Plata River, [26], [191], [228]-[229].

Platinum deposits, Colombia, [377].

Pororoca, the, [147]-[148].

Portezuelo de Come Caballo, [279].

Porto Alegre, [153], [186].

Portuguese, as discoverers, [5]-[7];

lands granted to, in division of New World by papal bull, [14]-[15];

attempt to colonize Brazil, [32]-[34].

Potato, discovery of the, in Peru, [47].

Potatoes as a food among Peruvians, [342].