INDEX. 



551 



Salinas, Juan de, the Adelantado, his 

 entry of the river Amazons, 157 



Sanchez, Father Alonzo. On the 

 trade winds, 123 ; Chinese writings, 

 400 



Sarrniento, Pedro de Gamboa, vi, 137, 

 1538. Sarmiento had studied the 

 records and ancient traditions of 

 the Yncarf, one of which told how 

 the Ynca Tupac Yupanqui had 

 visited the islands far to the west, 

 called Ahuachumbi and Nina- 

 chumbi. He sailed in the fleet of 

 Alvoro de Mendaiia in 1567, with 

 the object of reaching these islands. 

 He is l&amp;gt;elieved to have written a 

 Uiftoria dc ls Yttcftx. In 1579 he- 

 was sent with a fleet from Lima to 

 explore the strait of Magellan. His 

 journal was published at Madrid in 

 17&amp;lt;iS. J jV/ye al cs recho lit Ma&amp;lt;/al- 

 IKHIS por tl Capitnn Pedro Xurnu cnto 

 dc Gamboa en ls anus 157 . // 1580. 

 There is an account of Sarmiento 

 and his surveys in Burney s Voyaycs, 

 ii, pp. 3 to 57 



Tobar, Juan de, ix, 391 



Toledo, Francisco de, second son of 

 the Count of Oropesa. Viceroy of 

 Peru from 1509 t 1581, iii, iv, 137, 

 151, 204, 21(5, 231, 25&amp;gt; 



Torres, Kodrigo dr. A miller who 

 introduced the use of ychu grass 

 for fuel, in mining, 218 



Treeo, Tacoino de, &amp;lt;&amp;gt;f Milan. A worker 

 in brass at Madrid. The way his 

 workmen preserved themselves from 

 the injurious efleets of the fumes of 

 &amp;lt;|ui.-ksilvi-r, 212 



I rsua. lViln&amp;gt; de, commander of the 

 expedition dnwn the Amazon in 

 15ti. (Ntf Aguinv) 157, 171 



Vaca, Cabeza de, 525. In 1527 he 



went as treasurer in the expedition 

 of Painphilo de Xarvaez to Florida. 

 Narvaez was lost in a storm near 

 the mouth of the Mississippi, and 

 Cabeza de Vaca took command. He 

 and his followers were reduced to 

 the necessity of cannibalism, and 

 were afterwards made slaves by the 

 Indians. He escaped, and, after 

 passing through a variety of in 

 credible hardships, reached Mexico. 

 He retired to Spain in 1537. He 

 was afterwards Governor of Para 

 guay. 



Valdes, Diego Flores de. The officer 

 sent, with Snrmiento, to fortify 

 Megellan s straits (see Sarmiento), 

 139 



Valencia, Fray Martin de, 531. A 

 zealous Franciscan preacher. He 

 was a native of Valencia. In 1523 

 he was appointed to tike out twelve 

 Franciscans to Mexico, as their pro 

 vincial. Here he worked zealously 

 for the conversion of the Indians. 

 He died on a journey from Mexico 

 to Tehuantepec, on August 31st, 

 1534. He wrote interesting letters 

 to Charles V and to the Pope 

 Adrian VI, as well as to Friar 

 Matthew Weiser, the General of his 

 Order, describing the spiritual con 

 quest of Mexico. He was also the 

 author of some historical docu 

 ments. 



Valera, Bias, the Jesuit, v. 



Valle, Marques del. ( .S cc Cortes.) 



Velasco, Pedro Fernandez de, intro 

 duced the refining of silver with 

 mercury in 1571, 217 



Yillaroel, the Spaniard whose servant 

 discovered the mines of Potosi, 203 



T. i;u ii u;i&amp;gt;s, 37, uitE.vT Qi i:i&amp;lt;N STRI:KT, vv.c. 



