INDEX

  • Adam of Bremen, 106;
  • on Greenland, 94
  • Anghiera. See Martyr, Peter
  • Animal and bird names, 44
  • Antela, 149
  • Antiglia, map opp. 74, 75, 147
  • Antilles, 144;
  • identity with Antillia, 162
  • Antillia, 188;
  • as an early map item, 144;
  • Atlantis and, 148;
  • on Beccario map of 1426, 151;
  • on Beccario map of 1435, 70, 151;
  • on Benincasa map of 1482, 70, 159;
  • on Bianco map of 1436, 156;
  • Humboldt’s hypothesis of origin of name, 148;
  • identity with the Antilles, 162;
  • on Laon globe of 1493, 161;
  • of the mainland, 147;
  • Martyr’s (Peter) identification, 145;
  • origin of the name, 148;
  • other identifications, 146;
  • on Pareto map of 1455, 157;
  • on Roselli map of 1468, 155;
  • on Ruysch map of 1508, 145;
  • Seven Cities (island) and, 69, 188;
  • spelling of the word, 146;
  • unmentioned on certain notable maps, 161;
  • on Weimar map, 150, 159
  • Arctic monastery, 136–137, 138
  • Ari Frode, 101
  • Arna-Magnaean MS. No. 194, 116, 119
  • Arna-Magnaean MS. No. 557, on Markland, 115
  • Athens and Atlantis, 1, 33
  • Atlantic continental mass, theory of Termier, 19
  • Atlantic submarine banks, 24
  • Atlantis, Antillia and, 148;
  • improbability of existence, 18;
  • invasion of the Mediterranean, 16;
  • location and size, 17;
  • Plato’s account, 3, 11, 32, 187;
  • Sargasso Sea as, 29;
  • submergence, question of, 22;
  • Termier on, 14
  • Avezac, M. A. P. d’, 8, 114
  • Avienus, 27
  • Ayala, Pedro de, 65, 68
  • Azores, description, 164;
  • floral and faunal indications of mainland connection, 21;
  • Mayda and, 92;
  • names of islands, 21;
  • occurrence of name “Seven Cities” in, 78;
  • two series on Bianco map of 1448, 122
  • Babcock, W. H., “Early Norse Visits,” 6, 115, 172, 184;
  • “Indications of Visits,” 46, 57, 71, 86, 150
  • Baffin Land, 111, 184
  • Bahamas, 155, 163, 188
  • Barra, 181, 183
  • Basques, 8
  • Beauvois, Eugène, 131, 184
  • Beccario map of 1426, Antillia on, 151;
  • reproduction of a photographed section (ill.), opp. 45;
  • St. Brendan’s Islands on, 45
  • Beccario map of 1435, Antilles, four islands, on, 153;
  • Antillia on, 70, 151, 153;
  • Daculi on, 183;
  • reproduction of section (ill.), 152
  • Behaim globe of 1492, St. Brendan’s Islands on, 47
  • Benedict, R. D., 38
  • Benincasa map of 1482, Antillia on, 70, 159;
  • reproduction of section (ill.), 160
  • Beothuks, 123, 131
  • Bermuda and Mayda, 93, 188
  • Bianco map of 1436, Antillia on, 156;
  • reproduction of section (ill.), 179;
  • Stokafixa on, 185
  • Bianco map of 1448, St. Brendan’s Islands on, 46;
  • two series of Azores, 122
  • Bimini (Beimini), 146
  • Bird names, 44
  • Birds, isle of, 166
  • Blaskets, 181
  • Blunt, E. M., 91
  • Boid, Captain, 170
  • Book of the Spanish Friar, 44, 55, 92, 165;
  • on the Azores, 165
  • Bourne, E. G., 55
  • Bra, 181
  • Brazil (island), on Catalan map of 1375, 58;
  • on Catalan map of about 1480, 61;
  • on Dalorto map of 1325, 50, 56, 121;
  • early maps, occurrence, 55;
  • location and shape, 57;
  • in place of Markland, 121;
  • Mayda and, 83;
  • on Nicolay map of 1560, 61, 121;
  • Norse and Irish omission of name, 66;
  • St. Lawrence, Gulf of, and, 59, 187;
  • Seven Cities (island) and, 68;
  • on Sylvanus map of 1511, 65;
  • two on the same map, 121–122
  • Brazil (word), derivation, 50, 52;
  • spellings, 50;
  • various applications, 121
  • Brendan (Brandan; Brenainn), St., adventures, Lismore version, 34;
