Longest Voyage: The Story of the Daring Men Who Sailed around the World in the Glorious Age of
Discovery, The (1972), by Robert Silverberg (Review by Robert H. Power), X 112-113
Loomis, Noel M. and Abraham P. Nasatir, Pedro Vial and the Roads to Santa Fe (1967) (Review by John
Ewere), I 79-80
Lopes de Castanheda, Fernāo see Castanheda, Fernāo Lopes de
López de Gómara, Francisco (Historian, 1510?-1560), and interpretation of America as Atlantis, X 34-35
López de Velasco, Juan (fl. 16th century), on introduction of domestic animals to Jamaica, I 13
Lorimer, Joyce, “The Location of Ralegh’s Guiana Gold Mine,” XIV 77-95
-“Ralegh’s First Reconiassance of Guiana? An English Survey of the Orinoco in 1587,” IX 7-21
Lost Atlantis: New Light on an Old Legend (1969), by J. V. Luce (Review by Vincent H. Cassidy), III 113-114
Lost Caravel, The (1975), by Robert Langdon (Review by Bruce B. Solnick), VII 88
Lost Harbor: The Controversy over Drake’s California Anchorage(1979), by Warren L. Hannna (Review
by Derek Howse), XII 126-128
Lost Islands: The Story of Islands that have Vanished from Nautical Charts (1984), by Henry Stommel (Review by Edward J. Goodman), XVII 111-112
Lost Tribes and Promised Lands: The Origins of American Racism (1978), by Ronald Sanders (Review by
Harold J. Cook), XI 83-88
Low, Edward (Pirate, fl. 1722), and logwood trade, XII 65, 74
Lucas, Frederic William (Fl. 1898), on the Zeno narrative, II 76, 84-85
Luce, J. V., Lost Atlantis: New Light on an Old Legend (1969) (Review by Vincent H. Cassidy),
III 113-114
Lucian (2nd century A. D.), on transatlantic exploration, X 9
Lugo y Montalvo, Cristóval de, as General of the Manila galleon (1634), IV 7, 9
Luna, Pedro de, on Gómez expedition (1524-1525), II 25
Lunan, John, Hortus Jamaicensis … (1816), I 15
Luz de navegantes donde se hallaran las derrotas y senas de las partes maritimas de las Indias, Islas y Tierra Firme del mar oceano (1984), by Baltasar Vellerino de Villalobos (Review by Harry Kelsey) XVII 112
Lynch, Thomas (Governor of Jamaica, d. 1684), and logwood trade, 73, 76-77
Lyntgens, Pieter (Merchant, fl. 1604), and French East India Company, II 62-63
Lyskander, Claus C. (Poet, fl. 1726), on Bishop Erik Gnupsson, IV 78-79, 88
McAndrews, William J. and Clark G. Reynolds (eds.), University of Maine at Orono: 1973 Seminar in
Maritime and Regional Studies Proceedings (1974) (Review), VII 93
McConnell, Anita, No Sea Too Deep: The History of Oceanographic Instruments (1982) (Review by D. K. Abbass, XVII 107-108
McCorkle, Barbara B. (comp.), “Recent Literature in Discovery History,” XI 71-82; XIII 37-45; XIV 117-125; XV 233-243; XVI 71-80; XVII 89-105
McEwan, A. C., International Boundaries of East Africa (1971) (Review by Alexander Melamid),
IV 1460147
McIntyre, Kenneth Gordon, The Secret Discovery of Australia: Portuguese Ventures 200 Years before
Captain Cook (1977) (Review by Andre Gschaedler), XI 108
McIntyre, W. David, The Commonwealth of Nations: Origins and Impact, 1869-1971 (1977) (Review by
Russel J. Linnemann), X 114-116
McKenna, James B., A Spaniard in the Portuguese Indies (1967) (Review by Paul Stewart), II 103-104
Mackenzie, Sir Alexander, Exploring the Northwest Territory; Sir Alexander MacKenzie’s Journals
(1967) (Review by Martha Bray), I 86
-, The Journals and Letters of Sir Alexander Mackenzie (1971) (Review by Donald E. Liedel),
IV 142-143
McLaughlin, Patrick D. (comp.), Pre-Federal Maps in the National Archives: An Annotated List (1971)
(Review by John A. Wolter), V 96
MacLeod, William Christie, and theory of imperialism, VII 7-8
M. K. Kellogg’s Texas Journal, 1872 (1967) (Review by Ivan D. Steen), II 112-114
Ma Huan (Linguist, fl. 1405-1435), on voyages of Cheng Ho, III 37, 42
Ma Huan: Ying-yai Sheng-lan: The Overall Survey of the Ocean’s Shores (1433) (1970), edited by J.V.G.
Mills (Review by Kuei-Sheng Chang), III 131-133
Mace, Samuel, voyage to America (1602), II 10-12
Macer, Jean (fl. 1555), and voyages of discovery, VIII 55
Maddox, Richard, as chaplain on Edward Fenton expedition (1582), IV 116
Madeira Islands, interpreted as Isles of the Blessed, IX 75-77, 79
-Portuguese discovery of, I 30
Madoc, son of Owen Gwyneth (Welsh Prince, 1150-1180?), and Pre-Columbian exploration, II 29
-John Dee on, X 40-41
Magellan, Ferdinand (1480?-1521), X 48-49
Magellan of the Pacific (1973), by Edward Roditi (Review by Paul Stewart), V 85-86
Mahogany trade, in Gulf of Honduras, XII 82-83
Major, Richard Henry (1818-1891), on Zeno narrative, II 78
Makers of Modern Geography, The (1969), by Robert E. Dickinson (Review by Preston E. James), III 113
Making of Modern Southeat Asia: Volume I: The European Conquest, The (1971), by D. J. M. Tate
(Review by Martin Torodash), V 89-90
Malabar, archdeacon of, as prototype for Prester John, X 20-23
-Chinese expedition to (1405), III 36
-Chinese community of, X 15, 18-23
Malacca, Chinese expedition to (14-8-1411), III 36
Maldive Islands, Chinese expedition to (1413-1415), III 36
Mallery, Arlington H., on Greenland, IV 64
Mallet, Henry (fl. 1755), on Vinland, II 36, 38-40
Malaver de Silva, Pedro see Silva, Pedro Malaver
Mango, grown in Jamaica, I 19-20
Manitou and Providence: Indians, Europeans, and the Making of New England, 1500-1643 (1982), by Neal Salisbury (Review by Francis Jennings), XVI 100-102
Manoa (mythical city), appearance of maps, VII 25-30
-search for, VII 23-30
Manuel I (King of Portugal, 1469-1521), and discovery of Brazil, I 33
-and German investments in the NewWorld, X 47
-and “policy of silence,” I 23-24, 26
-and Portuguese imperialism, VIII 74-75
Manizer, G. G., and Russian exploration of Brazil, III 93
Map of the British Empire in America with the French and Spanish Settlement Adjacent Thereto, A (1972), by Henry Popple (Review by Christopher M. Klein), V 74-76
“Mapping La Popeliniére’s Thought: Some Geographical Dimensions,” by Amy Galssner Gordon, IX 60-73
“Mapping the Road to Sante Fé, 1825-1827,” by John R. Hérbert, VII 39-51
Maps (see also: Charts), availability of, 18th and 19th centuries, XII 63-64
-trade in, compared to chart trade, XII 64
-Dutch, XII 51-52
-history of, XII 49-54, 56, 59-64
-Italian, XII 52
Maps: A Historical Survey of Their Study and Collecting (1972), by R. A. Skelton (Review by Douglas W.
