- Abraham Mellinus
- Abraham Mylius
- Adriaen vander Donk
- Ælian
- Albertus Magnus
- Aldrete
- Ælius Lampridius
- Alexander Aphrodiensis
- Alexander ab Alexandro
- Alexander Guaginus
- Alonso Garcia
- Alonso de Ouagli
- Andræas Cæsariensis
- Angrin Jonas
- Antonio de Herrera
- Apuleius
- Aristonicus Grammaticus
- Aristotle
- Athanasius Kircher
- Augustinus
- Augustin de Tarcate
- Augustus Thuanus
- Ayton of Armenia
- Balthazar de Amizquita
- Barnaba Cabo
- Bartholomæo de las Casas
- Benjamin Tudalensis
- Caspar Barlæus
- Castaldus
- Charles Rochfort
- Christopher Arcisseuski
- Cicero
- Claude de Abbeville
- Clemens Alexandrinus
- Conradus Gesner
- Cornelius Nepos
- Cornelius Witfleet
- Ctesias
- Curtius
- Cyrianus
- David Ingran
- David Powel
- Diodorus Siculus
- Dionysius Halicarnassæus
- Dirk Ruiters
- Dithmar Blefken
- Duarte Mendez Seraon
- Egydius Fletcher
- Emanuel de Moraez
- Erasmus Stella
- Erick Roothaer
- Everhard Reid
- Eusebius
- Euthymius Zibagenus
- Festus Avienus
- Francisc. Burmannus
- Francisc. Delapuente
- Francisc. de Gomara
- Francisc. Lopes de Gomesa
- Francisc. Raphelingius
- Francisc. Soarez
- Francisc. Tirolmonte
- Francisc. Xaverius
- Fullerus
- Galenus
- Garcilasso de la Vega
- Genebrardus
- Gerardus Joannes Vossius
- Guido de Brez
- Guilielm. Piso
- Guilielm. Postellus
- Harmannus Moded
- Henrick Haelbos
- Henrick Hawks
- Hernando de Leon
- Herodotus
- Hesychius
- Hieronim. Benzo
- Hieronim. Cardanus
- Homer
- Hugo Grotius
- Hugo Linschot
- Jacob Bontius
- Jacob Panensis
- Jacob Rabbi
- Inca Garcilasso
- Joannes Ardenois
- Joannes Bertius
- Joannes Chilton
- Joannes Gysius
- Joannes Johnstonus
- Jean de Laet
- Joannes de Ledesma
- Joannes Leonclavius
- Joannes Lery
- Joannes Mariana
- Joannes Nieuwhof
- Joan. van de Sande
- Joseph. Acosta
- Joseph. Anchieta
- Joseph. Scaliger
- Isaacus Pontanus
- Isaac. du Verne
- Isidorus Mendes Sequera
- Julius Cæsar
- Julius Cæsar Scaliger
- Lactantius
- Lauren. Ananias
- Lauren. Bikker
- Lauren. Guascus Gerascius
- Lauren. Keymis
- Levinus Lemmius
- Lieven Aizma
- Lopez Vaz
- Lucan
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- Lodowick Leo
- Lysander
- Manethon Persa
- Marcus Zeno
- Martin del Barco
- Martin Perez
- Matthæus van den Broeke
- Matthiolus
- Melchior Soiterus
- Mich. Lithower
- Michovius
- Miles Philips
- Moses
- Nicolaus Zeno
- Olympiodorus
- Paulus Venetus
- Pedro de Ancieta
- Pedro Pizarro
- Pedro Fernandez de Quir
- Pedro Maria
- Peter Martyr
- Pedro Ordonnes de Cevallos
- Peter van Gendt
- Philo Judæus
- Philippus Cluverius
- Philippus Mornæus
- Phylarchus
- Piere Moreau
- Pinedas
- Plato
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- Plutarch
- Pomponius Mela
- Proclus
- Procopius
- Quarterius
- Rabbi Simeon
- Robertus Comtæus
- Sam. Purchas
- Sebastiaen Schroten
- Simplicius
- Salust
- Sigismond Baro
- Strabo
- Theodosio
- Theopompus
- Thevet
- Tertullian
- Trigaut
- Vegetius
- Virgil
THE
CONTENTS
of the several
CHAPTERS and SECTIONS.
