The Letters of Amerigo Vespucci, and Other Documents Illustrative of His Career
Amerigo Vespucci; Bartolomé de las Casas; Christopher Columbus
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  • Escobar, Diego de, sent by Roldan to negotiate with Hojeda, [103], [104]
  • Española, arrival of Vespucci at, [29];
    • Hojeda at, [x], [33], [98], [106]
  • Ethiopia, coast, [35], [41], [43], [53]
  • Ethiopic Promontory, so called by Ptolemy, [43]
  • Ferdinand, King, alleged to have sent Vespucci, [2], [3], [35], [72];
    • his bad appointments, [xiv], [xv]
  • Fernando Noronha, isles, shipwreck at, [xlii], [53], [54]
  • Fish, loaves made of, [14], [87]
  • Fishery of "parchi" on the African coast, [35]
  • "Flechado," Puerto, of Hojeda, [33]
  • Florida, concession to Ponce de Leon, evidence against Vespucci from, [xxxviii]
  • Fonseca, Bishop of Palencia, sent Hojeda, [vii], [31], [70], [77];
    • his licence to Hojeda, [77], [101], [106];
    • his opinion of Vespucci, [viii];
    • his bad appointments, [xv];
    • maps shown to Peter Martyr by, [xxxvii], [xxxviii]
  • Food of natives, [11]
  • Fortunate Isles, [4], [43]
  • Four Voyages, book supposed to have been written by Vespucci, [xxi], [11], [16], [39], [51], [55]
  • Fruits, [17], [88];
    • beer made from, [24]
  • Fuoco, isle, [21]
  • Galitut (see Calicut)
  • Garcia, Antonio, a pilot, his evidence, [109];
    • Cristoval of Palos' evidence, [30] n.
  • Gigantes, Islas de, [xi], [31], [33];
    • same as Curaçoa, [33];
    • on map of Juan de la Cosa, [xi] (see Island of Giants)
  • Giocondo, Giuliano di Bartolomeo di, sent to bring Vespucci to Portugal, [xi], [35];
    • translated Medici letter into Latin, [xv], [52];
    • not mentioned in Portuguese archives, [xi]
  • Goes, Damian de, silence respecting Vespucci, [xl]
  • Golfo Dolce, [111]
  • Gomara, his statement that many vessels took advantage of the concession in breach of the rights granted to Columbus, [v];
    • statement that Pinzon was on the Honduras coast before Columbus, [xxxii]
  • Gorée, or Besechiece (which see), [35] n.
  • Gracia, name given by Columbus, [68], [70]
  • Gracias a Dios, Cape, [109]
  • Guadalupe (see Iti)
  • Guanaja, isle, Pinzon and Solis at, [xxxiii], [108], [110], [111]
  • Guarapiche, river, [32]
  • Harrisse, Mr., unable to find entries respecting Vespucci, referred to by Muñoz, [v] n.;
    • established the correct date and direction of the voyage of Pinzon and Solis, [xxxiii]
  • Hatteras, Cape, [xxvii]
  • Herrera, on the voyage of Pinzon and Solis, [xxxii];
    • protest against the name of America, [xxxix]
  • Hispaniola (see Española)
  • Hojeda, Alonso de, his evidence respecting his voyage, [30];
    • dispatch of his expedition, [vi], [31], [85];
    • had the chart of Columbus, [32];
    • voyage, [x], [32], [34];
    • dispute with Roldan, [34];
    • sent out by Fonseca, [31], [70], [79];
    • date of his departure, [78];
    • Las Casas on his voyage, [85], [91];
    • conduct at Española, [x], [98]-[106];
    • intrigues at Xaragua, [101], [102];
    • kidnapping natives, [10], [11];
    • outwitted by Roldan, [105]
  • Honduras coast reached by Pinzon and Solis, [xxxiii]
  • Humboldt, opinion of Vespucci, [i]
  • Hylacomylus (see Waldzeemüller)
  • Ignami, name of native food, [xxiii], [xxx], [11], [13], [14]
  • Iguana, description of, [14]
  • Illanes, Pedro de, one of Roldan's boat's crew, [105]
  • Indians, Vespucci's account of, at his first landfall, [5];
    • appearance, arms, wars, women, large houses, [8], [9];
    • burial, food, cannibals, [10], [11];
    • dealings with, at a village like Venice, [12];
    • encounter with, [13];
    • hospitality, curiosity, [16];
    • at the "finest harbour in the world", [18];
    • encounters with, at Iti, [19], [20], [94];
    • carried off to sell as slaves, [21], [95];
    • at Trinidad, [24];
    • habit of chewing leaves, [25], [26];
    • make beer from fruit, [24];
    • on the Isle of Giants, [27] (see Brazil)
  • Irving, Washington, opinion of Vespucci, [i]
  • Island, natives chewing green leaves on, [25], [26];
    • of Giants, natives, adventure with, [xxiv], [27], [96]
  • Iti, islands, [19];
    • encounters with natives, [19], [20], [94];