Marshall), V 65-66; (Review), VII 91
Maps and Man: An Examination of Cartography in Relation to Culture and Civilization (1972), by
Norman J. W. Thrower (Review by David Woodward), V 66-68
Maps of the Ancient Sea Kings (1966), by Charles H. Hapgood (Review by Harold L. Burstyn), I 77
Marcgraf, Georg (d. 1644), scientific research by, in Brazil, III 68, 70
March, Andrew L., The Idea of China: Myth and Theory in Geographic Thought (1974) (Review by
Jeannettte Mirsky), VII 83-84
Marcondes de Souza, Thomas Oscar (Historian), on Portuguese “policy of silence,” I 26
Marco Polo see Polo, Marco
Marco Polo: Venetian Adventurer (1967), by Henry H. Hart (Review by Vsevolod Slessarev), II 95-96
Marinescu, Constantine, on Prester John, X 17
Mariotte, Edme (1620?-1684), theory of ocean currents and wind patterns, III 31
Maritime Archaeology (1978), Keith Muckelroy (Review by Clark G. Reynolds), XII 110-111
“Maritime Provenience of Iron Technology in West Africa, The,” by Michael F. Doran, IX 89-98
Maritime publications, dealers in, III 107-110
Marivault (Priest, fl. 1650), and Compagnie de la Terre ferme, XI 46-48, 56
Markham, Sir Clements, XV 30
-on Balboa expedition (1513), VI 9, 14
-S.E. Morison accepts Markham’s interpretation, XV 30
-Watling Island landfall of Columbus, XV 30
Markland, identification of, IV 53
Marques, Hernando (Pilot, fl. 1572), and Padron Real, VI 59
Marshall, Douglas W., and Howard H. Peckham, Campaigns of the American Revolution: An Atlas of
Manuscript Maps (1976) (Review by Christopher M. Klein), IX 103-104
Marshall, P. J., and Glyndwr Williams The Great Map of Mankind: Perceptions of New Worlds in the Age of Enlightenment (1982) (Review by Dennis Reinhartz), XVI 114
Marsigli, Luigi Ferdinando (Count, 1658-1730), and cultural attitudes toward the sea, XI 4-5
Martellus Germanius, Henricus (Cartographer, fl. 1480-1490), dependence on cartographic tradition of
Ptolemy, VI 82
-world map of (1490 edition), influence of on Atlantic voyages, VI 79-83
Martin, Henry-Jean and Lucien Febvre, The Coming of the Book: The Impact of Printing, 1450-1800
(Review by David B. Quinn), XII 115-120
Martinez, Juan (fl. 17th century), and search for Manoa, VII 24-25
Martyr, Peter see Peter, Martyr
Mary I (Queen of England, 1516-1558), policy on exploration, IV 111
Mary and Misogyny: Women in Iberian Expansion Overseas, 1415-1815 (1975), by C. R. Boxer (Review
by Bruce B. Solnick), VII 90
Maryland, as site of Vinland, II 53
Massa, Isaäc (fl. 1610), and search for Northeast Passage, II 72-73
Massachusetts Bay, colonization of, and missionary activity, XI 24-25
Master Mariner: Capt. James Cook and the Peoples of the Pacific (1978), by Daniel Conner and Lorraine Miller (Review by Amy W. Meyers), XIII 48-50
Mather, Thomas (fl. 1825), as member of Sante Fe Road Commission, VII 40, 42, 47
Matsutaro, Nanba, Muroga Nubuo, and Unno Kazutuka (eds.), Olds Maps of Japan (1973), VI 97
Mattes, Merrill J., The Great River Road: The Covered Wagon Mainline via Fort Kearny to Fort Laramie
(Review by Robert W. McCluggage), III 124-125
Maupertuis, Pierre-Louis Moreau de (1698-1759), on Lapland expedition, II 18-24
Maurice of Nassau (Prince of Orange, 1567-1625), and search for Northeast Passage, II 61
Maury, Matthew Fontaine (1806-1873), and oceanography, XI 8-9
Mazarin, Jules (Cardinal, 1602-1661), and Guiana, XI 46
Mecca, Chinese expedition to (1413-1415), III 36
Medina, José Toribio (Historian, 1852-1930), on Balboa’s expedition (1513), VI 11
Medina, Pedro de (Cartographer, fl. 1524), and location of Moulucca Uslands, VI 56
-dispute with Diego Gutierrez, I 43-57
-, A Navigator’s Universe: The Libro de Cosmographía of 1538 (1972) (Review by Peter M.
