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CASTELLO, one of the four survivors of Nar- | CIBOLA, Indian town on the Pacific, 192.
CIPANGO, ancient name of Japan, 96.

vaez's expedition, 156.

CASTLE ISLAND, near Albany, site of Fort CLARK, mate of the Mayflower, 392, 393,
Nassau, [1614], 359;

abandoned because of floods, 363.
CATHAY, part of Bristol, England, so-called,
64;

Marco Polo's description of, 92.
CATLIN, MR. GEORGE, on resemblance of
Mandans to Welsh, 73, note, 74.
CAVE-DWELLERS in Europe, relics of, 2.
CAVENDISH, SIR THOMAS, a leader in the
Raleigh-Grenville Colony, 246.

CECIL, SIR ROBERT, Raleigh's letter to, 259,
262, note.

CHALONG, HENRY, voyage of, [1606], 268,

317.

CHAMPLAIN, SAMUEL DE, first American
voyage of, [1603], 312;
second voyage, [1604], 313;
founds Quebec, [1608], 321;
discovers Lake Champlain, [1609],
321;

death of, [1635], 322.

note.

CLARK'S ISLAND, visited by a party from
the Mayflower, [1620], 392;
origin of its name, 392.
CLAYBORNE, WILLIAM, secretary of Vir-
ginia, his trading-post on Kent
Island, 500;

his hostility to Maryland, 501;
fight between his pinnace and a Mary-
land vessel, 502;

sent to England by Harvey, 502;
his action there, and return to Vir-
ginia, 508;

a leader in the Maryland rebellion,
[1644], 511, 512;

escape and subsequent acts, [1640],

514.

CLIMATE, American, changes in, 50, note.
COGSWELL, Robert, commands English ex-
pedition to the Delaware, [1640],

470.

CHANCELLOR, RICHARD, pilot in Willough- COLIGNY, ADMIRAL, sends a colony to

by's fleet, [1553], 227;

establishes trade with Russia, 229.
CHANCELLOR'S POINT, on St. Mary's River,
Maryland, probable landing place
of first settlers, [1634], 496.

America, [1562], 190;

his second colony, [1564], 196.
COLMAN, JOHN, killed by Indians, [1609], 351.
COLUMBUS, BARTHOLEMEW, sent to Eng-
land, 109.

CHARLES V., EMPEROR, sends expedition to COLUMBUS, CHRISTOPHER, primal purpose

America, [1527], 151;

extent of his dominion, 339;
resigns his Spanish possessions, 340;
his treatment of the Netherlands, 341.
CHARLES FORT, built by Ribault's colony,

194.

CHARLESTOWN, MASS., settled, [1630], 531.
CHAUVIN, DE, voyages of to Canada, [1599],

312.

CHESAPEAKE BAY, called St. Mary by
Gomez, 220;

visited by Bartholomew Gilbert, 260;
entered by the Jamestown colonists,
[1607], 270.

CHESTERTON, Warwickshire,stone mill at, 60.
CHICKAHOMINY RIVER, explored, by John
Smith, [1607-8], 280.

CHICORA, Spanish search for, 149.

of his voyages, 98;
his life, 99;

his voyage to Iceland, [1467], 101;
his fanaticism, 102;

theory of the earth's size, 103;
correspondence with Toscanelli, 104;
sails on first voyage, [1492], 110;
reaches Guanahani, [1482], 113;
his reception at Barcelona, 114;
third voyage, [1498], 118;
discovery of Trinidad and the Ori-
noco, 118;

arrest and ill-treatment of, 120;
priority of his discoveries disputed,
139.

COLUMBUS, DON DIEGO, son of Christo-

pher Columbus, sues the crown of
Spain, [1508-13], 128.

CHILTON, MARY, one of the first to land on COLUMBUS, FERDINAND, son of Christo-

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CONANT, ROGER, present at the Cape Ann | DANA, JAMES D., on contemporaneity of

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ing-place, [1609], 351.

