SUMMARY OF THE CONTENTS OP VOL. II. 339 



from Ctmdirumarca, and was used in the first years of republican 

 independence to denote the whole country of New Granada, 311, 312 



Chronometric connection of the town of Quito with Tomependa on 

 the upper waters of the Amazons, and with Callao de Lima, the 

 position of which was accurately determined by observations of 

 the transit of Mercury on the 9th day of November, 1802, 312, 313 



Unpleasant etiquette in the Inca's court. Atahuallpa's captivity,; 

 his proposed ransom ....... 314 



Philosophic doubts of Huayna Capac (according to the report of Padre 

 Bias Valera) respecting the Deity of the Sun. Objections of the 

 Inca- government to the extension of knowledge among the poorer 

 and lower classes of the people .... 316, 317 



Raleigh's project for restoring the dynasty of the Incas under 

 English protection, for which a yearly tribute of several hundred 

 thousand pounds was to be paid .... 317, 318 



Earliest evidence obtained by Columbus of the existence of the 

 South Sea or Pacific Ocean. The South Sea first beheld by Vasco 

 Nufiez de Balboa (25th Sept. 1513), and first navigated by Alonso 

 Martin de Don Benito . . . ... . 318, 319 



On the possibility of the formation of an oceanic canal (with fewer 

 locks than the Caledonian Canal) through the Isthmus of Panama. 

 Points in which the examination has been neglected 319 323 



Determination of the longitude of Lima . . ' . 323, 324 