Enggass), V 72-73
Melón y Ruiz de Gordejuela, Amando, on Balboa expedition (1513), VI 12
Men of Cajamarca: A Social and Biographical Study of the First Conquerors of Peru (1972), by James
Lockhart (Review by Martin Torodash), V 92
Mendoza, Juan Gonzáles de (Cardinal, 1428-1495), travel literature of, VIII 29-30
-, Historie of the Great and Mightie Kingdome of China (English translation by Robert Parke,
1588), V 47
Menetries, Edouard Charles (Zoologist), and Russian expedition to Brazil (1821-1829), III 76, 78
Mentielle, F. (Cartographer), map of 1806, Lake Parima on, VII 28
Mercantilism, Florentine, as motivation for voyages of discovery, VIII 20-24
Mercator, Gerhardus (Cartographer, 1512-1594), Atlas (begun 1585, with Jodocus Hondius), IX 62, 70-73
- Atlas (1633 edition), Lake Parima in, VII 26
“Merchants, Courtiers, and the Sea Route to the Indies: The Case of Elizabethan England,” by David
Fischer, IV 111-118
Merchants in Crisis: Genoese and Venetian Men of Affairs and the Fourteenth-Century Depression
(1976), by Benjamin Z. Kedar (Review by Thomas Goldstein), XI 93-96
Meroe, Pedro (Cartographer, 1496?-1552?), I 47-48, 53
Mexico, and survey of Sante Fe Trail (1825-1827), VII 39, 42, 44
Michigan, University of, William L. Clements Library, Program in the History of Discovery, “The New
Worlds and the Old: Reciprocal Influences in the Age of Discoveries” (Conference, 1974), SEE:
Contents of Volume 8 (1976)
Miertsching, Johann, Frozen Ships: The Arctic Diary of Johann Miertsching, 1850-1854 (1967) (Review
by Carol Urness), I 85-86
Miguel Corte-Real and the Dighton Writing Rock (1970), by George F. W. Young (Review by Richard
Boulind), VII 73-76
Mikan, Johann Christian, expedition to Brazil (1817), III 70
Miller, David Harry and Jerome O. Steffen (eds.), The Frontier: Comparative Studies (1977) (Review by
Thomas S. Burns), XI 113-115
Miller, Lorraine and Daniel Conner, Master Mariner: Capt. James Cook and the Peoples of the Pacific, (1978) (Review by Amy W. Meyers), XIII 48-50
Miller, Luree, On Top of the World: Five Women Explorers in Tibet (1976) (Review by Jeannette Mirsky),
XI, 105-107
Mills, J. V. G. (ed.), Ma Huan: Ying-yai Sheng-lan: The Overall Survey of the Ocean’s Shores (1433)
(Review by Kuei-sheng Chang), III 131-133
“Ming Maritime Enterprise and China’s Knowledge of Africa Prior to the Age of Great Discoveries,
The,” by Kuei-Sheng Chang, III 33-34
Mining in the New World (1973), by Charles Prieto (Review by Cyril Allen), VI 92-93
Minnesota Historical Society, and source of the Mississippi River, VII 58-59
Miquelon, Dale, Dugard of Rouen: French Trade to Canada and the West Indies, 1729-1770 (1978) (Review by David Buisseret), XIII 66-67
Mirrors of the New World: Images and Image-Makers in the Settlement Process (1977), by J. M. Powell
(Review by Geoffrey J. Martin), XII 124-126
Mirsky, Jeannette, on Balboa’s expedition (1513), VI 124-126
-, SirAurel Stein: Archaeological Explorer (1977) (Review by Svat Soucek), X 103-105
-, The Westwards Crossings: Balboa, MacKenzie, Lewis, and Clark (1946, reprinted 1970),
(Review by Conrad E. Heidenreich), X 111-112
Miscellanea di storia delle esplorazioni, Volume I (1975), VII 93
Missionaries, English, in North America, 17th century, XI 19-27
-in Africa, as explorers, I 68-76
-principle of comity among, I 75
-in Sierra Leone, I 71-72
-in the Gold Coast, I 73
-Portuguese, in Africa, as explorers, I 70-71
Missionary activity, dependent of, upon political domination, XI 20-23, 25, 27
Missions to the Niger, Volume II-IV: The Bornu Mission, 1822-25, Parts I-III (1966), edited by Alexander
Melamid (Review), I 88-89
Mission strategy, in Africa, I 74-75
Mississippi River, search for headwaters of, VII 53-63
Mjelde, M. M., on Vinland, II 44
Modelski, Andrew M. (comp.), Railroad Maps of the United States: A Selective Annotated Bibliography
of Original 19th-Century Maps in the Geography and Map Division of the Library of Congress
(Review), VII 91-92
Modyford, Thomas (Governor of Jamaica, fl. 1670), and logwood trade, XII 72-74
Mohammed II “the Conqueror” (Ottoman Emperor, 1430-1481), and Turkish imperialism, VI 31
Mol, Jan de (Playwright, fl. 1671), Chinese influence on, VIII 39
Molander, Arne B., “A New Approach to the Columbus Landfall,” XV 113-149
Molesworth, Hender (Governor of Jamaica, fl. 1684), and logwood trade, XII 77-79
Moll, Herman (Cartographer, 1688-1745), Atlas Manuale (1713), Lake Parima in, VII 27
Mollat du Jourdin, Michel and Monique de La Roncière, with Marie-Madeleine Azard, Isabelle Raynaud-Nguyen, and Marie-Antoinette Vannereau; L. le R. Dethan (trans.), Sea Charts of the Early Explorers, 13th to 17th Century (1984) (Review by Jonathan T. Lanman), XVII 115-117
Molucca Islands, location of, Spanish juntas and, VI 54-57
Monck, Christopher (Duke of Albemarle, fl. 1687), as Governor of Jamaica, XII 79
Monopolists and Freebooters – The Pacific Since Magellan (1983), by O. H. K. Spate (Review by William R. Stanley), XVI 115-117
Montaigne, Michel (1553-1592), Essaist (1571-1580), influence of voyages of discovery on, VIII 55-56
Montanus, Arnoldus (fl. 1670), on Japan, V 55
Monteith, James, Barnes’s Complete Geography (1886), on source of the Mississippi River, VII 55, 58
Montejo, Francisco de (c1479-c1548), and Antonio Alaminos, X 67
Moodie, D. W. and John Spink, Eskimo Maps from the Canadian Eastern Arctic (1972) (Review by John
Bockstoce), VII 81-82
Moors, XIV 97-104
Morales, Andrés (Cartographer, fl. 16th century), and “line of demarcation,” VI 54
Morales, Hernando (fl. 16th century), and “line of demarcation,” VI 53-54
Morejon, Pedro (Priest, 1562-1634?), on Japan, V 55-56
Morga, Antonio de, Suceso de las Islas Filipinas (1971) (Review by Bruce B. Solnick), IV 138-139
Morgan, Sir Henry (1635?-1688), in Jamaica, XII 68-69, 76, 79
Morison, Samuel Eliot (1887-1976), XV 80-81, 91, 102, 109
-acceptance of Markham’s interpretation, XV 30
-and Sir Francis Drake’s plate of brass, IX 55-56
-on Portuguese “policy of silence,” I 26
-refutation of, XV 32, 34
-, The European Discovery of America: The Northern Voyages, A.. D. 500-1600 (1971) (Review
by Carol Urness), IV 129-132
-, The European Discovery of America: The Southern Voyages, A. D. 1492-1616 (1974) (Review
by Edward J. Goodman), VII 69-71
Morse, Jedidiah (Geographer, 1761-1826), on Vinland, II 39
Mosto, Andrea, Conte da (fl. 1900), on the Zeno narrative, II 77-78
Mount Cameroon (maps), XVII 5,7,11
Mount Hope Bay (Rhode Island), as site of Vinland, II 40, 53
Moving Frontier: North America Seen through the Eyes of Its Pioneer Explorers, The (1972), edited by
Louis B. Wright and Elaine W. Fowler (Review by William P. Cumming), X 100-101
Mowat, Farley, on Vinland, II 49
Muckelroy, Keith, Maritime Archaeology (1978) (Review by Clark G. Reynolds), XII 110-111
Muldoon, James (ed.), The Expansion of Europe: The First Phase (1977) (Review by Thomas Goldstein),
XI 93-96
Müller, Gerhardt Friedrich (fl. 1736-1758), and voyage of Semen I. Dezhnev (1648), V 7-9, 12, 14-15,
19, 21, 23, 25
Munk, Jens (fl. 1619), and search for Northwest Passage, IV 88, 92
Münzer family, investments in the New World, X 46-47
Murillo, Pedro (Jesuit, fl. 1759), on the Manila galleon, IV 7
Murphy, Henry C. (Historian, 1810-1882), on Verrazzano voyage of 1524, XI 59-60
Muscovy Company, and English exploration, IV 116-117
Myth of the Savage and the Beginnings of French Colonialism in the Americas, The (1984), by Olive Patricia Dickason (Review by David L. Ghere), XVI 90-92
Nansen, Fritjolf (1861-1930), on Vinland, IV 53
Nasatir, Abraham P. and Noel M. Loomis, Pedro Vial and the Roads to Sante Fe (1967)
(Review by John C. Ewers), I 79-80
Nash, Gary B., “Perspectives on the History of the Seventeenth-Century Missionary Activity in Colonial
America,” XI 19-27
National Atlases: Their History, Analysis, and Ways to Improvement and Standardization(1972), edited
by G. Fremin and L. M. Sebert (Review by J. B. Post), V 70
Nationalism, Portuguese, 16th and 17th centuries, VIII 78-79, 84-85, 88
Nau (see also: Ships), 15th century, VIII 13
Naude, Gabriel (Librarian, 1600-1653), on Alessandro Geraldini, XII 21, 25
Nautical almanacs see Almanacs, nautical
Nautical charts see Charts, nautical
Nautical Charts on Vellum in the Library of Congress (1977), compiled by Walter W. Ristow and R. A.