CONEY ISLAND, Hudson's crew's first land- DAVID, a prince of Wales, 68.

CONWAY ABBEY, in Wales, 67.

DAVIS, JOHN, voyages to the Northwest,
[1585-86-87], 231.

COPPIN, ROBERT, gunner of the Mayflower, DAVISON, WILLIAM, political patron of

392.

Brewster, 375.

CORDOVA, HERNANDEZ DE, on the coast of DE AYLLON, LUCAS VASQUEZ, expedition

Yucatan, [1517], 148.

CORLAER, the trumpeter at Fort Amster-

dam, 443.

to Chicora, [1520], 149;
death of, 150;

traces of, found by De Soto, 162.

CORNWALLIS, THOMAS, a councillor of DE LA ROCHE, MARQUIS, colony of, 312.

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COUSIN OF DIEPPE, alleged discovery of DENYS, JOHN, explores Gulf of St. Law-

America by [1488], 139.

CRADOCK, MATTHEW, governor of the Mas-
sachusetts Bay Company, 518;
letter of to Endicott, 530.
CRESCENTIA, a proposed name for Mary-
land, 487.

CROATOAN, ISLAND OF, on North Carolina
coast, 242;

English colony at, [1590], 254.

CUMBERLAND ISLAND, 231;

visited by Davis, 232.

CUSHMAN, ROBERT, at Leyden, 379;

rence, [1506], 175.

DERMER, THOMAS, Voyages of, [1619], 331.
DE SOTO, HERNANDO, comes from Peru to
Spain, 156;

appointed governor of Florida, 157;
arrives in Florida, [1539], 158;
his explorations in North America,
160;

discovery of the Mississippi River,
[1541], 164;

his death, [1542], 167;

end of his expedition, 170.

sent to England to negotiate a char- DE VRIES, DAVID PIETERSZEN, acquires

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DIGHTON ROCK, inscription on, 60.

DINCKLAGEN, LUBBERTUS VAN, Schout at

Manhattan, 444;

provisional governor, 463.

ENGLISH, THOMAS, early Plymouth colonist,
393, note;
death, 398.

ENSENORE, an Indian chief in Virginia, 248.

DOEGS, an Indian tribe, supposed Welsh ERIC THE RED, colonizes Greenland, 38.

origin of, 70.

DONNACONA, Indian lord of Saguenay, 183.
DORANTES, one of the four survivors of

Narvaez's expedition, 156.

ESTEVANICO, one of the four survivors of
Narvaez's expedition, 156.

DORCHESTER COMPANY formed, [1623], 420. FARRAR'S ISLAND, Virginia, settle-

DORCHESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, settled, 532.
DORREBY skull, the, 33.

DOTY, EDWARD, one of the Mayflower's
company, 393, note.

DOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE, settled, [1623],

333.

DRAKE, SIR FRANCIS, on the coast of Flor-
ida, [1586], 222;

succors Raleigh's colony, [1586], 250;
on the Spanish invasion of England,

253.

DU THET, FATHER GILBERT, Jesuit mission-
ary, 323;

death of, 326.

ment on, 299.

FERDINAND AND ISABELLA, of Spain, 107
et seq.

FERDINANDO, SIMON, admiral of Raleigh's
expedition, [1587], 251.
FERRYLAND, COLONY OF, in Newfoundland,
founded by the first Lord Balti-
more, 486.
FITCHTER, MR., in charge of Mt. Wollaston
colony, 423.

FLEET, CAPTAIN HENRY, a trader on the
Potomac, aids the Maryland set-
tlers, 494;

his association with Clayborne, 501.

DUTCH EAST INDIA COMPANY, formed, FLOKKO, visits Iceland, 36.

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DUTCH WEST INDIA COMPANY, chartered, FORREST, MRS., one of the first women in

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ELDRIDGE, GILES, buys Monhegan Island, FORT ORANGE, built on present site of Al-

335.

bany, [1623], 366.

