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INDEX TO NAMES OF PERSONS. 



Villalobos, Ruy Lopez de, Spanish navigator, 884. 

 Villars, D., French botanist, 1042. 

 Yillehardouin, Geoffrey de, historian, 719. 

 Yincentius Bellovacensis, encyclopedic writer, 741. 

 Vincentius Lirinensis, ecclesiastical writer, 565. 

 Vinci, Leonardo da, Italian painter and physicist, 



858. 

 Viracocha, or Ripac, eighth inca of Peru, 760, 783. 

 Virgil, Polydor, historian, S72. 

 Virgil, Roman poet, 458. 

 Virginia, daughter of the Roman centurion L. Vir- 



ginius, 270. 

 Viriathus, chief of the Numantians, 403. 

 Viridomar, leader of the Gauls, 390. 

 Visal, Hindu king of Ajmir, 676. 

 Viswamitra, Hindu king, 1 12. 

 Viswamitra, Hindu poet, 420, 6r6. 

 Vitalianus, eleventh Rinnan archbishop, 607, 609-10. 

 Vitalianus, Gothic invader of Constantinople, 572-73. 

 Vitalis de Furno, medical writer and cardinal, 773. 

 Vitellius, eighth Roman emperor, 478, 499. 

 Vitello, writer on Optics, 645. 

 Vitred, king of Kent, 613. 



Vitruvius, Roman writer on Architecture, 457. 

 Vives of Valentia, critic, 872. 

 Viviani, Domin., botanist in North Africa, 1063. 

 Vladimir, V. Monomach, Russian writer, 6S4. 

 Vladimir the Great, first Christian king of Russia, 663. 

 Vlaming, Willem de, Dutch navigator, 992. 

 Vochenberg, Io. Tollat von, botanist, 831, S56. 

 Voight, Fr. Sigism, botanist, 1052. 

 Voiture, Vincent, French poet, 94S. 

 Volckamer, botanist, 990. 

 Volkof, author of a Tartar dictionary, 1052. 

 Vologesus, king of the Parthians, 529. 

 Volta of Pavia, physicist, 1046. 

 Volusianus, colleague of the emperor Trebonianus 



Gallus, 539. 

 Von Frankenau, Georg Frank, botanist, 971. 

 Von Wisin, Russian dramatist, 1027. 

 Vopiscus, Roman historian, 544. 

 Vorstius, Adolph,, Dutch botanist, 948. 

 Vortigern, king of South Britain, 566. 

 Vossius, Gerard John, critic, 948. 

 Vrichasena, Hindu king, 424. 

 Vries, M. G., Dutch navigator, 953. 

 Vrihaspati, Hindu king, 401, 424. 

 Vrishaparvan, Hindu king, 9S. 

 Vyasa, or Beyauss, collector of the Vedas, 419. 

 Vytullya, Braminical writer, ^34. 



Wachendorf, Ev. Ivc, botanist, 1012, 1025. 

 Wahlenberg, Georg., botanist in Lapland, 1052, 1054, 



1058, 1060. 

 Wai-jen, of the Chang, Chinese emperor, 112. 

 Walafridus, Strabo, 630. 

 Walakan-abha, king of Ceylon, 433. 

 Walckendorf, col. of documents on Greenland, S62. 

 Waldstein, Fr., botanist, 1053. 

 Waldus of Lyons, founder of the Waldenscs, 709. 

 Walid, sixth Ommiad khalif, 6(4-16. 

 Walid If., eleventh Ommiad khalif, 619. 

 Waller, Edmund, English poet, 965. 

 Wallia, or Vallia, king of the Goths, 562. 

 Wallich, Nathaniel, botanist at Calcutta, 1061. 



Wallis, British navigator, 1028. 



Wallis, John, mathematician, 965. 



Walter, Thorn., N. American botanist, 1039. 



Walter of Coventry, historian, 718. 



Walther, A. F., German botanist, 1014. 



"Wamba, king in Spain, 612. 



Wang-'an-chi, Chinese philosopher, 6S0. 



Wangenheim, Fr. Adol., botanist in N. Amer., 1036. 



Wang-mang, usurping Chinese emp., 468, 470-71, 475. 



Wang-tching, see Chi-hoang-ti. 



Warka, translator of Hebrew into Arabic, 598. 



Washington, George, American general and president, 



1022, 1035, io 37-3 s . io 43. io 47, 1050-51. 

 Waterhouse, Benjamin, introducer of vaccination into 



America, 1051. 

 Wathek, ninth Abbassid khalif, 630-31. 

 Wathil, fifth Cahtan ruler of Yemen, 227. 

 Watson, H. C, English botanist, 1069. 

 Watson, William, English botanist, 1027. 

 Watu Gunung, gov. of a Hindu colony on Java, 546. 

 Webb, Rev. John, English archaeologist, 948, 1052. 

 Wedel, Io. Wolfg., botanist, 1012. 

 Wedemeyer, botanist, 1054. 

 Weigel, C. E., botanist, 1027. 



Wei-lie-wang, of the Tcheou, Chinese emp., 2S5, 2SS. 

 Wei-man, founder of the Yan dynasty in Corea, 390. 

 Weinmann, Io. Gnl., botanist, 1012. 

 Weis, F. G , botanist, 1027. 

 Wemala, king of Pegu in Burmah, 591. 

 Wernischek, lac, botanist, 1027. 

 Wenceslaus, twenty-second emperor of Germany and 



Italy, 795. 

 Wendland, Joh. Christ., German botanist, 1051. 

 Wendt, W. German navigator, 1066. 

 Wcn-ti, king of Wei in China, 536. 

 Wen-ti, of the Han, Chinese emperor, 398, 400. 



Wen-ti II., of the Northern Soung, Chinese emp., 564. 



Wen-ti III., of the Soui, Chinese emperor, 5S9. 



Wen-tsoung, of the Thang, Chinese emperor, 62S. 



Wen-tsoung II , of the Youan, Chinese emperor, 779. 



Wen-wang, founder of the Tcheou dynasty, 154, 156. 



Wernerus, chronographer, 843. 



Wernerus, Tmerius, jurist, 707. 



Wesselus, John, of ( inmingen, 831. 



Weymouth, George, British navigator, 923. 



Whallev, English regicide, 960. 



Wheeler, George, traveller in Greece, 978. 



White, John, leader of an English colony, 913. 



White, Peregrine, first white child born in X. Eng.,939. 



Whitefield, George, preacher in North America, 1017. 



Wickramabahoo, king of Ceylon, 657, 664. 



Wiclef, translator of the Bible, 791, 795, 802. 



Wigandus, Joannes, German botanist, 914. 



Wiggers, F. H , German botanist, 1027. 



Wijaya, king of Ceylon, 53S. 



Wilcke, S G , botanist, 1027. 



Wilde, archaeologist, 1070. 



Wilkie, D., Scotch painter, 1052. 



Wilkinson, J. Gardner, archaeologist in Egypt, 1066. 



Willdenow, botanist, 1049, 1051-52, 1054-55, 1057. 



Willebahl, 618. 



Willemet, P. R., 'botanist, 1043. 



William, king of Scotland, 715. 



William of Malmsbury, historian, 703. 



William of Newburgh, historian, 71S. 



William of Normandy, king of England, 679. 



