“Historical Role of British Explorers in East Africa, The,” by Roy C. Bridges, XIV 1-21
Historical writing, French 16th century, VIII 45, 50-56
History, Civil and Commercial, of the British Colonies in the West Indies (1794), by Bryan Edwards, I 15
History of Jamaica (1774), by Edward Long, I 15
History of Russian Cartography up to 1800, A (1975), by Leo Bagrow (Review), VII 93; (Review by John
A. Wolter), IX 113-114
History of the Cartography of Russia up to 1600, A (1975, by Leo Bagrow (Review), VII 93; (Review by
John A. Wolter), IX 113-114
History of the Vikings, A (1968), by Gwyn Jones (Review by H. Peter Krosby), II 118-119
Hoare, Michael E. (ed.), The Resolution Journal of Johann Reinhold Forster (1982) (Review by Sanford H. Bederman), XVI 83-85
Hobbs, William H. (1864-1953), on the Zeno narrative, II 85
Höchstetter family, investments in the New World, X 47
Holland see Netherlands
Holland, Clive and Alan Cooke, The Exploration of Northern Canada, 500 to 1920 (1978) (Review by Peter J. Anderson), XIV 134-135
Holly, James Theodore and J. Dennis Harris, Black Separatism and the Caribbean, 1860 (1970) (Review
by Donald E. Liedel), IV 144-146
Holm, Thomas Campanius (c1670-1702), on Vinland, II 35, 37, 46
Holy Ghost Fathers (Roman Catholic order), and planning of mission stations, I 73
-as missionaries in Africa, I 73-74
Holy Land see Arabia, Egypt, Palestine
Holzschuher family, investments in the New World, X 46
Homen, Lope (fl. 1524), and location of Molucca Islands, VI 55
Homer (8th century? B. C.), and Isles of the Blessed, IX 75
Honidus, Henrici (Cartographer), map 1639, Lake Parima on, VII 26
Hondius, Jodocus, Atlas (begun 1585, with Gerhardus Mercator), IX 62, 70-73
Honduras, Gulf of, and logwood trade, XII 70, 72-74, 76-79, 81-82
-and mahogany trade, XII 82-83
-pirate settlements on, XII 65, 72-74, 76-79, 81-84
-slavery in, XII 82-84
Honour, Hugh, The European Vision of America (1975) (Review by Patricia Anderson), XI 101-103
Hooke, Robert (1635-1703), and geographical measurement, II 17-18
-and Nicholas Copernicus, IV 22, 51
-cosmography of, IV 51
Hóp, location of, II 53-55
Hormuz, Chinese expedition to (1413-1415), III 36
Horn, Georg (fl.1658), Chinese influence on, VIII 31
Horn, Nicholas van (Pirate, fl. 17th century), and logwood trade, XII 65, 74
Hortsmann, Nicholas (fl. 1743), and search for Lake Parima, VII 27
Hortus Jamaicensis … (1816), by John Lunan, I 15
Hough, Richard, The Last Voyage of Captain James Cook (1979) (Review by David B. Quinn), XIII 47
Hovgaard, William (1857-1950), on Vinland, II 53
Howard, Charles (Baron of Effingham and Lord Admiral of the Fleet, 1473-1554), and John Rastell
expedition (1517), III 60
Howse, Derek and Michael Sanderson, The Sea Chart: An Historical Survey Based on the Collection in
the National Maritime Museum (1973) (Review by Thomas R. Smith), IX 107-109
Hsüan Tsung (Emperor of China, 685-762), voyages of exploration under, III 37
Huáscar (Inca, 1495?-1533), VII 24
Hudson, Henry (Navigator, fl. 1600-1611), and search for Northeast Passage, II 69-70
Hudson’s Bay Record Society (London), comparative description of, VI 70
Hugh of Gebal (Syrian Bishop, fl. 1114), and Prester John, X 15, 19
Huissen, Michael J., “England Encounters Japan: English Knowledge of Japan in the Seventeenth
Century,” V 43-59
Humboldt, Alexander von (1769-1859), and search for Lake Parima (1800), VII 29-30
Humboldt Bay (California), discovery of, V 27-41; maps V 30, 32, 35, 38
-in Teienkov’s Atlas of the Northwesr Shores of America … (1825), V 29, 31-34, 36, 39
Humboldt-Gesellschaft (Göttingen), comparative description of, VI 68
Hunt, William, Comment on “The Effect of the Discoveries on Seventeenth Century Dutch Popular
Culture,” by Edwin J. van Kley, VIII 43
Huntingford, G. W. B., (trans. And ed.), The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea by an Unknown Author, with Some Extracts from Agatharkhides “On the Erythraean Sea” (1980) (Reviewed by Jack Martin Balcer), XIII 69-70