ELIOT, JOHN, the Apostle" of the In- FOSSIL REMAINS in Europe, 2;

dians, 539.

in America, 15, 16, 17.

ELIZABETH OF ENGLAND, patron of Raleigh, FRANCIS I. of France, sends expedition to

235, 246.

ELIZABETH ISLAND. (See Cuttyhunk.)
ENCISCO, a Spanish captain, 143;

deposed by Balboa, 144.

ENDICOTT, JOHN, governor at Naumkeag,
422;

confirmed as governor by the Massa-
chusetts Bay Company, 520;
letter of to Bradford on religious ob-
servances, 521;

a follower of Roger Williams, 542;
mutilates the flag, 543.

America, [1523], 175.

FREYDIS, daughter of Eric the Red, 46;

brave act of, 52;

colony of, [1011], 55;

her massacre of her enemies, 58.
FRENCHMAN'S BAY, Mount Desert, 323.
FRISLAND, Island OF, conjectured to be one
of the Faroe Isles, 78;
seen by Martin Frobisher, 231.
FROBISHER, MARTIN, sails in search of a
northwest passage, [1576], 230;
his later voyages, [1577–78], 231.

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FUSANG, name of America in the Chinese | GORGES, SIR FERDINANDO, secures Laconia
narrative of alleged discovery, 85.

GALLOP, JOHN, finds John Oldham's
vessel in Long Island Sound, 557.
GAMLASON, THORHALL, a Norse merchant,

46.

GARAY, FRANCIS, explores Gulf of Mexico,
[1519], 149.

GARDAR SVAFARSON, visits Iceland, [about
864], 36.

GARDAR-HOLM, Iceland so called, 36.
GARDINER, SIR CHRISTOPHER, at Massa-
chusetts Bay, 539.

GASCOIGNE, GEORGE, publishes Gilbert's
"Discourse," [1570], 230.
GATES, SIR THOMAS, governor of Virginia,
[1609], 292;

his second governorship, [1611], 299.
GAZZANA, LUKE DE, 140, note.
GENRE, mutinies against Laudonnière, 200.
GILBERT, BARTHOLOMEW, sails for Vir-
ginia, [1603], 259;
death of, 260.

GILBERT, SIR HUMPHREY, "Discourse"
written by, [1570], 229;

his birth, 233;

obtains his charter, [1578], 235;
sails for America, [1583], 236;

lost at sea, [1583], 240.

GILBERT, SIR Отно, father of Sir Humph-

rey, 233.

Grant with Mason, [1623], 333;
his right to Maine confirmed, 337;
character of, 338.

GORGES, JOHN, succeeds to the lands of his
brother Robert, [1624], 334.

Gorges, Robert, governor-general of the
Plymouth Company, [1623], 333;
visits Plymouth Colony, [1623], 334.
GOSNOLD, ANTONY, drowned at Jamestown,

290.

GOSNOLD, BARTHOLOMEW, Voyages to New
England, [1602], 259, 262;

his colony, 265;

member of Virginia council, 270;
death of, 275.

GOURGUES, DOMINIQUE DE, arrives in Flor-
ida, [1568], 215;

attack on Spanish forts, 216;
death, 220.

GOVERNOR'S ISLAND, called Nutten Island
by the Dutch, owned by Van Twil-
ler, 444.

GRANGANAMEO, Indian chief in Virginia,
244;

keeps peace with English, 248.
GRAVE CREEK, VIRGINIA, great mound at,

27.

GREEN, THOMAS, appointed governor of
Maryland by Calvert, [1647], 514.

GREENLAND discovered, 37;

colonized, 38;

visited by English, [1587], 231.

GILBERT, RALEIGH, son of Sir Humphrey, GRENVILLE, SIR RICHARD, commands

268;

commander of the Popham expedi-

tion, [1607], 317;

president of the colony, 320.