  • explanations of Brendan narratives, 35;
  • exploration, 34, 48, 187;
  • probable basis of fact in narratives, 38
  • Brendan’s (St.) Islands, 34;
  • on Beccario map of 1426, 45;
  • on Behaim globe of 1492, 47;
  • on Bianco map of 1448, 46;
  • on Dulcert map of 1339, 42;
  • Hereford map testimony, 38;
  • on later maps, 48;
  • on the Pizigani map of 1367, 43
  • Bretons, exploration, 8, 84
  • Brown, A. S., 78
  • Buache, N., 78
  • Bullar, Joseph and Henry, 79
  • Buss Island, 174, disappearance from map, 177;
  • discovery, 175;
  • map (ill.), 176
  • Cabot, John, 10, 55
  • Canary Islands, mainland connection, question of, 21;
  • tradition concerning St. Brendan, 39
  • Canerio map, 146
  • Cape Breton, 118–119, 127, 132, 135, 185;
  • Mayda and, 92, 93
  • Cape Cod, Mayda and, 92, 188
  • Capmany, Antonio de, 54
  • Carthaginians, Corvo and, 167;
  • statues and coins, 169
  • Cartier, Jacques, 59
  • Cartwright, George, 123
  • Catalan map of 1375, Brazil (island) on, 58;
  • Mayda on, 84;
  • reproduction (ill.), 58
  • Catalan map of about 1480, Brazil (island) on, 61;
  • Fixlanda (Iceland) on, 141;
  • Greenland on, 62, 96, 120;
  • reproduction of section (ill.), 64
  • Catholique, La, 180
  • Cerne, 27
  • Chau Ju-Kua, 2
  • Chesapeake Bay, 119
  • Christy, Miller, 175, 176, 177
  • Churchill Collection, 140
  • Clavus map of 1427, Greenland on, 105, 139;
  • reproduction of section (ill.), 104
  • Coins found in Corvo, 167
  • Columbus, Christopher, 10
  • Columbus, Ferdinand, “Life of Christopher Columbus,” 69, 71, 140, 144
  • Conigi, Li, 8, 165, 172, 182
  • Coombs, Captain, 100
  • Coppo map of 1528, Greenland on, 96;
  • reproduction (ill.), 97
  • Corvo, 22;
  • ancient memorials, 166;
  • comparative representations on maps (ill.), 172;
  • equestrian statues, 168;
  • Mayda and, 92;
  • origin of name, 164;
  • Pizigani map of 1367 and, 168
  • Cuba, 153, 162, 163, 188
  • Daculi, 181;
  • on Pareto map of 1455, 183
  • Dalorto map of 1325, Brazil (island) on, 50, 56, 121;
  • mythical islands on, 181;
  • reproduction (ill.), 51
  • Dawson, S. E., 48
  • Demons, 37, 89;
  • islands of, 178
  • Desceliers map of 1546, Greenland on, 99;
  • Mayda on, 87;
  • reproduction of section (ill.), 76;
  • saintly islands on, 180;
  • Seven Cities (island) on, 75
  • Devil Rock, 91
  • Diodorus Siculus, 1, 4, 16, 42, 166
  • Disko, 184
  • Dragons, 37, 83, 149
  • Drogio, first mention, 124, 127;
  • meaning, 133;
  • region designated, 132;
  • spelling, 132;
  • on Zeno map of 1558, 126
  • Dulcert map of 1339, St. Brendan’s Islands on, 42
  • Edrisi, “Geography,” 7, 39, 166, 168;
  • on the isle of birds, 166
  • Egerton MS. 2803. See World map in portolan atlas of about 1508
  • Emmanuel (ship), 175
  • Emperadada, Encorporada, Encorporade (Incorporado), 180
  • Equestrian statues, 168
  • Eric the Red, 101, 108, 109, 115
  • Eskimos, 110, 111
  • Espinosa, Alonso de, 39
  • Esthlanda, 131
  • Estotiland, 122; derivation, conjectures, 130;
  • first mention, 124, 127;
  • on Prunes map of 1553, 131;
  • region designated, 130;
  • on Zeno map of 1558, 126
  • Estotilanders, 131
  • Faria y Sousa, Manuel de, 73;
  • on Corvo, 169
  • Fischer, Joseph, 61, 105, 116, 139
  • Fischer, Theobald, 44, 45, 46, 47, 56, 57, 84, 86, 92, 114, 122, 147, 161, 165, 172, 182, 185
  • Fixlanda, 96, 185;
  • on Catalan map of 1480, 141
  • Flores, 8, 171, 172, 182
  • Florida, 146, 155, 163, 188
  • Formaleoni, Vicenzio, 148
  • Fortunate Islands, 38, 39.
