Butterflies, clouds of, seen on the southern coast of Cuba.
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Cabot, Sebastian, discovers Labrador, supposed to be the first that visited the main-land of the New World.
Cabral, Pedro Alvarez de, discovers part of the Brazils, and takes possession of it in the name of the king of Portugal. Cabron, Cape, or Capo del Enamorado.
Cacao, first known to the Spaniards.
Caciques, seizure of fourteen, in the night, by Bartholomew Columbus and his officers.
Canaries, an optical delusion seen by the people of the; arrival of
Columbus at, in his first voyage.
Canoes, capable of containing 150 persons, seen at Puerto Santo; large size of those at Jamaica.
Caonabo, character and conduct of; takes the fortress at La Navidad; and massacres the Spaniards; assembles his warriors; Columbus leaves directions with Margarite to surprise; besieges Ojeda; gives up the siege and retires; forms a plan of exterminating the Spaniards; invades the territories of Guacanagari; character of; is visited by Ojeda, with a design to entrap him; agrees to wait upon Columbus, and sets forward; is taken by stratagem; is chained; his conduct when in the presence of Columbus; embarks for Spain; a Guadaloupe woman falls in love with him; dies on the voyage.
Carocol, Island of.