Discovery of the Americas, 1492-1800

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Irish wolfhounds 93
Isabella I of Castile (queen of
Spain) xv, 14, 26, 179
and Christopher Columbus 1,
4, 4, 5,8, 26, 33, 37
death of 37
marriage to Ferdinand of 14
and Francisco Pizarro 66
and treatment of Native
Americans 34
“Island of Bimini” 47
islands 6,19, 22
Isopete 117
isthmus 185g
Italian-Americans xiv
Italy 12

J

Jamaica 22, 31, 37
James I (king of England [ James
VI of Scotland]) 80
Japan 8, 12, 25, 27, 29
Jaramillo, Juan 106, 117
Jefferson, Thomas 174
Jerusalem artichoke 179
Jesuits 145, 149. See alsoKino,
Father Eusebio; Serra, Father
Junípero
jewelry 4
Jews 14
Jiménez, Fortún 64
Jiménez de Quesada, Gonzalo 72,
74, 76
João II (king of Portugal) 26, 30
Johnstone, James 166
Joutel, Henri 141
Juan de Fuca, Strait of 163, 164
Jusepe 134

K
Karankawa Indians 84, 85, 140,
144
Kayak Island 160
Keres Indians 115
kidnapping 29, 30
kingdoms, imaginary. Seemyths
and legends
Kino, Father Eusebio 145–148,
146, 148
knots 19

knotting strings 68

Kodiak Island 160

L

La Belle(ship) 140, 143, 143

La Canela 75

La Condamine, Charles-Marie de

170, 171, 172

“La Florida” 47–49, 48,92–101,

106. See alsoFlorida
     L’Aimable(ship) 140, 143
     La Isabela 31, 32
     La Isla Española 29
     Lake Guatavita 76
     Lake Texcoco. SeeTexcoco, Lake
     Lake Titicaca 74
     La Navidad 7, 8, 30
     landmass 19
     languages 175
     La Pérouse, comte de ( Jean-
     François de Galaup) 161–162,
     162
     La Plata 90
     La Porte, Francis de 172
     La Relación(Cabeza de Vaca) 89
     La Salle, sieur de (René-Robert
     Cavelier) 139–144, 142m, 143
     Las Casas, Bartolomé de 3–5, 8,
     24, 34
     lateen 17
     latitude 17, 18,25, 185g
     league 185g
     Leeward Islands 6
     legends. Seemyths and legends
     Le Moyne, Pierre 141
     León, Alonso de 144
     Lesser Antilles 6,6,22, 30, 175
     “Letter on the First Voyage”
     (Christopher Columbus) 8, 10
     Lewis, Meriwether 174
     Lewis and Clark Expedition 174
     libraries 23
     Lima 72
     Lisbon, Portugal 17
     Live Oak, Florida 96
     Llactapata (Inca city) xvii
     llamas 178
     Llano Estacado 117
     log 185g
     logbooks 27
     longitude 17, 18,172, 185g

looting 59

López, Francisco 132

Louisiana 139, 175

Louisiana Purchase 174

Louisiana Territory 173, 174

Louis XIV (king of France) 139

Luque, Hernando de 65, 72

M

Mabila, Battle of 99–101

Macao, China 162

machetes 45

Machu Picchu (Inca city) xv, 68,

69

Madeira 12, 19, 179

Magellan, Ferdinand 49, 123,125,

126

Magellan, Strait of 49, 79, 125

maize 95, 103, 175, 178

malaria 35

Malaspina, Alejandro 165

Malinche 55, 56

Manco Capac 72

manioc 179

mapmaking 17, 123 .See also

charts and chartmaking

map(s)

of the Americas, 1800 181m

of the Americas, 15th century

170

Vasco Núñez de Balboa’s

route to discovery of the

Pacific Ocean 46m

of California as an island 148

and Hernán Cortés’s routes to

and in Mexico, 1519–1683

55 m

of disputed route of Amerigo

Vespucci, 1497–1498 41m

Eur ope, ca. 1520 12m

expeditions along the north-

ern Pacific coast, 1774–1795

159 m

expeditions along the Pacific

coast, 1542–1603 122m

four interpretations of Álvar

Núñez Cabeza de Vaca’s

journey, 1528–1536 90m

improvements in 23, 171

inaccurate 40

introduction and spread of

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