  • See also Brendan’s (St.) Islands
  • Freducci, Conde, 150
  • Frisland, 136, 175, 185;
  • Buss Island and, 177;
  • confusion with Iceland, 141;
  • occurrence of name, 140;
  • on Zeno map of 1558, 141
  • Galvano, Antonio, 72
  • Germain, Louis, 21
  • Germanus, Donnus Nicolaus, world map (after 1466), Greenland on, 105, 139;
  • reproduction of section (ill.), opp. 105
  • Ginnungagap, 178
  • Gnupsson, Eric, 109
  • Gosch, C. C. A., 175
  • Grand Banks, 185
  • Grand Manan, 188
  • Great Abaco, 155, 162–163
  • Great Iceland, 184
  • Greeks, early exploration, 4
  • Green Island, 95;
  • on sixteenth-century maps, 97;
  • various islands;
  • shrinkage of the name, 99
  • Greenland, Adam of Bremen’s account, 94;
  • on Catalan map of about 1480, 62, 96, 120;
  • on Clavus map of 1427, 105, 139;
  • on Coppo map of 1528, 96;
  • on Desceliers map of 1546, 99;
  • on Germanus (D. N.) map, 105, 139;
  • insular character, 95;
  • intercourse with Markland, 119;
  • life of Icelandic colony, 106;
  • on Nicolay map of 1560, 98;
  • Norse settlements, 137;
  • Norse settlements (with map), 103;
  • origin of name, 101;
  • on Ortelius map of 1570, 99;
  • as a peninsula, 105;
  • on Sigurdr Stefánsson map, 106;
  • Thorláksson map of 1606 (ill.), 98;
  • on Zeno map of 1558, 105, 139
  • Greenlanders, early explorations, 109
  • Grocland, 184
  • Gunnbjörn’s skerries, 174
  • Haiti, 162
  • Hall, James, 177
  • Hand of Satan, 156, 178
  • Hardiman, James, 50
  • Harrisse, Henry, 144
  • Hauk’s Book on Markland, 114
  • Hebrides, 181, 182, 183
  • Helluland, 115, 116, 188
  • Henriques, Borges de F., 171, 173
  • Hereford map of 1275, St. Brendan’s Islands on, 38
  • Himilco, 27
  • Holmes, W. H., 3
  • Hood, Thomas, 180
  • Hovgaard, William, on Icelandic settlement of Greenland, 102, 109, 110, 115, 116;
  • suggestion of two Winelands, 119
  • Humboldt, Alexander von, on Antillia, 148;
  • on Bianco map of 1436, 157;
  • on Corvo, 167;
  • “Examen critique,” 37, 52, 55, 78, 81, 148, 167, 169, 185
  • Hydrographic Office, 30, 31, 32
  • I in Mar, 155, 188
  • Icaria, 136;
  • on Zeno map of 1558, 142
  • Iceland, confusion on maps, 141;
  • Great Iceland, 184;
  • Greenland discovery and relations, 101;
  • on Zeno map of 1558, 141
  • Illa Verde, 96.
