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CONCEPTIONS OF COLUMBUS 



Vivien de Saint-Martin, Louis, 26, 28 

 Voyage of 1492, 31; analysis of west- 

 ward voyage, 44; falsifying the day's 

 run, 45, 46; log, 45, 46; previous 

 efforts to reconstruct Columbus' 

 route, 35; return voyage, 50; route 

 across the Atlantic and return, 34, 

 47, opp. 50 (map) ; route as evidence 

 of his knowledge of Atlantic winds 

 and currents, 31; scientific prepara- 

 tion, 33 



Wagner, Hermann, "Geschichte der 

 Seemeile," 18; "Toscanelli-Karte," 

 18 



Waldseemuller gores, 91 



Waldseemiiller map of 1507, 64, 79. 90, 

 91, 137. 140; equator on, 23; north- 

 western land on (ill.), no 



Waldseemuller map of 1516, 92, 11 1 

 (ill.), 113 



Watling Island, 36 



Weise, A. J., 55 



West Indies, 50 



Western sea, 40 



Wieser, F. R. von, "Karte des Bartolo- 

 meo Colombo," 28, 58, 66, 87, 127; 

 "Magalhaes-Strasse," 92. See also 

 Fischer, Joseph, and F. R. von Wieser 



Wildcats, 134 



Winds, Columbus' study of, 43; North 

 Atlantic belts, 36 



Winship, G. P., 90 



Winsor, Justin, 54; "Christopher Co- 

 lumbus," 55, 96; "Narrative and 

 Critical History of America," 36, 57, 

 129, 137 



World. See Earth 



Ydolos, los. See Los Idolos Islands 

 Young, Filson, 35, 56 

 Yucatan, 96, 136 

 Yucatan, Strait of, 78 

 Yule, Sir Henry, 62 



Zaitun, 69 



Zipangu. See Cipangu 



Zurla, Placido, 28 



