The Northmen, Columbus and Cabot, 985-1503

by Unknown

[430-2] The “and” is not in the original, but is supplied by all the editors. It is not absolutely certain that it belongs there. If it does, the passage implies that Cabot had recently been in Seville and Lisbon to enlist interest in his second voyage.

[430-3] This information is not elsewhere confirmed. On Brazil and the Seven Cities, see [p. 426, note 2], and [p. 425, note 1].

[430-4] One Friar Buil went with Columbus on his second voyage.

[430-5] The treaty of Tordesillas, June 7, 1494; see [p. 323, note 3].

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INDEX

• Aburema, [394 n.]
• Acúl, Bay of, [188 n.], [197], [198 n.]
• Adam of Bremen, and reliability of Vinland tradition, [13];
• Descriptio Insularum Aquilonis, extract, [67-68].
• Aden, decline of spice trade, [427 n.]
• Admiral, office of, [78 n.], [79].
• Affonso, Rodrigo, and Columbus, [324].
• Agesinba, identified by Columbus with Cape of Good Hope, [397 n.]
• Aguado, Juan, [377], [379].
• Aguja, Point of, [344], [345].
• Alcaçovas, Treaty of, [254 n.]
• Alexander VI., pope, letter concerning projected voyage of newly appointed Bishop of Gardar, [73-74].
• Almirante Bay, [393 n.]
• Alonso, Roderigo, see [Affonso, Rodrigo].
• “Alto de Juan Dañue,” [133 n.]
• Alto Velo, mountain, [365].
• Alto y Bajo, Cabo, [188].
• America and Vinland voyages, [7-13];
• and Asia, [126], [131], [134], [135], [136], [145], [157], [174], [268];
• mainland discovered by John Cabot, [423];
• mainland discovered by Columbus, [333].
• Amianus, see [Arrianus].
• Amiga, La, island, [198], [199], [208].
• Angel, Cabo del, [220].
• Antilia, legendary island, [101 n.], [425 n.]
• Arana, Diego de, [183 n.];
• sent ashore, [200];
• remains in Española, [209-210];
• mentioned, [321].
• Arana, Pedro de, despatched to Española, [321].
• Arena, Las Islas de, [130].
• Arenal, Punta del, [334].
• Arnarstapi, Gudrid in, [18].
• Arnlaug, settles in Greenland, [47].
• Arnold, Bishop of Greenland, [69 n.]
• Arrianus, history of India, [329 n.]
• Asia, Columbus believes Cuba to be part of, [396 n.];
• and John Cabot’s landfall, [425].
• Aslak of Langadal, [16].
• Asuncion, Isla de la, [356].
• Aud the Wealthy, [14];
• in Iceland, [15].
• Avalldamon, reported to be a king of the Skrellings, [41].
• Ayala, Pedro de, despatch to Ferdinand and Isabella, [429-430].
• Ayay, see [Guadeloupe].
• Azores, reports of land to westward, [93];
• mentioned, [236], [237], [329];
• Columbus at, [243-249];
• and Demarcation Line, [323], [326], [416].
• Azua, Columbus in, [391 n.]
• Azules, Punta de los, [166 n.]

• Babeque, Columbus sails towards, [143], [147];
• reports of gold, [181], [184], [214-215];
• sighted, [150-151];
• Martin Alonso Pinzon seeks, [152], [214-215];
• Columbus seeks, [167], [179];
• described by Indians, [174].
• Babueca, island, [346].
• Bafan, [136].
• Ballena, Gulf of, [334], [339], [345], [349], [355].
• Baneque, see [Babeque].
• Banes, Puerto de, [132 n.]
• Baracoa, Puerto de, [131 n.]-[133 n.];
• Columbus enters, [158 n.]-159;
• inland explorations, [161-162];
• Columbus sets up cross, [162];
• Columbus sails from, [166].
• Bardsen, Ivar, account of Greenland, [11], [71 n.]
• Bassora, spice caravans, [428 n.]
• Bastidas, Rodrigo de, voyage, [416 n.]
• Bastimentos, harbor of, Columbus in, [398-399].
• Becerro, Cabo del, [213].
• Behechio, an Indian ruler, [345].
• Belem, river, [401 n.];
• settlement near, [403 n.]
• Belprado, Cape, [220].
• Belpuerto, [394 n.], [399 n.], [405].
• Beothuk Indians, [41 n.]
• Biarney, [32].
• Biarni, Grimolf’s son, [30];
• accompanies expedition to Vinland, [31-32], [35];
• fate, [39], [42-43].
• Biarni Herjulfson, and discovery of America, [8-9], [12];
• voyage, [48-50].
• Blacksark, discovered, [17], [46].
• Boavista, Columbus at, [324-325].
• Bobadilla, Francisco de, [375];
• governor, [376];
• and Columbus, [376-383], [417 n.];
• proclaims immunities, [376];
• takes Columbus prisoner, [380];
• distributes gold, [380];
• appropriates Columbus’s house, [383].
• Bohio, [126], [146], [147];
• inhabitants, [153], [156], [167];
• sighted, [167];
• size, [174];
• reports of gold, [202];
• Columbus in, [295].
• Boma, Rio, [166 n.]
• Boto, Cape, [340], [353], [354].
• Brand of Alptafirth, sons of, [45].
• Brand, Bishop, the Elder, and chronology of Vinland voyages, [6-7], [43 n.]
• Brattahlid, Eric in, [23], [27], [46], [48], [50];
• Biarni and Thorfinn Karlsefni in, [30-31];
• Leif arrives, [54];
• Gudrid comes to, [59].
• Brazil, discovery, [326 n.]
• Brazil, mythical island, [426 n.], [430].
• Brazil, port of, Española, [407].
• Breidabolstad, [16].
• Breidafirth, Eric goes to, [17], [45], [46].
• Bristol, and expedition of John Cabot, [423], [425], [428], [430];
• and search for the Seven Cities, [430].
• Brokey, Eric takes possession, [16].
• Buen Tiempo, Cabo del, [220].
• Buil, Friar, [430].
• Burenquen, [294-295].
• See also [Porto Rico].

