INDEX 



A ponta d' [Asia], 131 



Abulfeda's "Geography," 13, I7, 28 



Adams, C. K., 55 



Admiral's map, 92 



Aeneas Sylvius (Pius II), 57 



Africa, 14; Columbus (Bartholomew) 

 map of (ill.), 68; current along, 42; 

 maps of, as regards equator. 23 



Agesinba, 8 



Ailly, P. d', 7, 57 



Alexandretta, 19 



Alexandria, 13 



Al-Farghani, 2, 9, 10, 21 



Almadias, 38, 39, 123 



Al-Mamun, Caliph, i, 13, 28 



Amat di S. Filippo, P., 35 



America, discovery of, 50 



Andilie, 131, 132 



Animals, 134 



Antilles, 131 



Antimaco, Giulio, 37 



Apianus (Petrus) map of 1520, 92 



"Arte de Navegar" letter, 43 



Asia, i; Columbus (Bartholomew) map 

 of (ill.), 67; Columbus' belief that he 

 had reached, 54, 76; distance west 

 from Europe, 33; eastern, 139, 140, 

 141; eastern coast, 27, 62; eastern 

 coast, distance from western Europe 

 in degrees, various estimates, 89; 

 eastward extension, estimating, i, 

 27, 30; extremity of, 132; geo- 

 graphical background, 60; Harrisse's 

 views as to Columbus' belief, 79; 

 lands supposed to be Asia, 141; map 

 constructed to show Columbus' ideas 

 of eastern Asia during his fourth 

 voyage, 65, opp. 88 (ill.); southern 

 coast, 60, 62; Thacher's views as to 

 Columbus' belief, 82 



Atlantic Ocean, 19; Columbus (Barthol- 

 omew) map of northern area, 66 (ill.) ; 

 island outposts as key points for the 

 study of, 33; navigation, problem of, 

 33, 41; previous efforts to reconstruct 

 Columbus' route across, 35; route 

 of Columbus on his first voyage and 

 return, 34, 47, opp. 50 (ill.); wind 

 belts of North Atlantic, 36; winds 

 and currents, 47, opp. 50 (ill.); winds 

 and currents, Columbus' knowledge 

 of, 31 



Aurea Chersonesus, 62, 74, 75, 128 



A.yala, Pedro de, 129 



Azores, 34. 37, 42, 43, 44, 50, 51; posi- 

 tion as to winds and currents, 34; 

 west winds and their evidence of land 

 farther west, 38 



Babcock. W. H., 41 

 Bahama Islands, 50, 79, 109 



Balboa, V. N. de, 90 



Banchero, Giuseppe, 35 



Bancroft, H. H., 55, 93 



Beazley, C. R., 55 



Behaim's globe of 1492, 29, 59, 7i, 81, 



114, 138, 140; eastern Asia on, 62; 



eastern hemisphere on, 63 (ill.); part 



of gore D to show latitude of Lisbon, 



16, 17 

 Bermuda, 45 

 Bernaldez, Andres, 27, 72, 103, 121, 124, 



127 

 Biblioteca Colombina, 57 

 Biggar, H. P., 55 

 Biscay, Bay of, 44 

 Bona Ventura, 134 

 Bourne, E. G., 35, 96. See also 0]son, 



J. E., and E. G. Bourne 

 Brazil, 85, 131 

 Brevoort, J. C, 93 

 Buchon, J. A. C, and J. Tastu. 20 

 Bunbury, E. H., 13, 30 

 Burney, James, 51 



C. arlear, 126, 136 



C. delgato, 126, 134, I35, 136 



C. do fim do abrill, 123, 127, 139 



C. do mortinbo, 126, 136 



C. lurcar, 126, 136, 137 



Cabo d. licotir, 126, 133 



Cabo de boa ventura, 126, 133 



Cabo de Palmas, 127 



Cabo Santo, 122 



Cabot, John, 12S, 129, 130, 141 



Cabot land, 128, 129, 130 (ill.) 



Cabot map of I544. 90, I35 



Cabral, P. A., 131 



Gael, 69 



Calicut, 140 



Calms, 42, 43, 49, 53 



Canary Islands, 37, 40, 42, 43, 44; 

 parallel of, 32, 33, 47, 48, 49; posi- 

 tion as to winds and currents, 34; 

 starting point of the first voyage of 

 Columbus, 45 



Canerio map of ca. 1504, 9i. 95 (ill-); 

 northwestern continental land on, 

 117 (ill.) 



Canfure, 119 



Canovas, Vallejo, and Traynor, 105, 119 



Cantino, Alberto, 131, 134 



Cantino map of 1502, 78, 91, 94 (ill.); 

 character, 141; delta on, 114; iden- 

 tity of "Florida" on, 91 (see also 

 "Florida," etc.); northwestern con- 

 tinental land on, 116 (ill.); north- 

 western continental land problem 

 reconsidered, 108 



Cape Verde Islands, 42 



Caribbean Sea, 79 



Carta Marina of Waldseemuller, 92 



