VI and Cabot, 48.
Elysian Fields, 13, 14, 16.
Erik the Red, 20.
Escobar, 162.
Euripides, quoted, 14.
F.
Feather-work, 84, 96.
Ferdinand and Isabella, 40, 41.
Feudalism ended, 36.
G.
Gama, De, 38, 58.
Gardens, 138, 139.
Glazier, Theory, 73-74.
Gladstone quoted, 189.
Gosnold's Expedition, 25, 26.
Greenland, 19-25, 30, 31.
Grijalva and Yucatan, 10, 53.
Guatemala, 58, 76, 79.
Guatimozin, 163.
Gunnbiorn, 20.
H.
Hannibal on the Alps, 134, 135.
Harold Fair-hair, 20.
Hatuey, 51, 52.
Hayti, 43, 98.
Helluland (Newfoundland), 22.
Henry VII., 48, 49.
Hercules' Pillars, 13, 17.
Herodotus, 10, 11.
Hesiod, quoted, 13.
Hesperides, Isles of the Blest, 14.
Homer, quoted, 10, 13.
Honduras, 76, 79.
Huitzilopochtli, god of battles, 93, 94, 150, 151 (_see_ MEXITL.)
Humboldt, 35, 50, 65, 73, 83, 94.
I.
Iceland, 19, 20.
Incas, 172, 182 (_see_ PERU).
"Indian," as a term applied to the New World by mistake, a blunder
still perpetuated, 42 (_cf_. 98.)
Indians, "Red-skins," 72-74, 80, 90.
Ingolf, 19.
Iphigenia, 104.
Ireland, Mickle, 20, 31, 32.
Italian Discovery, 34-36.
Itztli (obsidian), used as a sharp flint, 95.
Iztapalapan, 138.
J.
Jamaica, 170.
Jewish "Discovery," 33.
Juan, S., ship-canal, 172.
K.
Katortuk (Greenland), 21, 22 (cut, 21).
Kingsborough, Lord, 34, 69, 82.
L.
Leif Erikson, 21-23.
Lesseps de, 171-173.
Loadstone, 41, 42.
Longfellow, quoted, 29.
Lucian, quoted, 17.
M.
Madoc, 32, 33, 70.
Magellan reaches the Pacific Ocean and names it, 49;
killed at Matan, 50.
Magnetic Pole, 41.
Maguey plant, its singular value, 94.
Major, Mr., on Pre-Columbian discoveries of America, and site of the
Greenland colonies, 35, 36.
Malte-Brun, 35.
Marina, "slave-interpreter," 109, 115, 128, 131.
Markham, Sir C., quoted, 30, 174, 179, 183.
Markland (Nova Scotia), 22.
Marvels, Age of, 38, 39.
Maya, Mayapan, 76, 79.
Maya, MS., 81, 82.
Maya, trade, 84.
_Mayflower_ lands in Vinland, 26.
Medea, 18, 104.
Merida, 78.
Mexico, Mexicans (_see also_ AZTECS).
Mexico, archeology, 72-86.
Mexico, geography, 89, 90, 133-135.
Mexico, valley, 134, 135.
Mexico, town, 139, 142, 145-151.
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