Skelton (Review by Jeannette D. Black), XII 109-110
Naval guns see Guns, Naval
Navarrete, Martín Fernández de (1765-1844), on “minor voyages” to the Caribbean (1496-1500), IV 120
- Biblioteca maritima espanola: Obra postuma (1968, reprint of 1851 edition) (Review by Ursula
Lamb), XI 103-105
Navigation, and shape of the earth, II 17-18
-technical development, 15th and 16th centuries, VIII 14-16
Navigatori portoghesi sulla via delle Indie, I (1974), by Gaetano Ferro (Review by Samuel J. Hough),
VII 78
Navigators, role of, in Spanish conquest, X 62-70
“Navigators of the Conquista, The,” by J. H. Parry, X 61-70
Navigators Universe: The Libro de Cosmographia of 1538, A (1972), by Pedro de Medina (Review by
Peter M. Enggass), V 72-73
Navy, The Company, and Richard King: British Exploration in the Canadian Arctic, 1829-1860, The (1980), by Hugh N. Wallace (Review by Trevor Lloyd), XVI 105-107
Nebenzahl, Kenneth, A Bibliography of Printed Battle Plans of the American Revolution, 1775-1795
(Review by John A. Wolter), VIII 102-103
Neidhart family, investments in the New World, X 57-59
Nemattanew (Powhatan Indian, fl. 1607), and the Virginia colony, XI 22-23
Neoplatonism (see also: Plato), X 29-30
Netherlands (see also: Dutch), and search for Northeast Passage, II 61-74
-attempted colony in Brazil by, III 68
-chart trade in, XII 51-54, 59-62
-commercial expansion of, in 17th century, II 65-74
-economic competition with France, 17th century, II 62-73
-map trade in, XII 51-52
-technology in, 16th and 17th centuries, Chinese influence on, VIII29-30
-trade in rutters, XII 52, 54, 59-60
Netherlands, Revolt of the (1568-1607), Henry IV of France and, II 63-64
-James I of England and, II 63-64
-Philip II of Spain and, II 65
Netherlands, Spanish, Archduke Albert as ruler of, II 65, 67
Neufville, Nicholas de, sieur de Villeroy see Villeroy, Nicholas de Neufville, sieur de
New American World: A Documentary History of North America to 1612 (1979), edited by David B.
Quinn (Review by Wilcomb E. Washburn), XII 112-115
“New Approach to the Columbus Landfall, A,” by Arne B. Molander, XV 113-149
“New Approach to the Columbus Landfall: Some Corrected Maps, A,” by Harry Kelsey, XVII 47-49
Newberry, John (fl. 1578-1585), explorations of, IV 118
Newberry Library, The, XIII 35-36
-Archivo General de las Indias at, XIII 35
-Archivo General de Simancas at, XIII 35
-Archivo Histórico Nacional, Madrid at, XIII 35
-Ayer Collection at, XIII 35
- Center for the History of Cartography, establishment of, III 111-112
-French Marine Collection at, XIII 36
-Nacagdoches Archive at, XIII, 36
-Novacco Collection at, XIII 36
New England, as site of Vinland, II 37, 40-41, 44-45
New England Charter (1620), territorial claims of, VII 18-19
Newfoundland, as site of Vinland, II 36-37, 39, 49, 53, 55-57; III 97-105; IV 54
“New Light on the 1524 Voyage of Verrazzano,” by Norman J. W. Thrower, XII 59-65
Newport Tower (Rhode Island), and pre-Columbian exploration, IV 79
News from Cythera: A Report of Bougainville’s Voyage, 1766-1769 (1970), by Louis Antoine de
Bougainville (Review by Helen Wallis), IV 135-136
New Spain and Honduras, Fleet of, description of, XI 31-32, 34-36
-loss of (1622), XI 29-30, 34-35, 37, 39-40
New Spain’s Far Northern Frontier: Essays on Spain in the American West, 1540-1821 (1979), edited by David J. Weber (Review by D. Kathleen Abbass), XV 255-256
Newspapers and news-sheets, Dutch, 17th century, and travel literature, VIII 33-34
Newton, Sir Isaac (1642-1727), and Nicholas Copernicus, IV 22, 25, 51
-geographical conceptions of, II 16-18
-theory of ocean currents and wind patterns, III 21, 31
Newton, Robert R., The Crime of Claudius Ptolemy (1977) (Review by E. M. Palmer), XI 88-89
New Voyage to Carolina, A (1967), by John Lawson (Review by C. M. D. Thomas), I 93
New World see America; North America; Pre-Columbian explorations
“New Worlds and Everyman: Some Thoughts on the Logic and Logistics of Pre-Columbian Discovery,”
by Vincent H. Cassidy, X 7-13
“New Worlds and Old: Reciprocal Influences in the Age of Discoveries, The” (Conference, University of
Michigan, 1974) SEE: Contents of Volume 8 (1976)
New York, as site of Vinland, II 53
Neyn, Pieter de (fl. 1681), travel literature of, VIII 40
Nicholas V (Pope, d. 1455), letter of 1448, evidence of forgery of, IV 59-61
-reference to Greenland, IV 59-61
Nicollet, Joseph N., Joseph N. Nicollet on the Plains and Prairies: The Expedition of 1838-39, with
Journals, Letters, and Notes on the Dakota Indians (1976) (Review by Ivan D. Steen), IX 103
- The Journals of Joseph N. Nicollet: A Scientist on the Mississippi Headwaters, with Notes on
Indian Life, 1836-37 (1970) (Review by Ivan D. Steen), III 123
Nichols, Roger L. and Patrick L. Halley, Stephen Long and American Frontier Exploration (1980) (Review by Eric W. Wolf), XV 246-247
Niebuhr, Carsten (Danish Explorer, 1733-1815), exploration of Africa, IV 101-102
Niger River, European conception of the, 19th century, I 68, 71
-exploration of, I 72
Nile River, European conceptions of the, 19th century, I 68
Niño, Peralonso (Pilot, 1468-1505?), Caribbean voyage of (1499), IV 120-121
