[372-1] 1485-1491 inc. and 1492-1500 inc.
[372-2] Sy yo robara las Yndias o tierra que jaz fase ellas, etc. In the translation jaz fase is taken to stand for yace hacia. This supposition makes sense and is probably correct. The reading of the other text is “que san face ellas.” Navarrete says that neither one is intelligible.
[372-3] The death of Prince John, October 4, 1497.
[373-1] The name given to that part of the mainland of South America which Columbus discovered on his third voyage.
[373-2] I.e. so great was their abundance.
[373-3] On this revolt, see Bourne, Spain in America, p. 49 et seqq., and in greater detail, Irving, Columbus, ed. 1868, II. 109 et seqq.
[373-4] Hojeda sailed in May 1499. Las Casa’s account of his voyage is translated by Markham in his Letters of Amerigo Vespucci, Hakluyt Society (London, 1894), p. 78 et seqq. See also Irving, Columbus, III. 23-42 He was accompanied on this voyage by Amerigo Vespucci.
[373-5] Vicente Yañez Pinzon set sail from Palos, November 18, 1499. For his voyage, see Irving, Columbus, III. 49-58.
[374-1] The Alcalde was Roldan, the leader of the revolt. He was alcalde mayor of the city of Isabela and of the whole island, i.e., the chief justice. Las Casas, Historia de las Indias, II. 124.
[374-2] On the career in Española of Adrian de Muxica and his execution, see Irving, Columbus, II. 283 et seqq.