INDEX.
- Agnado, Don John, appointed inspector, [166].
- Assistance, obstacles to, [44];
- arguments at Salamanca, [52].
- Barcelona, Columbus’s reception at, [118].
- Bobadilla, Francis de, [198];
- brutal energy of, [203].
- Boyle, Father, mutinous spirit of, [166].
- Brooks, W. K., account of the Lucayan Indians, [149].
- Bull of demarcation, [122].
- Cabral, Pedro, discovers Brazil, [214].
- Caonabo, bravery of, [142], [157].
- Caribbean Sea, visit to, [131].
- Caribs, discovery of, [106];
- character of, [132].
- Catilina, loss of, [138].
- Columbus, Bartholomew, his birth, [6];
- abode at Lisbon, [16];
- goes to England and France, [42];
- in charge at Isabella, [169];
- authority confirmed, [173];
- disasters, [184].
- Columbus, Christopher, place of his birth, [1];
- time of his birth, [4];
- parentage, [6];
- early years, [7];
- geographical studies, [8];
- early maritime experience, [9];
- voyage to the north, [11];
- vocation as a bookseller, [14];
- his geographical learning, [15];
- his moving to Lisbon, [15];
- his marriage, [17];
- leaves Portugal, [19];
- commercial enterprises, [21];
- ideas of discovery, [22];
- sphericity of the earth, [23];
- influence of the Imago Mundi, [27];
- letters of Toscanelli, [29];
- attempts to secure assistance, [34];
- refusal of Portugal, [40];
- leaves Portugal for Spain, [41];
- seeks assistance, [44];
- obstacles, [45];
- royal support, [47];
- meeting at Salamanca, [53];
- relations with Beatriz Henriquez, [57];
- visit to Portugal, [58];
- Talavera, [60];
- goes to La Rabida, [62];
- visits the court, [64];
- terms demanded, [65];
- terms of the commission, [68];
- the first voyage, [74];
- conduct of the crew, [85];
- indications of land, [85];
- discovery of land, [87];
- settlement at La Navidad, [96];
- sails for home, [105];
- storms, [108];
- reception at Lisbon, [114];
- at Palos, [115];
- at Barcelona, [118];
- renewal of commission, [122];
- preparation for second voyage, [126];
- the Caribbean Sea, [131];
- loss of La Navidad, [136];
- founding of Isabella, [140];
- report to the monarchs, [143];
- slavery proposed, [144];
- visits Cuba, [152];
- oath required of the men, [154];
- return, [155];
- additional demands for gold, [162];
- general spirit of revolt, [164];
- Agnado, [166];
- determination to return, [168];
- reaches Spain, [172];
- residence with Bernaldez, [174];
- preparations for third voyage, [175];
- sailing, [177];
- discovers Trinidad, [178];
- discovers mainland, [179];
- reaches Isabella, [184];
- revolt of Roldan, [188];
- unfavourable reports, [196];
- Bobadilla appointed, [197];
- arrest and confinement of Columbus, [203];
- reaches Spain in chains, [205];
- judgment of Isabella, [207];
- importunities, [211];
- fourth expedition sails, [216];
- is denied the port at San Domingo, [220];
- terrible storms, [222];
- sails along the Mosquito coast, [225];
- Varagua, [225];
- disasters, [227];
- disappointment and withdrawal, [228];
- shipwreck on coast of Jamaica, [229];
- final rescue, [233];
- return to Spain, [234];
- last days, [235];
- numerous letters, [236];
- makes his will, [238];
- death, [238];
- burial, [239];
- removal of remains, [240];
- question of dispute, [241];
- personal appearance, [248];
- portraits, [248];
- estimate of his character, [252].
- Columbus, Diego, appointment of, [201].
- Columbus, Fernando, his birth, [20].
- Crew of the first expedition, [76];
- of the second, [125];
- of the fourth, [216].
- Cronau, his theory as to the landfall, [89];
- investigation of the place of the remains, [246].
- Cuba, discovery of, [94].
- D’Ailly, Cardinal, influence of his Imago Mundi, [27].
- Deza, Diego de, friendliness of, [53].
- Diaz, Bartholomew, discovers Cape of Good Hope, [22].
- Diaz, Bernald, mutiny of, [152].
- Discovery, first ideas of Columbus concerning, [32].
- Discoveries of the Cabots and others, [213], [256].
- England, application to, [36].
- Fonseca, appointment of, to superintendency, [124];
- unfriendliness to Columbus, [176].
- France, application to, [36].
- Genoa, probable place of Columbus’s birth, [1];
- assistance, [33].
- Gold, its place in the mind of Columbus, [98];
- quest of, [147];
- tribute for, [160];
- reported discovery of, [184].
- Guanahani, discovery and situation of, [87].
- Iceland, probable voyage of Columbus to, [12], [28].
- Indians, character of, [92], [148];
- friendly nature of, [96];
- attitude of Columbus toward, [102];
- revolt of, [157], [160], [162];
- friendliness of, [179].
- Inquisition in Spain, [44].
- Isabella, city of, founded, [140];
- condition of, in 1500, [209].
- Isabella, of Castile, attitude toward Columbus, [49];
- judgment concerning Columbus, [207].
- La Navidad, colony settled at, [96];
- loss of colony, [135].
- La Rabida, monastery of, [41];
- visit of Columbus to, [62].
- Las Casas, his judicious estimate of Columbus, [253].
- Lisbon, home of Columbus, [13].
- Mandeville, John de, writings of, [26].
- Margarite, expedition of, [156];
- return to Spain, [156].
- Marriage of Columbus, [17].
- Medina Celi, assists Columbus, [43], [59].
- Mendez, Diego, daring sail from Jamaica, [230].
- Moorish war, [46].
- Moya, The Marchioness de, assistance of, [54].
- Mutinous spirit in Isabella, [164].
- Ojeda, expedition of, [142], [147], [157];
- unfriendliness of, [193].
- Ovando, succeeds Bobadilla, [215];
- refuses hospitality to Columbus, [220];
- shipwreck, [222];
- grants hospitality, [234].
- Pinzon, Martin Alonzo, [76];
- his treachery and death, [115].
- Piratical experiences of Columbus, [9].
- Porras, Francisco de, revolt of, [231].
- Portraits of Columbus, [249].
- Portugal, refuses assistance, [39].
- Prince Henry, [34].
- Ptolemy, Geography of, [24].
- Quintanilla, Alonzo de, [48].
- Remains of Columbus at San Domingo, [241].
- Repartimientos, establishment of, [161], [183].
- Roldan, revolt of, [188];
- settlement of difficulties, [191].
- Salamanca, audience at, [49].
- Slavery, proposed by Columbus, [144];
- persisted in, [182], [194].
- Sphericity of the earth, [22];
- history of the doctrine, [23];
- speculations of Columbus regarding, [180].
- Talavera, [60], [64].
- Tordesillas, treaty of, [128].
- Toscanelli, letters of, [29].
- Trinidad, discovery of, [178].
- Venice, relations of, to Columbus, [35].
- Vespucius, Americus, relations of, to Columbus, [237].
- Voyage, the first, preparation for, [76];
- preparation for the second, [125];
- for the third, [171].
- Watling’s Island, the place of the landfall, [89].
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