nsTDEI. 
415 
Cerros de Sipapo, ii. 316 
Ceylon, pearl fisheries of, i. 193 
Chacaito, river of, 417 
Chamberg, island of, ii. 19 
Charts, inaccuracies of, i. 143 
• - of Vespucci, iii. 58 
Cbaymas, missions of the, i. 218, 
238 ; nation of, i. 300 ; physiog. 
nomy of, i. 301-303 ; habits 
of, i. 305, 309; physical con- 
formation of, i. 308 ; mental 
inaptitude of, i. 310 ; language 
of, i. 314,323; colour of i. 33G 
Chayma women, i. 306 
Chemistry, vegetable, ii. 369 
Chiquires, or water hogs, ii. 156- 
159 
Chile, iii. 129; mountains of, iii. 
300 
Chimanas, groups of, i. 365 
Chimborazo, chain of, iii. 306 
Churches of Cumana, i. 246 
of Caracas, i. 451 
Chocolate, preparation of, ii, 58 
59 
Cigars, exportation of, from Cuba, 
iii. 259, 260 
Cinchona, or Cascarilla bark, i. 
211, 212 
Cinnamon, or Canela tree, i. 247, 
ii, 318, iii. 31 
Civilization, causes which tend to 
retard the progress of, i. 206, 
iii. 95, 126 ; advance of, between 
the tropics, i. 297, hi. 130; 
effects of, on the human counte- 
nance, i. 303 ; physical evils at- 
tending, i. 384 ; grades of, i. 
393 ; course of, ii. 309, 310, iii. 
131 ; humanizing influence of, ii. 
412 
promoted by river- 
intercourse, fi. 430 
and slavery, iii. 283 
Claystone (Thonsebiefar), iii. 385 
■ . muriatiferous, iii. 395 
Climate of America, i. 378, 388 ; 
causes of the variableness of, in 
corresponding latitudes, i. 223 
Cloquet, M,, on physiognomy, ii. 
502 
Cocoa, see cacao 
Cocollar, i, 215 ; ascent of the, i. 
239 ; climate of, i. 243 ; eleva- 
tion of the, i. 274 
Cocuy, harem of, ii. 392 
Cocuyza, peak of, ii. 218 
Coffee trees, propagation of i. 478 ; 
cultivation of, at Caripe, i. 253 ; 
at Caracas, i. 409, 410; planta- 
tions of, ii. 478, iii. 257 ; abundant 
produce of, ii. 479, iii. 257 
berries, ii. 479 n 
— of the Havana, iii. 257, 258 
Colonies, American society in the, 
i. 413-415 
Castilian, iii. 122 
Dutch, iii. 121 
- — English, hi- 16, 121,122 
French, iii. 121 
Spanish, iii. 121 
Colonists of America, iii. 122 
Colorado river, i. 245, ii. 113 
Colonization, progress of, iii. 129 
Color, causes of the different shades 
of, in the human family, i. 341 
— of tbe native Indians, i. 
336, 338; aristocracy ot*, i. 414 
Columbia, republic ot^ iii. 130, 131 ; 
mines of, iii. 405 
Columbus, Christopher, early dis- 
coveries of, i. 21, 200, 306w, iii, 
189, 194, 215, 216; his estima- 
tion of gold, i. 440 ; tomb of, iii. 
158; journal of, iii. 214 n 
' ' Ferdinand, description of 
the Indians by, i. 336, 337 
Combustion, volcanic, i. 114. 
Commerce, future advantages to, ii, 
431, 437 
Concepcion de Urban, h. 196 
Concervo, island of, ii. 458 
Congo river, iii. 13 
Conorichite, river, ii. 387, 388 
Conquistadores, i. 414 
Consejo, see Mammon 
Constellations of the torrid zone, i. 
134, 135, ii. 305, 345 