  • See also Greenland
  • Imagination in cartography, 143
  • Incorporado, 180
  • Ireland, submerged lands about, 25
  • Irish sea-roving, 5
  • Island of the Seven Cities. See Seven Cities (island)
  • Islands, cataclysms, 174;
  • mythical and scattered, 174
  • Italians, exploration, 8
  • Jamaica, 163, 188
  • Janvier, T. A., 30
  • Jomard, E. F., 8, 30, 43, 55, 70, 83, 147, 149, 166, 179, 182
  • Jónsson, Finnur, 102–103
  • Jowett, Benjamin, 11, 18
  • Karlsefni, Thorfinn, 109, 115, 116;
  • geography of narrative and later records, 117
  • Kilda, St., 142, 183
  • Kjalarness, 116, 118
  • Kohl, J. G., 139
  • Kohl collection, 57, 85
  • Krakens, 149
  • Kretschmer, Konrad, 45, 48, 57, 58, 60, 61, 69, 70, 75, 82, 84, 86, 87, 96, 97, 98, 99, 105, 114, 117, 121, 131, 132, 140, 146, 157, 159, 162, 172, 178, 179, 180, 183
  • Krümmel, Otto, 30
  • Kunstmann, Friedrich, 146, 180
  • Labrador as Markland, 117
  • La Catholique, 180
  • La Man Satanaxio, 156, 178
  • Laon globe of 1493, Antillia on, 161
  • Legname, 8, 114
  • Leif Ericsson, 109
  • Li Conigi, 8, 165, 172, 182
  • Lismore, Book of, 34
  • Lucas, F. W., 122, 125;
  • on Drogio, 133;
  • on the Zeno narrative, 137, 138
  • Madeira Islands, as the Fortunate Islands of St. Brendan, 42;
  • name, 44, 114
  • Magnaghi, Alberto, 50, 69, 121, 181
  • Major, R. H., 122, 124, 129;
  • study of the Zeno narrative, 136
  • Malte-Brun, Conrad, 167
  • Man or Mam, 83. See also Mayda
  • Maps (ills.), Beccario of 1426, opp. 45;
  • Beccario of 1435, 152;
  • Benincasa of 1482, 160;
  • Bianco of 1436, 179;
  • Buss Island of 1673, 176;
  • Catalan of 1375, 58;
  • Catalan of about 1480, 64;
  • Clavus of 1427, 104;
  • Coppo of 1528, 97;
  • Corvo representations, 172;
  • Dalorto of 1325, 51;
  • Desceliers of 1546, 76;
  • Egerton MS. 2803, opp. 74;
  • Germanus (D. N.), after 1466, opp. 105;
  • Greenland, Norse settlements, 103;
  • Nicolay of 1560, 62;
  • Ortelius of 1570, 77;
  • Pareto of 1455, 158;
  • Pizigani of 1367, 40–41;
  • Ptolemy of 1513, 82;
  • Prunes of 1553, 88;
  • Sargasso Sea, 28;
  • Stefánsson of 1590, 107;
  • Thorláksson of 1606, 98;
  • Zeno of 1558, 126
  • Marco Polo, 53
  • Markland, Brazil (island) in place of, 121;
  • Hauk’s Book account, 114;
  • intercourse with Greenland, 119;
  • Labrador as, 117;
  • name, 114;
  • Newfoundland as, 114, 188;
  • Nova Scotia as, 118;
  • on Sigurdr Stefánsson map, 116;
  • Zeno narrative and, 122
  • Martyr, Peter, d’Anghiera, “Decades,” 145;
  • identification of Antillia, 145
  • Mayda, Azores and, 92;
  • basis of fact about, 91, 188;
  • Brazil (island) and, 83;
  • on Catalan map of 1375, 84;
  • “Man” and, 84;
  • modern maps, persistence on, 90;
  • name, spelling and origin, 81;
  • on Ortelius map of 1570, 90;
  • on Pizigani map of 1367, 83;
  • on Prunes map of 1553, 87;
  • problem of, 81;
  • on Ptolemy map of 1513, 82;
  • transference, on maps, to American waters, 87;
  • Vlaenderen and, 89
  • Mediterranean Sea, Atlantean invasion, 16
  • Mercator, Gerhard, world map of 1569, 125, 179, 184