• Cabañas, Puerto de las, [353].
• Cabañas, Punta de, [132 n.]
• Cabo Rico, [356].
• Cabo Santo, [211], [212].
• Cabot, John, sources of information, [421-422];
• letter of Lorenzo Pasqualigo, [423-424];
• voyage of 1497, [423-424];
• landfall, [423 n.], [426];
• reception, [424], [428];
• new voyage proposed, [428];
• and title admiral, [428];
• map, [426], [430].
• Cabot, Sebastian, and father’s voyages, [421].
• Cabra, [213 n.], [296 n.]
• Cabral, route of, [326 n.]
• Cabron, Cabo, [221 n.]
• Cadiz, and proposed inspection of ships from Indies, [277];
• Columbus’s departure, [283].
• Caithness, conquered by Thorstein the Red and Earl Sigurd the Mighty, [14].
• Cambodia, supposed connection of Costa Rica and Panama with, [397 n.]
• Campana, Cabo de, Columbus approaches, [156-158].
• Canaries, Columbus at, [92-94], [283-284], [320-323];
• French ship at, [320];
• pearls, [364].
• Caonabó, King, and fate of first settlement in Española, [300], [303], [304], [307];
• mentioned, [312].
• Cape Breton Island, and Karlsefni’s voyages, [40 n.];
• and landfall of John Cabot, [423 n.]
• Cape Verde Islands, [103];
• and Hesperides, [322];
• and Demarcation Line, [323], [326], [416];
• Columbus at, [324-326].
• Carabelas grandes, Boca de, [134 n.]
• Caracol, Bay of, Columbus anchors in, [299 n.]
• Caracol, El, island, [340], [353].
• Carambaru, [393], [394 n.]
• Cariay, [393];
• Indians of, [409].
• Carib, island of, [223], [225], [226], [229], [230].
• See also Porto Rico.
• Caribata, Cabo de, [188].
• Caribata, Monte, described, [188];
• mentioned, [196], [199].
• Caribs, [203];
• houses, [286], [289];
• reported cannibalism, [286], [288-290];
• industry, [289];
• appearance, [289], [293];
• treatment of captives, [290-291];
• several captured, [292], [293];
• fight with Spaniards, [293];
• and natives of Porto Rico, [294];
• mentioned, [322], [330], [348], [359].
• Caritaba, province of, reports of gold, [202].
• Carvajal, Alonso Sanchez de, despatched to Española, [321].
• Cascaes, Columbus at, [251].
• Cassiterides, Columbus identifies with Azores, [329].
• Castañeda, Juan de, attempt to seize Columbus, [245-248].
• Cateva, [394 n.]
• Cathay, Columbus’s desire to reach, [134];
• supposed proximity to Cuba, [405];
• emperor’s embassy to Rome, [414].
• Catholicism, in Greenland, [70-74];
• Columbus urges its establishment in Española, [274-275], [361].
• Catiba, Columbus in, [394 n.]
• Catigara, location, [396-397].
• Caxinas, Point, named, [391 n.];
• mentioned, [392 n.]
• Caymanos Chicos, islands, sighted, [405 n.]
• Cayre, [293]. See also [Dominica].
• Central America, exploration of coast, [387].
• Cerabora, see Carambaru.
• Ceyre, [290]. See also [Dominica].
• Chanca, Dr., letter to Cabildo of Seville, [280-313].
• China, Columbus’s belief that he had reached, [397 n.]
• Christianity, introduced into Greenland, [23-26];
• in Greenland, [29], [56], [57], [71-74];
• in Iceland, [46];
• and New World, [352].
• Chuzona chica, Rio, [219 n.]
• Ciamba, province of, [393].
• Cibao, [197];
• reports of gold, [202];
• mentioned, [206];
• explored, [312-313];
• mines, [338].
• Ciguare, described by natives, [394-395].
• Cinquin, Cabo de, [168];
• Columbus approaches, [171], [174].
• Cipango, [101 n.];
• Columbus desires to find, [113];
• Cuba mistaken for, [126], [127], [128], [130];
• mentioned, [197], [202], [212].
• Clato, Prior of, entertains Columbus, [254].
• Cobrava, [394 n.]
• Coche, [357].
• Cochin-China, Costa Rica and Panama believed to be southern extension of, [397 n.]
• Colon, see [Columbus].
• Colonization, plan of Columbus for Española, [273-277].
• Columbo, Juan Antonio, despatched to Española, [321].
• Columbus, Bartholomew, in Española, [321];
• mentioned, [345];
• projected exploring expedition, [360];
• meets admiral, [366];
• in Paragua, [375];
• taken prisoner, [380];
• map, [397 n.]
• Columbus, Christopher, contract, [77-80];
• patent, [81-84];
