maraca-pan, the land of Amaraca, 137.

Amazon River discovered by Pinzon, 105.

America, may have been derived from _Amaraca_, 137;
when bestowed upon western continents, 200;
derivation of name, 238;
first applied to continents in 1507, 243, 244.

Antilla, island of, 26.

Arno, valley of the, 1.

Bahia Honda, reference to, 159.

Bastidas, Rodrigo de, reference to, 130;
expedition of, 155.

Berardi, trading-house of, 49, 76;
estate of Juan, 80.

Book, the first printed in America, 32.

Cabral, Pedro Alvarez, coasts South America, 167.

Cannibals, giants, and pearls, chap. ix.

Canopi seen by Vespucci, 189.

Canovai eulogizes Vespucci, 210, 211.

Carabi, aboriginal word, 96.

Caravans of the desert, 47.

Carib Indians described, 99.

Cathay, kingdom of, 26, 29, 36, 39, 46, 50.

Cerezo, Maria, married to Vespucci, 168, 235;
dependent upon pension, 237.

Chambalu, or Peking, 38, 46, 49, 50.

Cibao, Indian word of Haiti, 28.

Cipango, island of, 26, 28, 30, 42, 44, 50.

Coelho, Goncalo, reference to, 202.

Columbus, Christopher, compared with Toscanelli, 18;
uses Toscanelli's chart in crossing Atlantic, 1492, 22;
letter to, from Toscanelli, 23-27;
adopts Toscanelli's ideas, 30;
conversations with, chap. v.;
personal appearance of, 63;
second voyage of, 76;
extravagances of, 77;
and Bishop Fonseca, 77-79;
and the Pinzons, 149, 150;
in friendly rivalry with Vespucci, 198;
and Vespucci contrasted, 210-214;
misfortunes of, 215;
letter written by, with reference to Vespucci, 218.

Columbus, Diego, suit of, against the crown, 166.

Columbus, Ferdinand, books owned by, 248;
acquainted with Juan Vespucci, 249.

Commerce, European, of the fifteenth century, 47, 48;
of Spain, fifteenth century, 57, 58.

Constellations of the southern hemisphere, 189, 190.

Coquibacoa, coast of Venezuela, 134, 135, 158, 159.

Cosa, Juan de la, with Columbus in Cuba, 107;
sails with Ojeda, 129;
the great pilot, 153;
chart made by, in year 1500, 154;
sails with Bastidas, 155;
second voyage with Ojeda, 156;
horrible death of, 157.

_Cosmographie Introductio_, the first book containing name
of America, 243, 245.

Cumana, on coast of Venezuela, 132, 137.

Curiana, or Gulf of Pearls, 132.

Dragon's Mouth, strait of the, 13