GIOIA, FLAVIA, introduces the magnetic

American Expedition, [1585], 246;

his last words, 247;

returns to England, 248;

second voyage to Virginia, [1586], 251.

GRIJALVA, JOHN DE, visits Florida, [1518],

148.

GODFREY, EDWARD, first settler in York, GRIMOLFSON, BIARNE, a Norse merchant, 46,

GODYN, SAMUEL, New Netherland patroon, GUANAHANI, first land seen by Columbus,

needle into Europe, 35.

Maine, 336.

431 et seq.

ican coast, [1525], 151.

49.

[1492], 113.

Gomez, Stephen, explores the North Amer- GUDRID, a Norse woman, 45 ;

GONDOMAR, his hostility to the Virginia
company, 481.

GORGES, SIR FERDINANDO, governor of
Plymouth, England, 316;

sends expeditions to Maine, [1616-17],
329;

sends Captain Rocroft to New Eng-
land, [1619], 331;
appears before Parliament for the
Plymouth Company, [1620], 332;

mother of first European child born
in America, 54.

GUERCHEVILLE, MARQUISE DE, sends Jesuit
missionaries to Maine, 323.
GUERNACHE, a French colonist, hanged by
Albert, [1562], 195.

GULF OF MEXICO, explored by Garay,
[1519], 149.

GUNNBIORN, discovers Greenland, 37, 38.
GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS, patron of Swedish
colonization in America, 465.

HAARFAGER, KING HAROLD, of HIGGINSON, JOHN, teacher in the church at

Norway, 37.

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Salem, 521;

his farewell to England, 528;
death of 535.

CAPTAIN EDWARD, governor of
Maryland under the rule of the
Clayborne party, 512.

HISPANIOLA, Supposed to be Ophir by Co-
lumbus, 113;

anarchy in, 120.

HOBOKEN, formerly

Hobokan-Hacking,

bought by Michael Pauw, 432.

HOCHELAGA, river of, 133;

town of, 185.

HOEI-SHIN, discoverer of Fusang (America)

in the Chinese tradition, 85.

HARVEY, SIR JOHN, first royal governor of HOLLAENDARE, PETER, governor at Fort

Virginia, 484;

Christina, [1641], 469.

441.

takes sides with the Maryland colo- HOLMES, GEORGE, Occupies Fort Nassau,
nists, 501;
refuses to give up Clayborne, but sends HOLMES, WILLIAM, builds Plymouth trad-
him to England, 502 ;
ing-house on the Connecticut, 548.
deposed and sent to England, 503, HOOKER, THOMAS, pastor at Newtown

504.

HAWKINS, SIR JOHN, relieves French col-

ony, 203.

HAWKINS, CAPTAIN RICHARD, voyage to
New England, [1615], 329.
HAWLEY, JEROME, a councillor of Mary-
land, 489.

HAYES, CAPTAIN EDWARD, quoted, 232,

238.

HEEMSKERK, Arctic voyage of, 344.
HELGI AND FINNBOGI, members of Norse
colony, [1010], 55;
murdered by Freydis, 58.

HELLULAND, Newfoundland, so named by

Northmen, 40.

(Cambridge), 540;

removes to Connecticut, 551.
HOPKINS, STEVEN, one of the Mayflower's
passengers, 393, note;
envoy to the Indians, 402.
HORE, MR., voyage of, [1536], 226.
HOSSETT, GILLIS, governor at Swaanen-
dael, [1631], 435.
HOWEL, a prince of Wales, 68.
HOWLAND, JOHN, one of the Mayflower's
company, 393, note.

HUDDE, ANDREAS, commissary at Fort Nas-
sau, 472;

his quarrels with the Swedes, 473
et seq.

HENDRICKSEN, CORNELIS, explores Dela- HUDSON, HENRY, voyage to the Northeast,

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HIEROGLYPHICS, of Central America and HUNT, REV. ROBERT, chaplain of James-

Asia compared, 12.

town colony, 269.

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