INDEX.
- Aguado, Juan, appointed investigator, 185;
- investigates, 188;
- makes nothing by it, 195.
- Angel, Luis de St., 56;
- offers to advance money, 57.
- Astrolabe, invented, 32;
- description of, 276.
- Black Crook, thought to have broken out in Spain, 194.
- Bobadilla, Francisco de, arrives in Hispaniola, 221;
- arrests Columbus, 228;
- sends Columbus to Spain, 229.
- Boyle, Father Bernardo, 133;
- desires to burn somebody, 150, 163;
- is disappointed, 174.
- Caonabo, 160;
- captured, 175;
- dies, 193.
- Cedo, Fermin, alleged scientific person, 158.
- Cogoletto, alleged birthplace of Columbus, 1.
- Columbus, Bartholomew, born and translated, 4;
- is sent to England, 38;
- arrives at Hispaniola, 171;
- made Governor of Isabella, 191;
- able commander, 209;
- arrested, 228;
- sails with fourth exploring expedition, 236;
- defeats Porras, 261.
- Columbus, Christopher, born, 1;
- translated, 3;
- anecdotes of boyhood, 5;
- goes to Pavia, 9;
- becomes sailor, 11;
- engages in Neapolitan expedition, 12;
- deceives sailors or posterity, 13;
- does not arrive in Portugal, 16;
- does arrive there, 18;
- marries, 19;
- makes maps, 20;
- lives at Porto Santo, 21;
- goes to Iceland or elsewhere, 28;
- talks to King John, 35;
- goes to Spain, 38;
- deposited with Quintanilla, 41;
- meets Scientific Congress, 43;
- goes to Convent of Rabida, 49;
- meets committee on exploration, 54;
- starts for France, 56;
- goes to Palos, 61;
- sails on first voyage, 67;
- keeps false reckoning, 72;
- discovers San Salvador, 89;
- sails for Spain, 97;
- wrecked, 102;
- founds colony, 105;
- sees Mermaids, 110;
- displays seamanship, 115;
- arrives at Azores, 116;
- arrives at Palos, 125;
- flattens egg, 135;
- sails on second voyage, 138;
- discovers Dominica, 141;
- returns to Spain, 191;
- loses popularity, 196;
- sails on third voyage, 200;
- discovers Trinidad, 204;
- invents ingenious theory, 205;
- arrives at Hispaniola, 208;
- arrested, 228;
- sent to Spain, 229;
- arrives in Spain, 230;
- sails on fourth voyage, 237;
- reaches Honduras, 240;
- searches for Panama Canal, 240;
- founds colony at Veragua, 243;
- sails away, 250;
- reaches Jamaica, 251;
- manages lunar eclipse, 258;
- reaches Hispaniola, 262;
- returns to Spain, 264;
- dies, 268;
- is extensively buried, 268;
- perhaps is a sun-myth, 269;
- character, 284.
- Columbus, Diego, born, 4;
- Governor of Isabella, 162;
- sent to Spain to wait for opening in Connecticut, 177;
- returns to Hispaniola, 187;
- arrested by Bobadilla, 227.
- Columbus, Dominico, combs wool, 3.
- Compass, variation of, 55.
- Congress of Salamanca, 46;
- its tediousness, 45.
- Correo, Pedro, 21;
- he winks, 25;
- is talked to death, 34.
- Enriquez, Beatrix, loves not wisely but too well, 41;
- is mentioned in Columbus’s will, 267.
- Ericson, Eliphalet B., discovers America, 281.
- Eclipse, story of, 258.
- Egg, story of, 135.
- Ferdinand, King of Aragon, 40.
- Guacanagari, his affection for Columbus, 101;
- his suspicious leg, 150;
- falls extensively in love, 152;
- protects Spaniards, 175.
- Isabella, Queen of Castile, 41.
- John, King of Portugal, 29;
- his dishonorable conduct, 34.
- La Navidad, founded, 105;
- destroyed, 148.
- Ledesma, Pedro, swims ashore, 249.
- Marchena, Juan Perez de, prior of a convent, 50;
- makes a night of it with Columbus, 51.
- Margarite, rebels, 174.
- Mendez, Diego, tries to reach Hispaniola from Jamaica, 252;
- succeeds, 254.
- Mendoza, Cardinal de, gives dinner, 135.
- Mexica, De, rebels, 219.
- Ojeda, Alonzo de, is a just man, 158;
- captures Caonabo, 175;
- arrives at Xaragua, 215;
- his interview with Roldan, 216.
- Ovando, Nicholas de, sent to Hispaniola, 233;
- refuses to let Columbus land, 237;
- delays to send aid to Columbus, 255;
- finally does send it, 262.
- Perestrello, Mrs., mother-in-law of Columbus, 20;
- her use of the stove-lid, 21.
- Pinzon, Martin Alonzo, fits out ship to join Columbus, 56;
- has a brilliant idea, 83;
- deserts, 97;
- met by Columbus, 108;
- reaches Palos, 127;
- displays good sense, 128.
- Pinzon, Vincente Yanez, fits out ship to join Columbus, 56.
- Porras, Francisco de, mutinies, 256;
- defeated and captured, 261.
- Prester John, who he was, 31;
- who he was not, 166.
- Quibian, attacks colony, 246.
- Quintanilla, receives Columbus on deposit, 41.
- Roldan, Francisco, rebels, 210;
- compromises, 215;
- outwits Ojeda, 216;
- drowned, 239.
- Ships, rigged by Indianians, 64.
- Talavera, De, the Queen’s confessor, 43.
- Triana, De, discovers land, 86;
- is disgusted, 87.
- Villejo, Alonzo de, risks his eyes, 229.