Osawatomie, Kansas. 38N. 96W. Fight between John Brown, the abolitionist, and his opponents, 1856.
[Oswego], N.Y. 43N. 76W. English establish post at, 1725; forts captured by Montcalm, 1756; surrendered and in English possession till 1795; taken by English, 1814.
[Ottawa], Canada. 45N. 75W. Made capital of Dominion, 1858; originally named Bytown after Col. By, its founder; first parliament opened, 1866.
[Ottawa], river, Ontario and Quebec. Explored by Champlain, 1612 and 1615; by Jean Nicolet, 1634.
Otumba, Mexico. 19N. 99W. Victory of Cortés over Mexican Indians, 1520.
Pachacamac, Peru. 12S. 77W. Famous under the Incas for its great temple and shrine whence oracles were delivered; image destroyed by Hernando Pizarro, who arrived at, 1533. (See Prescott, 'Peru,' op. cit.)
Pacific, The. First seen by a European when Nuñez de Balboa sighted it from the Isthmus of Darien, 1513; name given by Magalhaes, who sailed into its waters, 1520; first English boat launched on by John Oxenham (d. 1575); Drake sailed across after entering by Magellan, 1577; among the many explorers of the 18th century were Cook, 1778, and Vancouver, 1791. (See Irving, 'Companions of Columbus.')
Paita (Payta), Peru. 5S. 80W. Reached by Pizarro, 1527; sacked and burnt by the filibuster Anson, 1741; burnt by Lord Cochrane, 1820.
Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico. 17N. 91W. Famous prehistoric ruins at.
Palmyra, N.Y. 43N. 77W. Mormon sect at f. by Joseph Smith, 1827.