the horse into North Amer-
ica, 1600–1775 176m
of Eusebio Kino 147, 148
of René-Robert Cavelier, sieur
de La Salle’s failed expedi-
tion, 1684–1687 142m
major societies of the Ameri-
cas, ca. 1500 21m
“map of the World according
to the traditions of Ptolemy
and Americus Vespucius”
44
missions founded by Father
Junípero Serra, 1769–1782
151 m
route of Sebastián Vizcaíno,
1602–1603 130m
routes of expeditions in the
Southwest and California,
1769–1793 150m
routes of major expeditions of
Juan de Oñate, 1598–1605
137 m
by Paulo Toscanelli 25
by George Vancouver 163
of the world by Gerardius
Mercator 123, 123 m
of world known to ancient
Greeks and Romans 11
Marble Canyon 156
Mar del Sur 45
Marigold(ship) 125
Marin County 127
marine chronometer 172
marine quadrant 18
mariners 22, 23, 185g
Martínez, Estéban José 163, 166
Martinique 37
Martyr, Peter 8–9, 44
mathematics 51, 57
Maupertuis, Pierre-Louis 171
Mayan Indians xv, 10, 11, 51,51,
52, 55, 57, 179
McClure, Sir Robert 169
measles 35, 61
Medici, Lorenzo de’ 42
Medici family 41
medicine men 85, 86, 89
Mendoza, Antonio de 89,
106–108, 112, 119, 120, 123
Mendoza, Diego Hurtado de 64
Menéndez de Avilés, Pedro 105
Menzies, Archibald 167–168
Mercator, Gerardius 44,123,123,
123 m, 126
M ercator projection 123,123,
123 m
merchants 12, 14, 15, 57
meridian 17, 185g
mesa 185g
MesoAmerica 20m
mestizo 180, 185g
Mexico xvi, 89
Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca
xvi
Seven Cities of Cíbola 107
Francisco Coronado 110, 117,
118
Hernán Cortés 53, 55m, 60
Jesuit expulsion in 149
languages in 175
Mayan Indians in 51
Nativ e American civilizations
in 57
“New Spain” 52
revolution in 174
Spanish power in 64
Mexico City xvi, 57, 62
Miera y Pacheco, Bernardo de
154, 156
mines 49
missionaries 185g
activity of 145
Franciscan. SeeFranciscan
missionaries
Francisco Tomás Garcés 112,
153–154, 156
goals of 152
Father Eusebio Kino 145–148,
146, 148
Fr ancisco López 132
Agustín Rodríquez 132
Father Junípero Serra 149,
151, 151m,152, 153
missions 185g
in California 152–153
founded by Father Junípero
Serra, 1769–1782 151m
Franciscan 174
and Native Americans 152
role of 152–153
at San Carlos Borromeo 153in San Francisco 173
of San Gabriel Arcángel 154
Mississippi 101
Mississippi River 48, 84, 102–103,
103, 139, 140
Miwok Indians 127, 128
moccasin 175
Moctezuma (Montezuma) 56, 58,
58–60, 87, 133
Mojave Desert 154
monastery libaries 23
Montalvo, García Ordónez de 62
Monterey, California 130,
149–152, 154, 162
Monterey Bay 121, 128–129, 129
Moors 14, 22, 185g
Moraga, José Joaquin 154
Morocco 13
Moscoso, Luis de 96m,101–104,
102–103
Mountain of the Flints 62
mountain terraces 68
Mount St. Elias 161
movable type 23
Muisca Indians 74
mulattos 180, 185g
mumps 35
Muskogean language 98
Muslims 14, 22, 107
mutiny 64, 141
Mutis, José Celestino 172
myths and legends. See also
Cíbola, Seven Cities of
Strait of Anian 62, 64, 126,
164, 167, 169
Seven Cities of Antilia 107
El Dorado 75, 76, 79,80, 80
imaginary kingdoms 22, 23
“Island of Bimini” 47
island of California 147, 148,
148
kingdoms 22, 23
La Canela 75
Rica de Oro 131
Rica de Plata 131N
Nahuatl language 175
nao 17
Napituca 96
Napo River 77Index B 201