Discovery of the Americas, 1492-1800

house of 33
and imaginary kingdoms 23
journals of 24
legacy of 38
letter from Ferdinand and
Isabella to 1
miscalculations of 25
and Native Americans xiv, 5,
5,6,6, 28,28–30, 37, 175
navigation used by 18–19
plans for second expedition of
8
and Marco Polo 12
portrait of 25
and Portugal 2, 3, 30
privileges of 33, 39
remains of 36
report of 8
return to Spain of 1–9, 4, 5, 30
route of first voyage of, 1492
2 m
routes of second, third, and
fourth voyages of,
1493–1504 32m
royal support for 26
sails from Palos 27, 27
search for patrons of 25, 26
second voyage of 30–33, 31,
32 m
ships of 7, 15,17, 26, 37
and slavery 34, 179
and South America 34, 35, 37
and Spanish court 4–5, 7, 8, 10
as Spanish explorer 12
and Taino Indians 5, 5, 28,
28–30, 175
third voyage of 32m,33–35
view on new world 9
Columbus, Diego 31, 33
Columbus, Ferdinand 24, 37
Columbus and the Age of Discov-
ery(Zvi Dor-Ner and William
Scheller) xiv
compass 19, 62
comptroller 184g
conquest xiv
conquistadores 184g.See also
specific headings,e.g.:Cortés,
Hernán
armament of 93
and Aztec Indians 59–60

and “cows” 87–88

gold-hungry 76

historical portraits of 53

requerimiento 94

rights of 79

continents 19

Cook, James 158, 159 m,160, 160,

161, 161,172, 174

Cook Inlet 167

Córdoba, Francisco Hernández de

50, 52

corn. Seemaize

Coro 72

Coronado, Francisco Vásquez de

xvi, 76, 88

and Alarcón’s expedition 112,

113

and Alvarado expedition

115–116

and El Turco 116

Great Plains expedition of

116–119

and Mexico 110, 117, 118

and Native Americans 116,

118–119, 118–119

news of 120–121

northern expedition of

108–100

at pueblo of Háwikuh

109

routes and secondary expe-

ditions of, 1540–1542

113 m

search for Antilia by 22

and the Seven Cities of Cíbola

106–119

corporal punishment 152

Cortés, Francisco 61

Cortés, Hernán 10, 59,81, 106,

133

arrival at Tenochtitlán

58–60

and Aztec Indians 56–60

and California 61, 64

charges against 62

coat of arms for 63

death of 64

expeditions sponsored by

61

explorations of 52–64

and gold 56, 59

journey to Tenochtitlán

56–58

letters of 53, 54

and Mexico 53, 55m, 60

Moctezuma’s dilemma with

56

return to Tenochtitlán 60, 61

routes to and in Mexico,

1519–1683 55m

sets forth 53–56

surveying by 61

at Tenochtitlán xvi, 58–61

Cosa, Juan de la 26, 43

Cosmographie 123

Costa Rica 37

cotton 28, 103, 178, 179

cotton plantations 180

Crespi, Juan 149

crops

cotton 28, 103, 178, 179

fortunes from 179

introduced from the Old

World 178, 179

maize95, 103, 175, 178

on mission farms 152

New World 178–179

tobacco 6,29, 175, 175,179,

179, 180

Crosby, Alfred W. xiv

crossbows 120

Cuauhtémoc (Aztec leader) 60

Cuba 22, 174

abolition in 180

Christopher Columbus 4, 29,

31–32, 37

Francisco Hernández de Cór-

doba 52

Hernando de Soto 92

Bartolomé de Las Casas 3

Juan Ponce de León 48

slavery in 49

Culiacán 109

culture areas (Native American)

20 m

Cuzco 68, 74, 75, 75

D

d’Ailly, Pierre 25

d’Anghiera, Pietro Martire 8. See

alsoMartyr, Peter

Index B 197