Niño, Pero Alonso (Pilot, 1468-1505?), XV 97
No Sea Too Deep: The History of Oceanographic Instruments (1982), by Anita McConnell (Review by D. K. Abbass, XVII 107-108
Nok (West African culture, 2nd century B. C.), and iron technology, IX 89, 91-94; map IX 90
-dating of, IX 91-92
Nordenskiold, Adolf E., on portolan charts, IX 37, 47
Nordenskiöld Seminar on the History of Cartography and the Maintenance of Cartographic Archives, Espoo (Finland), September 12-15, 1979 (1981), published by Nordenskiöld-samfundet i Finland (Review by George Kish), XV 245
Nordenskiöld-samfundet i Finland (pub.), Nordenskiöld Seminar on the History of Cartography and the Maintenance of Cartographic Archives, Espoo (Finland), September 12-15, 1979 (1981) (Review by George Kish), XV 245
Norlund, Paul, on Greenland, IV 56
Norse exploration, of North America, II 29, 31-32, 34-60; III 97-105
-of the North Atlantic Ocean, IX 83
North Africa see Africa, North
North America (see also: America), English missionaries in, 17th century, XI 19-27
-English settlements in, significance of, VIII 95-96
-English territorial claims in, VII 7-8, 11-22
-based on Atlantis legend, X 38-41
-historical literature on, VII 7n
-voyages to, and Casa de la Especieria, II 25, 27-28
North America from Earliest Discovery to First Settlement: The Norse Voyages to 1612 (1977), by David
B. Quinn (Review by Jonathan Marwill), XI 92-93
North Atlantic World in the Seventeenth Century, The (1974), by Kenneth G. Davies (Review by John T.
Juricek), X 106-108
North Carolina, as site of Vinland, II 37
Northeast Passage, search for, II 61-74
-and Vinland Map, IV 81, 87
-as motive for English exploration, IV 112
Northwest Passage, search for,and Baffin expedition (1616), IV 92
-as motive for English exploration, IV 112
-Giovanni de Verrazzano and, II 25
-Henry Biggs and, VII 15
-Jens Munk and, IV 88, 92
-John Bonoeil and, VII 15
-John Dee and, X 40
-Robert Johnson and, VII 15
-Sir Humphrey Gilbert and, X 39-40
“Note on the Triangular Trade between Macao, Manila, and Nagasaki, 1580-1640, A,” by C. R. Boxer, XVII 51-59
“Note on Thevet’s Unpublished Maps of Overseas Islands, A,” by P. E. H. Hair, XIV 105-116
Notes on the Care and Cataloguing of Old Maps (1970, reprint of 1941 edition), by Lloyd A. Brown
(Review by Christopher M. Klein), V 76-78
Nova Scotia, and expedition of Henry Sinclair, II 85
-as site of Vinland, II 41
-Portuguese voyages to, V 61-64
Novaya Zemlya (Russia), on 16th century maps, IV 81, 86
Nowell, Charles E., on Prester John, X 17
Nubuo, Muroga, Nanba Matsutaro, and Unno Kazutuka (eds.), Old Maps of Japan (1973) (Review), VI 97
Nuestra Señora de Atocha (ship), loss of (1622), XI 30, 34
Nuestra Señora del Rosario (ship), loss of (1622), XI 30, 34
Núñez Lobo, Rodrigo Manuel (Governor of New Andalucia), and survey of Orinoco River (1587), IX 9-10
Nunn, George E., on Balboa expedition (1513), VI 16
Nürnberg, as 16th century financial power, X 46-47
Nürnberger family, investments in the New World, X 50-52
Obituaries: R.A. Skelton (by Helen Wallis), IV 126
-Lawrence Counselman Wroth (by Jeannette Black), IV 125
Obras completas de D. Joāo de Castro: Edicao critica, Volume 1 (1968) (Review by P. P. Witonski),
II 104-107
O’Cain, Joseph (Ship’s Master, fl. 1805), and Russian American Company, V 28
Ocean currents, Andre Thevet’s theories of, III 9, 11-12
-Athanasius Kircher’s theories of, III 28, 30
-Bernhard Varen’s theories of, III 23-24, 27-28, 30
-Cornelius Drebbel’s theories of, III 13-14
-Diego Columbus’s theories of, III 10-11
-effects of, on exploration, III 7-31
-Georges Fournier’s theories of, III 21-23, 25-26, 30
-Giovanni Battista Riccioli’s theories of, III 25-26
-Issac Vos’s theories of, III 26-27, 29-30
-Johannes Kepler’s theories of, III 17, 21, 30
-Joseph de Acosta’s theories of, III 13
-Nathanael Carpenter’s theories of, III 17, 22, 25, 28, 30
-Peter Martyr’s theories of, III 9-11, 17, 20
-Sir Humphrey Gilbert theories of, III 11
Ocean liners, transatlantic, development of, XI 13-14
Oceanography, development of, as a science, XI 12
Oglobin, Nikolai N. (archivist, fl. 1900), and voyage of Semen I. Dezhnez (1648), V 9, 18
Ogryzko, I. I., on voyage of Semen I. Dezhnez (1648), V 17
Ojeda, Alonso de (1465?-1515), and Juan de la Cosa, X 63-65
-Caribbean voyage of (1499), IV 121-122
Old Maps of Japan (1973), edited by Nanba Matsutaro, Muroga Nubuo, and Unno Kazutuka, VI 97
Old World and the New: 1492-1650, The (1970), by J. H. Elliot (Review by Bruce B. Solnick),
III 116-117
Oldenbarnevelt, Johan van (Dutch Advocate General, 1547-1619), and Dutch East India Company, II 62
“Oldest Portolan Chart in the New World, The,” by J. E. Kelley, Jr., IX 23-48
Oleson, Trygvi L., on Bishop Erik Gnupsson, IV 78
Oliveira, Fernando (fl. 1566), and terres australes, IX 68-70, 72
Oliver, Roland and Anthony Atmore, Africa since 1800 (1967) (Review by George J. Moutafakis), I 90-91
Olm, Ferdinand van (Captain, fl. 1486), and the Azores, I 32
Olschki, Leonardo, on Prester John, X 15, 17
Omai: First Polynesian Ambassador to England (1969), by Thomas Blake Clark (Review by Roy A.