| The first Book. | |
| America unknown to the Ancients | Fol. [1] |
| Of the Original of the Americans, whence they came, when, how, and from what People Planted | [11] |
| First Discoverers of America, with Christopher Colonus his Expedition | [43] |
| Pedro Alphonso Nigno his Voyage | [56] |
| The Voyage of Vincent Agnes Pinzon | [58] |
| The Expedition of Americus Vesputius | [60] |
| The Expedition of Alphonso Fogeda, Diego Nicuesa, Ancisus, and Roderick Colmenares | [65] |
| Peter Arias his Expedition, and the remarkable Passages of Vascus Nunnez | [69] |
| The Expedition of Francisco Fernandez, Lupo Caizedo, Christophero Morantes, Bernardo Igniguez, and Juan Grisalva | [76] |
| The Expedition of Ferdinand Magaglian, commonly call’d Magellan | [79] |
| Ferdinando Cortez his Voyage | [81] |
| Diego Gottierez his Expedition | [92] |
| The Expedition of Pedro Alvarado, Francisco and Gonzalvo Pizarro, and Diego de Almagro | [95] |
| The Expeditions of John Stade and Nicholas Durando Villegagnon | [103] |
| The Expedition of John Ribald, Renatus Laudonier, and Gurgie | [105] |
| Four English Expeditions, under the Command of our famous Sea-Captains, Martin Forbisher, Sir Francis Drake, Thomas Candish, and John Smith | [108] |
| A Netherland Expedition, by Jaques Mahu and Simon de Cordes | [110] |
| The Expedition of Oliver van Noord | [113] |
| The Expedition of George van Spilbergen | [115] |
| The Expedition of Corneliszoon Schouten and Jacob Le Maire | [117] |
| The Voyage of the Nassavian Fleet, under the Command of Jaques le Heremite and Hugo Schapenham | [120] |
| Henry Brewer his Voyage | [122] |
| The Second Book. | |
| Of the Bounds of America, and of the Division of the Mexican, or Northern part thereof | Fol. [125] |
| Estotiland | [126] |
| Terra Laboratoris | [128] |
| Canada, or New France | [129] |
| Accadia, or Nova Scotia | [133] |
| Norumbegua | [138] |
| New England | [139] |
| New Netherland, now call’d New York | [168] |
| A new Description of Mary-Land | [183] |
| Virginia | [192] |
| The Relation of Captain Smith’s being taken Prisoner by Powhatan, and his deliverance by his Daughter Pocahonta | [202] |
| Carolina | [205] |
| Florida | [213] |
| Jucatan | [222] |
| Guatimala | [224] |
| Vera Paz | [227] |
| Honduras | [229] |
| Nicaragua | [232] |
| Costarica | [235] |
| Veragua | ibid. |
| Guatimala, properly so call’d | ibid. |
| The Kingdom of Mexico, or New Spain | [238] |
| Mechoacan | [261] |
| Tlascalla | [264] |
| Guaxata | [268] |
| Panuco | [270] |
| Tabasco | [273] |
| New Gallicia | [281] |
| Guadalajara | [284] |
| Xalisco | [285] |
| Chiametla | ibid. |
| Couliacan | [286] |
| Cinoloa | [288] |
| Zacatecas | [289] |
| New Biscay | [290] |
| New Mexico | [291] |
| Cibola, Tontonteac, and Nova Granada | [298] |
| Quivira | [301] |
| Terra Nova, or New-found Land, with the Island of Assumption | [304] |
| The Bermudas, or Summer-Islands | [311] |
| Hispaniola | [314] |
| Porto Rico, and Monico | [327] |
| Cuba | [331] |
| Jamaica | [337] |
| The Islands call’d The Lucaies | [344] |
