Guamanga, former name of Ayacucho (q.v.). F. by Pizarro; name changed after victory of A. gained at a small place near.
Guanahani, see [San Salvador].
Guanaja (Bonacca), island, Honduras. 16N. 85W. Discovered by Columbus, who called it Isle of Pines, 1502.
[Guanajuato], Cent. Mexico. 21N. 100W. Bp. Lucas Alamán, statesman, A. of 'Historia de Méjico' (1792-1853).
Guancabamba (Huancabamba), Peru. 5S. 79W. De Soto at when reconnoitring for Pizarro, 1532.
Guatemala, Cent. A. 13-17N. 88-92W. Conquered by Don Pedro de Alvarado, 1524; threw off Spanish yoke and became a republic, 1821.
[Guatemala], city. 14N. 90W. The old city was destroyed by earthquake, 1773; present town lies to the N.E. of the old.
[Guayama], Porto Rico. 18N. 66W. Captured by Americans, 1898.
[Guayaquil], Gulf of, Ecuador. 2-4S. 80-81W. Pizarro sailed into, 1527.
[Guiana] (British, Dutch (Surinam), and French). 3N. 53W. Columbus off coast, 1498; coast captured by Pinzon, 1500; expeditions to by Raleigh, 1595 and 1617. (See [Orinoco].)