  • Miller, Konrad, 39
  • Minia (ship), 178
  • Monastery in the Arctic, 136–137, 138
  • Montonis, 56, 181
  • Moorish voyages, 7
  • Morewood, S., 168
  • Mount Hope Bay, 188
  • Muratori, L. A., 53
  • Murray, Sir John, 24;
  • on the Sargasso Sea, 31
  • Murray, Sir John, and R. E. Peake, 177–178
  • Nansen, Fridtjof, 27, 29, 60, 61, 94, 101, 117
  • Navarro, L. F., 22
  • Navigation, early obstruction, 27
  • Negra’s Rock, 90, 91, 175, 186
  • Neome (Fair Island), 136, 140
  • Newfoundland, 185; as Markland, 114, 117;
  • on Nicolay map of 1560, 132
  • Nicolay map of 1560, Brazil (island) on, 61, 121;
  • Greenland on, 98;
  • Mayda on, 87;
  • Newfoundland on, 132;
  • reproduction of section (ill.), 62
  • Nordenskiöld, A. E., on Antillia, 144;
  • “Bidrag,” 61, 96, 120, 139, 141;
  • “Facsimile-Atlas,” 1, 48, 71, 75, 90, 99, 105, 125, 145, 161, 174, 179, 184;
  • “Periplus,” 27, 42, 56, 57, 58, 60, 61,69, 84, 85, 86, 87, 89, 98, 114, 121, 132, 139, 145, 150, 156, 165, 172, 178, 182;
  • on the Weimar map, 150
  • Norsemen, early exploration, 5;
  • early settlements in Greenland, 103 (with map), 137;
  • Eskimos and, 111
  • Nova Scotia as Markland, 118
  • Olsen, J. E., 55
  • Ortelius map of 1570, demon islands on, 179;
  • Greenland on, 99;
  • Mayda on, 90;
  • reproduction of section (ill.), 77;
  • Seven Cities (island) on, 75;
  • Zeno additions on, 125
  • Pareto map of 1455, Antillia on, 157;
  • Daculi on, 183;
  • reproduction of section (ill.), 158
  • Payne, E. J., 175
  • Perseus, 16, 17
  • Peter Martyr. See Martyr, Peter
  • Phoenicians, Corvo and, 167;
  • early explorations, 1, 3
  • Pizigani map of 1367, Corvo and, 168;
  • Daculi and Bra on, 182;
  • Mayda on, 83;
  • reproduction (ill.), 40–41;
  • St. Brendan’s Islands on, 43
  • Plato on Atlantis, 3, 11, 32, 187
  • Podolyn, Johan, 167
  • Poole, H. S., 177
  • Porlanda (Pomona), 136, 140
  • Porto Rico, 162
  • Porto Santo, 43
  • Portuguese discovery, 9;
  • refugees and Seven Cities island, 71
  • Promontorium Vinlandiae, 118, 119
  • Prunes map of 1553, Estotiland on, 131;
  • Mayda on, 87;
  • reproduction of section (ill.), 88;
  • Zeno islands on, 140
  • Ptolemy map of 1513, Mayda on, 82;
  • reproduction of section (ill.), 82
  • Ravenstein, E. G., 47, 71, 105, 145
  • Reeves, A. M., 115, 116, 131
  • Reylla, 188;
  • on Beccario map of 1435, 154;
  • on Roselli map of 1468, 155
  • Rink, Henry, on Greenland, 102, 104
  • Robert, M., 90
  • Rockall, 91, 100
  • Rocks, sunken, 91, 100
  • Romans, early exploration, 5
  • Roselli map of 1468, Antillia on, 155
  • Runic inscription in Greenland, 109–110
  • Ruysch map of 1508, Antillia inscription, 145;
  • island destroyed by combustion, 174
  • St. Anne, 180, 181
  • St. Brendan. See Brendan
  • St. Kilda, 142, 183
  • St. Lawrence, Gulf of, possible identification of Brazil (island) with, 59
  • St. Michael, (Azores), 78, 168, 169, 188
  • St. X, 180
  • Saintly islands, 180
  • Salvagio, 188;
  • on Beccario map of 1435, 154
