2.

Emanuel, King of Portugal, 168;
invites Vespucci to Portugal, 169;
receives Vespucci at court, 171;
sends him on two voyages to the Indies, 170;
recognizes his genius, 196, 207.

Emerson, R. W., calls Vespucci a "thief and pickle-dealer," 237.

_Examen Critique_, the, by Humboldt, 103, 250.

Ferdinand, King of Spain, and Fonseca, 76;
parts with Vespucci, 168, 169;
diplomacy of, 216;
prefers Vespucci to Columbus, 227;
calls Vespucci to court, 228;
appoints him pilot-major, 229.

Fiske, John, explains "debatable voyage," 104;
on Vespucci's letter of July, 1500, 109;
quotations from, 124, 125;
on historical records, 221.

Florence, Vespucci's birthplace, 2, 3;
in the Middle Ages, 12.

Florentines, the, as merchants in fifteenth century, 5.

Fonseca, Bishop, reference to, 76, 77, 79, 82, 126, 127;
authorizes Ojeda's voyage, 128.

Fortunate Islands, or Grand Canaries, 186.

_Four Voyages_, or _Journeys_, of Vespucci, 90, 95;
no trace of book containing the, 103;
further reference to, 176, 200, 205.

"Fourth Part of the Earth," the, chap. ii.

Ghengis Khan, 50.

Giacondo, Giovanni, translator of Vespucci's letter, 1504, 198, 199.

Giants seen in Curacao, 119.

Gomara, historian, on explorations, 102.

Harrisse, Henry, observations on the naming of America, 244.

Herrera, Antonio de, accuses Vespucci of stealing from Columbus, 101.

Humboldt, Alexander von, vindicates Vespucci, 103.

_Igname_, Indian word, 89.

Iguana, described by Vespucci, 93.

_Imago Mundi_, book owned by Columbus, 241.

India house, the great, 80.

Irving, Washington, and his _Life of Columbus_, 29;
denounces Fonseca, 77;
narrates Vespucci's voyage with Ojeda, 125;
seeks to disparage Vespucci, 225, 226.

Iti, an island in the Caribbean Sea, 98.

_Kazabi_, or cassava, 89.

Khan, the Grand, 24, 28.

Kublai Khan, Mongol emperor, 36-40, 49.

Lake Dwellers, the, described by Vespucci, 90-95, 120.

Lariab, conjectural province of, 96.

Las Casas denounces Vespucci, 249.

Lud, Walter, 242.

Mandeville, Sir John, 49.

Mangi, province of, 26, 46.

Maracaibo, Gulf of, discovered by Ojeda, 135.

Maracapana (see Amaraca-pan), 132, 137.

Marco Polo's _Travels_, 33.

Marignoli, John de, traveller, 49.

Medici, the Florentine, 4, 5, 10.