• first voyage, [89-258];
• departure, [90];
• at Canaries, [92-94];
• signs of land, [96-100];
• landfall, [108-109];
• takes possession, [110];
• desire to reach Cipango, [113];
• at Santa Maria de la Concepcion, [115];
• at Fernandina, [120];
• believes Cuba to be Cipango, [126];
• discovers Cuba, [130];
• along coast, [144-168];
• Martin Alonso Pinzon deserts, [152];
• at Española, [169-228];
• reappearance of Pinzon, [214];
• and disaffection of Pinzons, [216-219];
• homeward voyage, [228-258];
• storm, [241];
• at Azores, [244-249];
• puts in at Portugal, [251-256];
• reception by King of Portugal, [251-256];
• arrival, [257];
• letter to Santangel, [263-272];
• and Cuba, [263];
• and Española, [264];
• duration of first voyage, [272];
• plan for colonization and commerce of Española, [273-277];
• second voyage, [278-313];
• sources of information, [281-282];
• at Canaries, [283-284];
• at Dominica, [284-285];
• at Guadeloupe, [286-291];
• at Porto Rico, [294-295];
• at Española, [295-313];
• finds settlement destroyed, [300];
• visits Cacique, [304];
• building of city, [308];
• sickness, [309], [312];
• third voyage, [314-366];
• sources of information, [317-318];
• preparations, [319];
• reception in Madeira, [320];
• at Canaries, [320];
• at Cape Verde Islands, [324-326];
• sends ships ahead to Española, [320-323];
• instructions concerning treatment of Indians, [322];
• proposed route, [322], [326], [327];
• and Demarcation Line, [326], [382];
• signs of land, [329-330];
• Trinidad sighted, [331];
• mainland of South America discovered, [333];
• at Trinidad, [335-339];
• along coast, [331-351], [353-358], [362];
• and a New World, [352], [355], [356];
• in Boca del Drago, [354];
• near Margarita, [356-357], [362];
• anxiety about Española, [359-360];
• reasons for hastening to Española, [359-362];
• and Earthly Paradise, [364-365];
• arrival in Española, [365], [366];
• misfortunes, [371];
• aid of Isabella, [371-372];
• in disfavor, [372], [375], [378-379];
• revolt in Española, [374];
• and Bobadilla, [376-383];
• letter on fourth voyage, significance, [387];
• fourth voyage, [389-418];
• outward voyage, [389];
• arrival at Española, [389];
• forbidden to land, [390];
• storm, [390-392];
• at Queen’s Garden, [391];
• along coast of Central America, [391-403], [405];
• search for strait, [391 n.];
• illness, [392-393], [399];
• geographical conceptions, [396-398];
• and Earthly Paradise, [398];
• illness, [399];
• tempest, [399-400];
• sends out exploring party, [401];
• trouble with Indians, [402-403];
• establishes settlement, [402];
• reaches Cuba, [406];
• in Jamaica, [406];
• one ship puts into a port of Española, [407];
• urges colonization of Veragua, [411-413];
• deplores condition of Spanish settlements, [415];
• complains of ill-treatment, [416-418].
• Columbus, Diego, brother of Columbus, in Española, [321];
• taken prisoner, [380].
• Columbus, Diego, son of Columbus, page to Prince John, [379];
• mentioned, [393].
• Columbus, Ferdinand, [241 n.], [321];
• page in Queen’s household, [379];
• account of fourth voyage, [318], [388], [392 n.]
• Commerce, plan of Columbus for Española, [273-277];
• value of Spanish colonies predicted, [415].
• Concepcion, La, island, [356].
• Concepcion, Puerto de la, Columbus in, [172-179].
• Conchas, Cabo de, [356].
• Coroay, [206].
• Cosa, Juan de la, master of Santa María, [200];
• mentioned, [204].
• Costa Rica, supposed connection with Cambodia, [397 n.]
• Crooked Island, [123].
• Cuba, mistaken for Cipango, [126-130];
• described by Indians, [130-136];
• discovered, [136];
• mistaken for mainland of Asia, [134], [263], [323], [405], [406];
• explorations, [136-148];
• Columbus returns, [153];
• Columbus leaves, [167];
• mentioned, [176], [263-264], [267], [364], [391 n.];
• Columbus lands on fourth voyage, [405].
• Cuba, Cabo de, [146], [147].
• Cubagua, reports of pearls, [357].
• Cubiga, [394 n.]