Rio de las Gamas, 330.
Rio de las Palmas, 279.
Rio del Espiritu Santo, 278, 279.
Rio del Sol, 124.
Rio de Luna, 117.
Rio de Mares, 117, 118, 124, 182.
Rio de Montaignes, 319.
Rio de Neves, 279.
Rio de Pescadores, 279.
Rio de San Anton, 330.
Rio Fondo, 330.
Rio Grande, 247.
Rio Janeiro, 286, 287.
Rio Jordan, 280, 284, 330.
Rio Nevado, 208.
Rio Panuco, 275, 276, 277, 278.
Rio Seco, 279, 330.
Roanoke, island, 311.
Roberval, Sieur de, 352.
Roderic, Master, 67.
Koffet, Ponce, 345.
Roque, Jean François de la, 352.
Rousselay, Zanobus de, 339.
Rum Cay, island, 107.
Rustichi, 338.
Rustizielo, 57.
Ruysch, Johann, 215.
Rymer's Foedera, 188.
Valentine, David T., 359.
Valladolid, 182.
Valparaiso, 140.
Van Rensselaer Island, 361.
Vargas, 276.
Varnhagen, F. A. de, 159.
Vegetables, 9, 121, 123, 129, 147,
151, 164, 176, 232, 268, 283, 288.
Velasquez, Diego, 231, 232, 233, 236,
237, 278, 359.
Venezuela, 164, 168, 171.
Venice, 51, 59, 164, 188, 199, 227.
Vera Cruz, 249, 266, 277; land of,
207, 211.
Veragua, 176, 177, 178, 179, 226, 227.
Vermonde, isle de, 355, 356.
Verrazana seu Gallia nova, 330.
Verrazzano, Giovanni da: Varasenne,
Jean de, 340; Varesam, Jehan de,
339; Varezano, João, 300; Verar-
sanus, 342; Verassen, Jean, 298,
Verazano, João, 301; Verazanus,
John, 315: Verrassane, Jehan de,
340; Verrazano, Jean, 357, 358.
First voyage to America, 298, 299;
second voyage, 300; his ship,
301, 304; letter to Francis I.,
301-303; discovers land, 305,
306; map, 314, 315; on penin-
sula of Virginia, 314; Sea of
Verrazzano, 315; enters New
York Bay, 316; discovers the
Hudson, 317; gives a name to
Block Island, 320; anchors in
Narragansett Bay, 321-326; sails
along the coast of Maine, 327-
329; extent of land discovered,
329, 351, 357; geographical ex-
planation, 331; news of his re-
turn, 335; unfavorable opinions
concerning the voyage, 337; his
former voyages, 338; agreement
for a third voyage to America,
339; his death, 340, 341; map
and globe, 341, 342.
Verrazzano, Hieronymus da, 315,
339; map, 315, 330, 343.
Verrazzano, Pier da, 300.
Verzino, 213, 216.
Vespasian, 232,
Vespucci Amerigo, his first voyage,
160; reaches the continent of
America, 160; explorations, 161-
165; land of Lariab, 166; island
of Iti, 167; returns to Spain, 167.
Vespucci's second voyage, 173; ex-
plorations along the coast of South
America, 174; returns to Spain,
174.
Vespucci's third voyage, 212; explores
the east coast of Brazil, 213; re-
turns to Lisbon, 214.
Vespucci's fourth voyage, 214; sails
southward along the coast of Brazil,
214; Bay of All Saints, 214; returns
to Portugal, account of his four voy-
ages, 217, 218; his name given to
the continent, 218, 219; false im-
putations, 220.
Vicente, Martin, 77.
Vieusseux, Geo. Pietro, 339.
Vigfusson, Gudbrand, 33.
Vikings, 21.
Villa, Pedro de, 138.
Villa de la Navidad, 133, 136, 148,
149, 150.
Villalan, Doctor, 91.
Villa Rica de Vera Cruz, 249. 279.
Villa Segura, 277.
Villegagnon, Chevalier, 359.
Villers, 350.
Vinland discovered, 30; shortest day
in, 31-34; island, 41; promontory,
41.
Virginia, peninsula of, 313, 314, 315,
318.
Vision, prophetic, 158, 180.
Vries, David Pieterse, 347.
Walckenaër, Baron de, 183.
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