[89] This question is involved with that relating to the voyages, real or alleged, of Americus Vespuccius in 1497, and is too intricate to be discussed here.
[90] See [Chapter XVI], post.
[91] Opposite the Montanvert at Chamouni.
[93] The tops range from 4500 to 7000 feet.
[94] Sequoia gigantea of the Mariposa and Calaveras groves.
[95] Sequoia sempervirens.
[96] John White.
[98] How many Indians there are nobody knows, but the common (probably exaggerated) estimate puts them at nearly 2,000,000, half of these pagans in the Amazonian forests, while the mixed race is calculated at 1,700,000.