

Zeno map, 34, 35.

Zipango (Japan), 39, 45.

Zodiac, comparative, 55.

Zodiac (cut) from a tomb at Cusco, 182.



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Transcriber's note:

The many spelling and hyphenation discrepancies in this text are as in the original.

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