| The Caribbee-Islands | [345] |
| Anegada and Sombrero | [362] |
| Las Virgines | [363] |
| Anguilla | ibid. |
| Saba | [364] |
| St. Crux | ibid. |
| St. Martin | [365] |
| St. Bartholomew | [367] |
| Barboude | [368] |
| Rotonda | ibid. |
| Nevis | ibid. |
| Eustathius | [369] |
| Antego | [370] |
| Montserrat | ibid. |
| Guadalupe | [371] |
| Deseado | [372] |
| Marigalante | ibid. |
| Todos Sanctos | [373] |
| De Aves | ibid. |
| Dominico | [375] |
| Martinico | [376] |
| St. Lucia | [377] |
| Barbados | ibid. |
| St. Vincent | [380] |
| Bekia | [381] |
| Granada | ibid. |
| Tabago | [382] |
| St. Christophers | [383] |
| The Islands Sotavento, and the Isle Trinidado | [387] |
| Cubagua | [388] |
| California | [389] |
| The Third Book. | |
| A Description of Peruana or, Southern America | Fol. [393] |
| Castella Aurea, otherwise call’d Terra Firma | [394] |
| Panama | [395] |
| Darien | [399] |
| New Andaluzia | [400] |
| St. Martha | [403] |
| Rio de la Hacha | [405] |
| New Granada | [406] |
| Granada | [408] |
| Popayana | [409] |
| Peru | [412] |
| Quito | [441] |
| Los Quixos | [446] |
| Lima | [450] |
| Cusco | [456] |
| Los Charcas | [462] |
| Collao | [466] |
| Chile | [471] |
| Chile, properly so call’d | [472] |
| Magellanica | [473] |
| Paraguay, or Rio de la Plata | [475] |
| Rio de la Plata, properly so call’d | [476] |
| Tucuman | ibid. |
| La Crux de Sierra | [477] |
| Brasile | ibid. |
| St. Vincent | [495] |
| Rio de Janeiro | [496] |
| De Spirito Santo | [497] |
| Porto Seguro | [498] |
| Los Isleos | [501] |
| Bahia de Todos los Sanctos | [502] |
| Pernambuco | [505] |
| Parayba | [508] |
| Maragnan | [511] |
| The Lordships Tamarica, Rio Grande, Siara, and Para | [517] |
| A Relation of the Proceedings of the Netherland West-India Company in Brasile, to the Year 1658 | [518] |
| The Journey of Rodulphus Baron, with the Description of the Customs and Manners of the Tapuyans | [595] |
| Grave Maurice his Account of Brasile, so far as it concern’d the West-India Company | [600] |
| The Councellor Dussen’s Relation of so much of Brasile as concern’d the West-India Company | [601] |
| A Description of the Palace Freyburgh, two Bridges, and a Banquetting-house, all built by Grave Maurice | [605] |
| Guiana | [607] |
| A Relation of the Journey of Francisco Orellana | ibid. |
| Paria, or New Andalusia | [620] |
| Cumana | [621] |
| Venezuela | [624] |
| The Islands Margareta, Cubagua, and Coche | [627] |
| Of the Islands of Southern America | [628] |
| In the Appendix. | |
| Rio de la Plata | Fol. [631] |
| Chili | [634] |
| A View of the Chilesian Language | [635] |
| Magellanica | [649] |
| The Unknown South-Land | [653] |
| Terra Borealis, or The Arctick Region | [661] |
| Several Attempts for the discovery of the North-West Passage | [672] |
| A brief View of what Places are possess’d at this day in the West-Indies, by the English, Spaniards, French, Portuguese, and Dutch | [674] |
AN
ACCURATE DESCRIPTION
OF
AMERICA.
CHAP. I.
America, unknown to the Antients.
Description of the Ocean.