Rauschenberg), III 118-119
Ondáriz, Pedro Ambosio de (fl. 1572), and Padrón Real, VI 59
“On the Way to Peru: Elizabethan Ambitions in America South of Capricorn,” by Kenneth R. Andrews, XIV 61-75
On Top of the World: Five Women Explorers in Tibet (1976), by Luree Miller (Review by Jeannette
Mirsky), XI 105-107
Operation Sail (American Bicentennial), XI 1
Oppert, Gustav (1836-1908), on Prester John, X 16
Ordaz, Diego de (fl. 1528), and search for El Dorado, VII 23
Oresme, Nicole (1330?-1382), on Aristotelian cosmography, IV 33, 43
“Original Sources and Weighty Authorities: Some Thoughts on Revisionism and the Historiography of Discovery,” by John Parker, XIII 31-34
Orinoco River, Portuguese intrigues on, 16th century, IX 8-11
-deposition of Jean Retud on, IX 8-11, 17, 20
-English support of, IX 12, 16-21
-letter of Pedro de Angula on, IX 8-9
-testimony of Juan de Gamex on, IX 8-9
Orkney, Henry Sinclair, Earl of see Sinclair, Henry (Earl of Orkey)
Orkney Islands, and Zeno narrative, II 75, 78-84
-interpreted as location of Frisland, II 75
Orlova, N. S (Archivist), on voyage of Semen I. Dezhnev (1648), V 12-13, 15
Ortelius (Cartographer, 1527-1598), and interpretation of America as Atlantis, X 38, 42
Ortell, Abraham see Ortelius
“Other Fortuante Islands and Some That Were Lost,” by Vincent H. Cassidy, I 35-39
Otto of Freising (Bishop, 1114?-1158), X 15, 19
Ottoman (see also: Turkish) administration of Egypt, 16th century, VI 32-33
-bureaucratic administration, VI 31-33, 35-36
-empire see Imperialism, Turkish
-involvement in spice trade, 16th century, VI 31-33
-naval power, 15th and 16th centuries, VI 25-27, 31, 34, 36
-reaction to European voyages of discovery, VI 19-37
-truce with Portugal (1564), VI 30, 35
-warfare with Emperor Charles V, VI 27-29
Outer Banks (NC), XIV 97, 99
Oviedo y Valdés, Gonzales Fernández de (Historian, 1478-1557), and interpretation of America as the
Hesperides, X 34, 36
-on Balboa’s expedition (1513), VI 7
-on Caribbean agriculture, I 14, 16-19
-on voyage of Esteban de Gamoez, II 26-27
Owram, Doug, Promise of Eden: The Canadian Expansionist Movement and the Idea of the West, 1856-1900 (1980) (Review by Tom Nesmith), XVI 111-113
Pacheco de Toledo, Andrés, as general of the Manila galleon (1635-1636), IV 7-9, 12, 17
Pacheco Pereira, Duarte (Navigator, fl. 1505), and Columbus’s discoveries, VIII 64-65
-on navigation, VIII 16
Pacificación, usage of, XII 16
Pacific Basin: A History of Its Geographical Exploration, The (1967), edited by Herman R. Friis
(Review by Robert Hitchman), I 87-88
Padrón real (Master Chart), in 16th century Spain, I 41-44, 48-52, 54-56; VI 57-60
Pagden, Anthony, “The Forbidden Food: Francisco de Vitoria and José de Acosta on Cannibalism,” XIII 17-29
Paine, Barrett Channing (Journalist, fl. 1886), and source of the Mississippi River, VII 55
Painter, George D., on the Vinland Map, I 63, 65-66; VI 80, 82, 84, 91, 93
Palestine, Exploration of, as desire to document the Bible, IV 98
-by John Lewis Burckhardt, IV 95, 98, 100, 103-110; map IV 96-97
-by Ulrich Jasper Seetzen, IV 95, 98, 100-103, 106-110; map IV 96-97
-deficiencies in early reports of, IV 98-100
-19th century, IV 95-110
Pallas, Peter Simon (1741-1811), and Bragin expedition (1772-1777), II 87-88
Palmer, Colin A., Slaves of the White God: Blacks in Mexico, 1570-1650 (1976) (Review by Patricia Mulvey), XIV 130-133
Palsson, Hannes (fl. 1425), on Iceland, IV 60-61
Paluka, Frank, The Three Voyages of Captain Cook (1974) (Review), VI 97
Pamunkey Indians, capture of John Smith by, II 11-12
Panoramic Maps of Anglo-American Cities: A Checklist of Maps in the Collections of the Library of
Congress, Geography and Map Division (1974), complied by John R. Hébert (Review by Ivan D.
Steen), VII 89-90
Papacy, and Portuguese imperialism, VIII 73-74, 83
Papin, Nicholas (fl. 1654), and Compagnie de Terre de la ferme, XI 54-55
Paradise, as and Atlantic island, I 36-37
-Columbus’s discoveries interpreted as, VIII 63-64
Paris, Gulf of, Alonso de Ojeda in (1499), IV 121
-English privateers in, IX 7, 11, 20
-French privateers in, IX 7, 11
-Peralonso Nino in (1499), IV 120
-Sir Walter Raleigh in, IX 7
Parima, Lake, search for, VII 23-30
Parke, Robert, translation into English of Juan González de Medoza’s Historie of the Great and Mightie
Kingdom of China (1588), V 47
Parker, John, Books to Build and Empire: A Bibliographical History of English Overseas Interests to
1620 (Review by Dewitt C. Ellinwood, Jr.), I 93-94
-, “The Columbus Landfall Problem: A Historical Perspective,” XV 1-28
-, “Original Sources and Weighty Authorities: Some Thoughts on Revisionism and the Historiography of Discovery,” XIII 31-34
-, “Willard Glazier and the Mississippi Headwaters Controversy,” VII 53-63
-, The World for a Marketplace: Episodes in the History of European Expansion (1978) (Review
by Samuel J. Hough), XII 111-112
-and Carol Urness (comps.), The James Ford Bell Library: A List of Additions, 1965-1969 (1970)
(Review by Bruce B. Solnick), III 129
Parkin, Charles M., Jr. and Francis E. Cross, Sea Venture: Captain Gray’s Voyages of Discovery, 1787-1793 (1981) (Review by Carol Urness), XV 250-251
Parry, John H., “Asia-in-the-West” with comment by Charles Gibson, VIII 59-72
-, Comment on “Faith and Empire: The Cross and the Crown in Portuguese Expansion,
Fifteenth-Eighteenth Centuries,” by C. R. Boxer, VIII 89
-, “The Indies Richly Planted,” I 11-22
-, “The Navigators of the Conquista,” X 61-70
Paschal II (Pope, 1050?-1118), and Bishop Erick Gnupsson, I 58-59, 62-64
Passage through the Garden: Lewis and Clark and the Image of the American Northwest (1975), by John