Hurtado de Corcuerra, Sebastian (Governor of the Philippines), and the Manila galleon (1635-1636),
IV 88-9, 12, 17
Huxley, Elspeth, Scott of the Antarctic (1978) (Review by Theodore J. Karamanski), XI 113
Huygens, Christian (1629-1695), and geographical measurements, II 17
Hydrographic agencies, establishment of, XII 62-63
I viaggi di Colombo: la grande scoperta (1984), by Paolo Emilio Taviani (Review by George Kish), XVII 114-115
Iberville, Nicholas Sanson d’ (Cartographer), maps of 1650 and 1656, Manoa on, VII 26
Ibrahim Pasha (Ottoman Grand Vizier, fl. 1525), and Turkish imperialism, VI 22-23, 32, 36
Ice age, little see “Little Ice Age”
Ice island formation of, IX 84-85, 87
-Frisland interpreted as, IX 84-85, 87; map, IX 86
Iceland, bishops of, I 60-62
-English attacks on, IV 54-55
-European confusion of, with Greenland, 15th century, IV 59-62
-Hannes Palsson on, IV 60-61
-interpreted as Frisland, IX 81
-oral tradition of Vinland in, II 31-32
Icelandic sagas see Sagas, Icelandic
Icon and Conquest: A Structural Analysis of the Illustrations of de Bry’s “Great Voyages” (1981), by Bernadette Bucher, translated by Basia Miller Gulati (Review by Stephen D. Glazier), XIV 139-141
Idea of China: Myth and Theory in Geographic Thought, The (1974), by Andrew L. March (Review by
Jeannette Mirsky), VII 83-84
Images of the Plains: The Role of Human Nature in Settlement (1975), edited by Brian W. Blouet and
Merlin P. Lawson (Review by John Parker), IX 99-101
Imaginary Islands, see Islands, imaginary
Imhoff family, investments in the New World, X 47-48
Imperial Experience in Sub-Saharan Africa since 1870, The (1977), by Henry S. Wilson (Review by
Peter F. B. Nayenga), X 108-109
Imperialism, Aragonese, under James II. XII 8
-Castilian, under Alfonso X, XII 3-4
-under John II, XII 5-6, 9
-under Sancho IV, XII 8
-conquest as legal defense of, VII 7-11
-Danish, under Christian IV, IV 88
-discovery as legal defense of, VII 7-10
-“dominative” code of, VII 8-13, 19, 22
-English, and Guiana, IX 13-21
-and Richard Hakluyt (“The Younger”), IX 11, 13, 17-19
-in North America, VII 7-8, 11-22
-policy of, in 16th century, IV 111-113
-privateering and, in the Caribbean, XII 66-68
-French, and Lancelot Voisin, sieur de la Popeliniére, IX 61-63, 66-67, 70-72
-in Guiana, 17th century, XI 43-58
-Portuguese reaction to, XI 63-64
-17th century, historical literature on, XI 43-45
-under Charles IX, IX 64-65, 68-69
-under Francis I, XI 61, 63
-under Henry IV, II 61-63, 67, 71-74
-international law as defense of, VII 8
-Portuguese, and Biblical prophecy, VIII 79-82
-and crusading ideal, VIII 76-77
-North Africa, XII 8
-Papal authority, VIII 73-74, 83
-and prophecies of Gonçalo Anes Bandarra, VIII 79-80
-and prophecies of Pedro de Basto, VIII 80-81
-beginnings of, VIII 73-75
-competition of, with Ottoman empire, VI 19-20, 22-24, 26, 30-37
-in Goa, VIII 76-77, 86-87
-influence of Christian militancy on, VIII 73-88
-in Persian Gulf, VI 22-24, 26-30, 33-35, 37
-under Alfonso V, XII 9
-under Joāo III, VIII 75-76
-under Joāo V, VIII 85
-under Manuel I, VIII 74-75
-under Philip II, VIII 78
-under Sebastiāo, VIII 76-77, 79
-“pre-emptive” code of, VII 8-10, 12, 19-22
-religious conversion as instrument of, XI 19-22, 25-27, 47
-compared to war as instrument of, XII 13-14
-historical literature on, XI 26-27
-Russian, in North America, Alexander Baranov and, V 27-28, 31, 33-34, 40
-Spanish, and North Africa, XII 7-9
-competition of, with Ottoman empire, VI 19-21
-goals of, VI 77
-in America, and Bartolomé de las Casas, XII 1-3, 10-12, 14-16, 18
-and definition of, with Ottoman empire, VI 19-21
-influence of Juan Rodriguez de Fonseca on, IV 120-122, 124
-methods of, in America, X 61-62
-role of navigators in, X 62-70
-under Ferdinand II, XII 10
-Turkish, competition of, with Spain and Portugal, VI 19-24, 26, 30-37
-expansion of, role of commerce in, VI 30-35
-historical literature on, VI 30-31, 35
-in Balkan peninsula, VI 23, 26-29, 36
-in Indian Ocean, VI 22-35, 37
-military role in, VI 25-30