    • name, [19] n.;
    • natives carried off as slaves, [21], [95];
    • loss of Spaniards at, [21];
    • believed by Las Casas to be Dominica or Guadalupe, [93];
    • supposed by Varnhagen to be Bermuda, [xxvii]
  • Jocundus (see Giocondo)
  • Juca, name of food of natives, [xxiii], [xxx], [11] (see Yoca)
  • La Ballena, Gulf of, [68] (see Paria)
  • Lagartos, or crocodiles, [91]
  • Landfall of alleged first voyage, [4];
    • of Hojeda's voyage, [21], [22];
    • of Portuguese voyage, [35], [36], [44]
  • Lariab, name in Italian edition for Parias, [xxiii], [xxx], [xxxi], [17]
  • Las Casas on the alleged first voyage of Vespucci, [i], [68];
    • objection to the name America, [xxxix], [76];
    • proofs of the untruthfulness of Vespucci, [viii], [xxxix], [83], [87], [89], [93], [97], [107];
    • comments on baptisms by Vespucci, [88];
    • his account of the conduct of Hojeda at Española, [x], [98]-[106];
    • evidence from Roldan that the encounter, when one Spaniard was killed and about twenty wounded, was during Hojeda's voyage, [xxix], [81];
    • on the voyage of Pinzon and Solis, [xxxii], [111]
  • Latitude of Canaria, of landfall on first voyage, [4];
    • of land reached in first voyage, [17];
    • of landfall on second voyage, [22];
    • wrong latitude for coast of Spanish main, [29];
    • of Besechiece, [35];
    • of landfall on coast of Brazil, [36];
    • of Cape St. Augustine, [viii] n., [38];
    • beyond the Tropic of Capricorn, [39], [45];
    • of land sighted far south, [40];
    • marvellous latitude for Malacca, [53];
    • of the fort on the coast of Brazil, [55]
  • Lawsuit of Diego Columbus, evidence of Hojeda, [30];
    • of Pinzon, [109];
    • of Ledesma, [xxxii], [110];
    • of Antonio Garcia, [109];
    • of Bastidas, [109];
    • of Nicolas Perez, [109]
  • Leaves, habit of chewing, [25], [26]
  • Ledesma, Pedro de, his age, [xxxiii];
    • statement that Pinzon and Solis went north, [xxxiii], [110];
    • account of, [110] n.
  • Leon, Ponce de, concession to discover Florida, [xxxviii]
  • Linares, Toribio de, detained Hojeda, [104]
  • Lisbon, Vespucci at, when he wrote to Soderini, [vii], [2];
    • distance from Gran Canaria, [4];
    • Vespucci sailed from, [xi], [35];
    • return, [41];
    • sailed a second time, [xlii], [52];
    • return, [56];
    • distance to equator, [50];
    • Vespucci at, when the Cantino map was drawn, [xxxvi]
  • Longitude, alleged observation for, landfall for first voyage, [4]
  • Lorraine, Duke of (see Réné)
  • Malacca, departure of Vespucci to discover, [53];
    • latitude, [53] n.
  • Mandraga, [43]
  • Manoel, King of Portugal, voyage of Vespucci by order of, [2]
  • Maracaibo (see San Bartolomé)
  • Maracapana, [91], [96]
  • Margarita, isle, [x], [30], [72], [73], [89], [91], [96];
    • on the map of Juan de la Cosa, [xi]
  • Martyr, Peter, direction of the voyage age of Pinzon and Solis fixed by his mention of Chabaca and Pintigron, [xxxiv];
    • evidence of, [74], [79];
    • opinion of Vespucci, [viii];
    • evidence that Vespucci helped in the Cantino map, [xxxvii] n.
  • Mecænas, alluded to by Vespucci, [vii], [2]
  • Medici Letter, [xii], [xv], [42];
    • editions, [xvii], [xviii]
  • Medici, Lorenzo Pietro Francesco, [iv], [xii], [xv], [42]
  • Melaccha (see Malacca)
  • Mendez, Diego, [57]
  • Mini, Lisabetta, mother of Vespucci, [iii]
  • Montoya, one of Roldan's boat's crew, [105]
  • Morales, Andres de, evidence of, [96], [97], [113]
  • Muñoz, opinion of Vespucci, [i];
    • mention of entries respecting Vespucci, [v]
  • Myrrh, [39]
  • Natives (see Indians, Brazil)
  • Nativity, Bay of, named by Pinzon and Solis, [109], [112]
  • Navarrete, opinion of Vespucci, [i];
    • suggested Tristan d'Acunha as the southern land of Vespucci, [40] n.
  • New World, coast of Brazil so called by Vespucci, [xvi]-[xviii], [42]
  • Niccolini, Donato, sent to Spain with Vespucci, [iv]
  • Orinoco, Hojeda off the mouth of, [x]
  • Ovando, [xiv]
  • Oviedo, statement that Pinzon was on the Honduras coast before Columbus, [xxxii];
    • discrepancy between his statement and that of Vespucci respecting the number of ships, supposing Vespucci to have sailed with Pinzon and Solis, [xxxiii]