Logan Allen (Review by Ralph E. Ehrenberg), VIII 103-104
Pattern and Process: Research in Historical Geography (1975), edited by Ralph E. Ehrenberg (Review by
Jesse H. Wheeler, Jr.), VIII 100-101
Paulding, Hiram, Journal of a Cruise of the United States Schooner “Dolphin” among the Islands of the
Pacific Ocean and a Visit to the Mulgrave Islands, in Pursuit of the Mutineers of the Whale Ship
“Globe,” with a Map (1970) (Review by Ernest S. Dodge), III 119-120
Peckham, Sir George (d. 1608), on English claims in North America, VII 12
Peckham, Howard H. and Douglas W. Marshall, Campaigns of the American Revolution: An Atlas of
Manuscript Maps (1976) (Review by Christopher M. Klein), IX 103-104
Pedrarias Dávila (Governor of Darien, 1440?-1531), and Bartolomé Ruiz, X 67
Pedro I (Emperor of Brazil, 1798-1834), Georg Heinrich Langsdorff and, III 76
Pedro Vial and the Roads to Sante Fe (1967), by Noel M. Leoomis and Abraham P. Nasatir (Review by
John C. Ewers), I 79-80
Penrose, Boise and Michael Strachan (eds.), The East India Company Journals of Captain William
Keeling and master Thomas Bonner, 1615-1617 (1971) (Review by T.K. Rabb), V 86-87
Pérez, Bernardo (fl. 1524), and location of Molucca Islands, VI 55
Periplus of the Erythraean Sea by an Unknown Author, with Some Extracts from Agatharkhides “On the Erythraean Sea,” The (1980), translated and edited by G. W. B. Huntingford (Reviewed by Jack Martin Balcer), XIII 69-70
Pernell, Frederick W. and Laura E. Kelsay (comps.), Cartographic Records Relating to the Territory of
Iowa, 1838-1846 (1971) (Review by John A. Wolter), V 96-97
“Perspectives on the History of Seventeenth-Century Missionary Activity in Colonial America,” by Gary
B. Nash, XI 19-27
Peru, exploration of, and Bartolomé Ruiz, X 68-69
Peru: Reiseskizzen aus den Jahren 1838-1842 (1963), by Johann Jakob von Tscudi (Review by Roger E.
Ritzmann), III 128-129
Peru’s Indian Peoples and the Challenge of Spanish Conquest: Huamanga to 1640 (1982), by Steve J. Stern (Review by Bruce B. Solnick), XVI 118-119
Peter Martyr d’Anghiera (Historian, 1457-1526), on Balboa’s expedition (1513), VI 8
-on Columbia’s discoveries, VIII 62, 64
-on Green Island, IV 59
-theory of ocean currents, III 9-11, 17, 20
Pethick, Derek, First Approaches to the Northwest Coast (1979) (Review by Robert Steven Grumet), XVI 92-93
Petrus Plancius see Plancius Pieter
Peyrère, Isaac de la, see La Peyère, Isaac de
Phelps, William Dane (1802-1875), on discovery of Humboldt Bay, V 33-34, 36
Philip II (King of Spain and Portugal, 1527-1598), and Portuguese imperialism, VIII 78
-and the Revolt of the Netherlands, II 65
-and Treaty of Tordesillas (1494), VI 56-57
Philippa of Lancaster (1359-1415), marriage to John I of Portugal (1397), I 29
Philipines, Spanish voyages to, XII 37
Phillip, William, Voyages in to the Easte and West Indies (1589), on Japan, V 47-48
Phoenician (see also: Carthage) exploration, by sea, X 9, 11-12
Picard, Jean (1620-1682), and geographical measurement, II 16-17, 20
“Pierre Bergeron: A Forgotten Editor of French Travel Literature,” by Robert O. Lindsay, VII 31-38
Pike, Ruth, Enterprise and Adevnture: The Genoese in Seville and the Openingof the New World (1966)
(Review by H. B. Johnson), II 102-103
Pike, Zebulon M., The Journals of Zebulon Montgomery Pike, with Letters and Related Documents (1966)
(Review by Ivan D. Steen), I 80-81
Pilgrims, visits of, to Palestine, IV 98-99
Pilots, and growth of chartmaking, XII 54
Pina, Ruy de (Historian, 1440-1521), on Portuguese exploration, I 24-25
Pinkerton, John (Cartographer, 1758-1826), map of 1811, Lake Parima on, VII 28
Pinto, Fernão Mendes (1509?-1583), visit to Japan, V 54
Pinto, Ribeiro, João (1595?-1649), and Portuguese imperialism, VIII 82-84
Pinzón, Martin Alonzo, XV 98, 105
Pinzón, Vicente Yáñez (Navigator, 1460?- 1524), Caribbean voyage to (1499), IV 120
“Pioneer Scientific Exploration in the Holy Land at the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century,” by
Yehoshua Ben-Arieh, IV 95-110
Pirates (see also: Privateering), egalitarian society among, XII 77-78, 80-82
-in the Caribbean, and English colonial policy, XII 65-66, 68-69, 72-74, 77-78, 80, 82-83
-involvement in logwood trade by, XII 72-74, 76-82, 84
Piri Reis (d. 1553), Book of Sea Lore, VI 21-25, 37
-execution of, VI 29, 37
-map of, VI 21
“Piri Reis and the Ottoman Response to the Voyages of Discovery,” by Andrew C. Hess, VI 19-37
Piso, Willem (1611-1678), scientific research in Brazil, III 68, 70
Piveronus, Peter J., Jr., “John Rastell’s Proposed Voyage to North America from Ireland, 1517-1519,”
III 59-65
Pizarro, Francisco (1470?-1541), and Bartolomé Ruiz, X 67-69
Pizarro, Gonzalo (1506?-1548), and search for El Dorado, VII 23
Plague, in London (1603), II 8-9
Plancius, Pieter (Cosmographer, 1552-1622), and compilation of portolan charts, XII 59
-and search for Northeast Passage, II 70
Planter society, establishment of, in Belize, XII 83-84
-in Jamaica, I 13-14; XII 67-68, 79
Plate of brass, Drake’s see Drake , Sir Francis
Plato (427?-347 B.C.) (see also: Neoplatonism), on Atlantis, X 27-28, 35
-Renaissance scholarship on, X 29-30, 42
Plezia, Marian, on the Tartar Relation (1245?), by Giovanni de Plano Carpini, I 65-66
Plutarch (46?-120?), geographical conceptions of, IX 75-76, 78-79
-on Carthagian exploration, X 9
-, Sertorius, and Isles of the Blesses, IX 75-80
Poetry, Dutch, 17th century, influence of travel literaturte on, VIII 34-37
Pohl, Frederick J., Prince Henry Sinclair: His Expedition to the New World in 1398 (1974) (Review by
George F.W. Young), VII 77-78
-, “Prince ‘Zichmini’ [sic] of the Zeno Narrative,” II 75-86