-motives for, VI 31-33, 35, 37
-under Bayazit II, VI 31
-under Ibrahim Pasha, VI 22-23, 32, 36
-under Mohammed II, VI 31
Importance de l’exploration maritime au siècle des lumières, (Á propos du voyage de Bougainville), L’ (1982), published by Editions du Centre Nationale de la Recherche Scientifique (Review by Edward J. Goodman), XVII 109-110
Im Thurn, Sir Edward F. see Thurn, Sir Edward F. im
“In the Wake of Columbus on a Portolan Chart,” by James E. Kelley, Jr., XV 77-111
Inconstant Savage: England and the North American Indian, 1500-1660, The (1979), by H. C. Porter (Review by Gary B. Nash), XIII 50-51
India, European confusion of, with Ethiopia, 16th century, XII 27-28
-geographical meaning of, in medieval Europe, X 17
-Portuguese in, VIII 74-78, 80, 84-87
-Portuguese voyages to, XII 37
Indian Ocean, Chinese exploration of, III 33-44
-map of (1649), XII 42
“Indian Prototype for Prester John, An,” by Andrew Athappilly, X 15-23
Indians, XIV 97-104
-American see American Indians
Indies, diplomatic definition of, 17th century, II 65n
“Indies Richly Planted, The,” by J. H. Parry, I 11-22
Ingstad, Helge, on Vinland, II 50, 55, 58n; III 97-105; IV 54
In search of New Horizons: Epic Tales of Travel and Exploration(1978), by Robert B. Downs (Review by
Percy Adams), XII 120-124
International Boundaries of East Africa (1971), by A. C. McEwen (Review by Alexander Melamid),
IV 146-147
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (Monaco), XI 12
“In the Beginning ….,” [editorial policy] by Bruce B. Solnick, I 9
Ioan (Bishop and Saint, d. 1121), I 63-64
Ireland, as a commercial center, 16th century, III 61-62, 64-65
Iron technology, diffusion of into West Africa, 2nd century B. C., IX 89, 91-94, 98; map IX 90
-in Meroe, IX 89, 92-93, 98
Isabela Island, XV 83, 96, 100, 110
-identifying XV 99
Ishiguka Saikö (Cartographer), world map of 1802, Lake Parima on, VII 28-29
Isidore of Seville (560?-636), on Thanet, I 36
-on Vinland, IV 53
“Isla Fuerte on the Juan de la Cosa Mappamundi of 1500: A Key to Interpreting the Historical Ethno-Geography of Colombia’s Caribbean Coast,” by Paul S. Anderson, XVI 1-13
Islam, in China, 15th century, III 36, 42
Island of Grapes, identification of, I 37-39
Islands, Atlantic, IV 53, 57-59, 61, 85, 90
-Adam of Bremen on, I 38
-Gerladus Cambrensis on, I 38
-floating, I 39n
-ice see Ice Islands
-imaginary (see also: names of specific islands), in Celtic mythology, IV 58-59
-rationale for belief in, X 8-9, 13
Islands and Empires: Western Impact on the Pacific and East Asia (1976), by Ernest S. Dodge (Review by
Edwin J. van Kley), X 109-110
Islas Rica de Oroy Rica de Plata (imaginary islands), proposed search for, 17th century, VI 61
Isles of the Blessed (imaginary islands), and Quintus Sertorius, IX 75, 78-80
-and St Brendan, I 36-39
-Azores interpreted as, IX 75-76, 79
-Canary Islands interpreted as, IX 75, 77-80
-description of, IX 75-78, 80
-Homer on, IX 75
-Madeira Islands interpreted as, IX 75-77
-Plutarch on, IX 75-80
-Posidonius on, IX 79-80
-Sallust on, IX 75-80
-Strabo on, IX 79-80
“Is There a ‘Verrazano River’ on Juan Vespucci’s 1526 Mappemonde?” by L. A. Vigneras, VII 65-67
Italians, in Portugal, I 28-34
Italy, map trade in, XII 52
Itasca, Lake (Minnesota), as source of the Mississippi River, VII 54-63
I Tell of Greenland: An Edited Translation of the Saudhákróar Manuscript(1977), edited by Francis
Berry (Review by James R. Enterline), XI 89-91
Itinerario of Jeronimo Lobo, The (1984), edited by M. G. Da Costa and translated by Donald M. Lockhart (Review by Robert Garfield), XVI 88-90
Itinerarium ad Regiones sub Aequinoctiali Plaga Constitutas (1522, published 1631), by Alessandro
Geraldini, as criticism of contemporary society, XII 22, 25, 27-31, 34-35
Jackson, Donald, Voyages of the Steamboat Yellow Stone (1985) (Review by Sanford H. Bederman), XVII 108-109
-and Mary Lee Spence (eds.), The Expeditions of John Charles Frémont, Volume I:
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