  • Santarem, M. F., 52, 140
  • Sargasso Sea, 3, 18, 187;
  • as Atlantis, 29;
  • map (ill.), 28
  • Satanaxio, 156, 178, 188
  • Scandinavians. See Norsemen
  • Scharff, R. F., 21
  • Schott, Gerhard, 30
  • Schuchert, Charles, 23
  • Schuller, Rudolph, 13
  • Scorafixa, 185
  • Scylax of Caryanda, 27
  • Seller, John, 176
  • Seven Cities (island), 68, 188;
  • Antillia and, 69;
  • Brazil (island) and, 68;
  • on Desceliers map of 1546, 75;
  • home of Portuguese refugees, 71;
  • later reappearance as an island, 75;
  • mainland location, 74;
  • name in the Azores, 78;
  • on Ortelius map of 1570, 75
  • Shepherd, Thomas, 177
  • Shetland, 131, 181
  • Ships, early, 2
  • Skraelings, 111
  • Solberg, T., 57, 161
  • Soley, J. C., 30, 31
  • Spanish Friar. See Book of the Spanish Friar
  • Stefánsson (Sigurdr) map of 1590 (?), Greenland on, 106;
  • Helluland, Markland, and Vinland on, 116;
  • reproduction (ill.), 107
  • Stevens, John, 73
  • Stevenson, E. L., “Atlas of Portolan Charts,” 74, 141, 147;
  • “Facsimiles of Portolan Charts,” 57, 86, 155;
  • “Maps Illustrating Early Discovery,” 117, 140;
  • “Marine World Chart of Nicolo de Canerio Jannensis,” 146;
  • “Portolan Charts,” 27
  • Stokafixa, 185
  • Stokes, Whitley, 34
  • Storm, Gustav, 111, 184
  • Strabo, 42, 169
  • Straumey, 188
  • Straumfiord, 188
  • Submarine banks, 24
  • Sylvanus map of 1511, Brazil (island) on, 65
  • Tachylyte, 23
  • Termier, Pierre, on Atlantis, 14;
  • theory of ancient Atlantic continent, 19, 21, 23
  • Thevet, André, 169
  • Thorláksson map of 1606, reproduction (ill.), 98
  • Tobago, 99
  • Torfaeus’ “Gronlandia,” 96–97, 98, 106, 107, 116
  • Toscanelli, Paolo, 69, 144
  • Trouvères, 36
  • Tulloch, Captain, 100
  • Uzielli, Gustavo, 45, 57, 70, 86, 151, 172, 183
  • Valsequa map of 1439, 57
  • Van Keulen’s chart of 1795, 177
  • Vespucius, 10
  • Vignaud, Henry, “Columbian Tradition,” 10;
  • on the Toscanelli letter, 144
  • Vinland, 188;
  • Hovgaard’s suggestion, 119
  • Vlaenderen and Mayda, 89
  • Weare, G. E., 68
  • Weimar map (after 1481), Antillia on, 150, 159
  • Westropp, T. J., “Brasil,” 26, 34, 36, 60, 61, 96;
  • “Early Italian maps,” 54;
  • on submerged lands near Iceland, 25
  • Wiars, Thomas, 175
  • Wineland the Good, 116. See also Vinland
  • Winsor, Justin, 59, 60, 65, 85, 89, 132, 178
  • Wonderstrands, 116, 188
  • World map in portolan atlas of about 1508, Antiglia on, 147;
  • Iceland on, 141;
  • reproduction of section (ill.), opp. 74;
  • Seven Cities (island) on, 74
  • Yule, Sir Henry, 53
  • Zaltieri map of 1566, 61, 87, 98, 132
  • Zeno, Antonio and Nicolò, 9, 124
  • Zeno, Nicolò, the younger, 124, 134, 135, 143
  • Zeno map of 1558, Finland and Iceland on, 141;
  • Greenland on, 105, 139;
  • Icaria on, 142;
  • reproduction (ill.), 126
  • Zeno narrative, account of the book, 124;
  • brief summary, 135;
  • discrepancies of the fisherman’s story, 133;
  • geographical implication, 129;
  • Lucas’ study, 137;
  • Major’s study, 136;
  • Markland and, 122;
  • narrative quoted, 128