-, “The Viking Settlements of North America (1972) (Review by Georhe F.W. Young), IV 133-135
Poinsett, Joel R. (U.S. Minister to Mexico, 1779-1851), and survey of Santa Fe Trail (1825-1827), VII 44
Poiters, Adriaan (Author, fl. 1646), Chinese influence on, VIII 42
Polevoi, B. P., on voyage of Semen I. Dezhnev (1648), V 19-22
“Policy of Silence,” Portuguese see “Silence, policy of”
Polish Expedition to the Cameroons, The, XVII 1-13
Polo, Marco (1254?-1324?), and search for Prester John, X 16
-on Japan, V 47, 49
Pombal, Marquês de (Prime Minister of Portugal, fl. 1750-1777), and Portuguese imperialism, VIII 85
Ponce de Leon, Juan (Governor of Puerto Rico, 1460?-1521), and Antonio Alamino, X 65
Poncet, Michel, seigneur de la Pointe (fl. 1609), and French East India Company, II 72
Ponko, Vincent, Jr., Ships, Seas, and Scientists: US Naval Explorations and Discovery in the Nineteenth
Century (1974) (Review by Clinton R. Edwards), VII 86-87
Pons, F.R. J. de (Cartographer), map of 1805, Lake Parima on, VII 28
Pontoppidan, Erik (Bishop of Bergen, 1698-1764), on Vinland, II 36
Pope, Dudley, The Buccaneer King: The Biography of Sire Henry Morgan, 1635-1688 (1978) (Review by
B. R. Burg and Patricia A. Adank), XII 101-103
Poplinière, Lancelot Voisin, sieur de la see La Popelinière, Lancelot Voisin, sieur de
Popple, Henry, A Map of the British Empire in America with the French and Spanish Settlements
Adjacent Thereto (1972) (Review by Christopher M. Klein), V 74-76
Porter, H. C., The Inconstant Savage: England and the North American Indian, 1500-1660 (1979) (Review by Gary B. Nash), XIII 50-51
Porter, Russell Williams, The Arctic Diary of Russell Williams Porter (1976), edited by Herman R. Friis
(Review by Peter J. Anderson), X 97-98
Portolan charts see Charts, nautical
Portugal, annexation of, by Spain, IV 112-113
-chartmaking in, 16th century, XII 56
-discovery of the Azores by, I 30-31
-discovery of Brazil by, I 33
-discovery of Cape Verde Islands by, I 31
-discovery of Maderia Islands by, I 30
-exploration of African coast by, historical literature on, I 30n
-foreigners in, historical literature on, I 28n
-French occupation of (1807), III 70
-in spice trade, X 48-49, 51
-Italians in, I 28-34
-“policy of silence” in, I 23-24
-rivalry with Castile, XII 8-9
-throne of, Don Antonio as pretender to, IX 9-11, 13
-truce with Ottoman empire (1564), VI 30, 35
Portugal and the Scramble for Africa, 1875-1891 (1967), by Eric Axelson (Review by E. Bradford Burns),
I 89-90
Portuguese attack on Jidda (1517), VI 24
Portuguese empire, see Imperialism, Portuguese
Portuguese, in India, VIII 74-78, 80, 84-87
-in Japan, 16th and 17th centuries, V 43-44, 49
-in Nova Scotia, V 61-64
-interpretation of Columbus’s discoveries, VIII 61, 64-65
-missionaries as explorers of Africa, I 70-71
-nationalism, 16th and 17th centuries, VIII 78-79, 84-85, 88
-voyages of discovery, involvement of foreigners in, I 29-34
Portuguese Brazil: The King’s Plantation (1979), by James Lang (Review by Benjamin Keen), XIII 60-62
Portuguese Rule on the Gold Coast 1469-1682 (1979), by John Vogt (Review by Dauril Alden), XVI 81-83
Posidonius (1st century B.C.), and Isles of the Blessed, IX 79-80
-geographical conceptions of, II 15
Post, J. B. (comp.), An Atlas of Fantasy (1973) (Review by Vincent H. Cassidy), VI 94-95
Postel, Guillaume (fl. 1553), and interpretation of America as Atlantis, X 37
-and voyages of discovery, VIII 55
Potato, grown in Jamaica, I 17-18
Pourson, J.B (Cartographer, fl. 1800), map of, Lake Parima on, VII 28
Powell, J. M., Mirrors of the New World: Images and Image-Makers in the Settlement Process (1977)
(Review by Geoffrey J. Martin), XII 124-126
Powhatan Confederacy (17th century), and Virginia colony, XI 20-23
Power, Robert H., “The Discovery of Columbus’s Island Passage to Cuba, October 12-27, 1492,” XV 151-172
Pozzo, Paolo dal Toscanelli, see Toscanelli, Paolo dal Pozzo
Preaux, Charles de l’Aubespine, abbé de (Diplomat, fl. 1609), and search for Northeast Passage, II 71-72
Precision Astrolabe: Portuguese Navigators and Transoceanic Aviation (1971), by Francis M. Rogers
(Review by Oliver Dunn), IV 147-148
Pre-Columbian exploration (see also: America, discovery of; North America), II 29-60
-and oral tradition, X 7-12
-and ship design, X 11
-as grounds for territorial claims, II 29
-in Vermont, XII 95-100; [conference report], X 81-85
-Norse, II 29, 31-32, 34-60
-rationale for, X 7-13
Predescrubrimiento del Río de la Plata la expedición portuguesa de 1511-1512, El (1973), by Rolando A.
Laguardo Trías (Review by Oliver Dunn), VII 71-72
Pre-Federal Maps in the National Archives: An Annotated List (1971), compiled by Patrick D.
McLaughlin (Reviewed by John A. Wolter), V 96
Preobrazhensky, Arkady I., Economic Maps in Pre-Reform Russia: material for a History of Russian
Economic Cartography (1973) (review by Carla J. Tucker), VII 82
Prester John, archdeacon of Malabar as prototype for, X 20-23
-as moral allegory, X 17-18
-interpreted as emperor of Ethiopia, X 16
-letter of, X 15-18, 22-23
-location of, central Asia theory, X 16, 23
-Ethiopia theory, X 17, 23
-possible Indian Prototype for, X 15-23
Prieto, Carlos, Mining in the New World (1973) (review by Cyril Allen), VI 92-93
Prince Henry Sinclair: His Expedition to the New World in 1398 (1974), by Frederick J. Pohl (Review by
George F. W. Young), VII 77-78
Prince Society, The (Boston), comparative description of, VI 66-67
“Prince ‘Zichmini’[sic] of the Zeno Narratibe,” by Frederick J. Pohl, II 75-86
Pring, Martin, voyage of, to Cape Cod Bay (1603), II 10
Printing, impact of, on mapmaking and chartmaking, XII 49-53, 59-60, 63
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