B

Badajoz, [53]

Bahamas, the, [4]

Balboa, Vasco Nuñez de, accompanies Encisco to San Sebastian, [19]

placed in charge at Antigua, [20]

seeks to serve Nicuesa, [25]

further adventures, [31-50]

referred to, [107]

Barron, James, [251], [252]

Bastidas, an explorer, [5]

"Battery of the Fearless," referred to, [74] (footnote)

Bay, Chesapeake, [4]

Bentham, Jeremy, [248]

Biddle, Major Thomas, [255]

Biru, land of, early name of Peru, [56]

chieftain named, [56]

Bonhomme Richard, the, [285], [286]

Bowie, James, [252-254]

knives, [253]

Brackett, Charles, [305]

Broderick, Senator, [256-258]

Buccaneers, the, [3]

Burr, Aaron, [248]