  - Agnado, Don John, appointed inspector, 166.
- Assistance, obstacles to, 44;
- arguments at Salamanca, 52.
- Barcelona, Columbus’s reception at, 118.
- Bobadilla, Francis de, 198;
- brutal energy of, 203.
- Boyle, Father, mutinous spirit of, 166.
- Brooks, W.K., account of the Lucayan Indians, 149.
- Bull of demarcation, 122.
- Cabral, Pedro, discovers Brazil, 214.
- Caonabo, bravery of, 142, 157.
- Caribbean Sea, visit to, 131.
- Caribs, discovery of, 106;
- character of, 132.
- Catilina, loss of, 138.
- Columbus, Bartholomew, his birth, 6;
- abode at Lisbon, 16;
- goes to England and France, 42;
- in charge at Isabella, 169;
- authority confirmed, 173;
- disasters, 184.
- Columbus, Christopher, place of his birth, 1;
- time of his birth, 4;
- parentage, 6;
- early years, 7;
- geographical studies, 8;
- early maritime experience, 9;
- voyage to the north, 11;
- vocation as a bookseller, 14;
- his geographical learning, 15;
- his moving to Lisbon, 15;
- his marriage, 17;
- leaves Portugal, 19;
- commercial enterprises, 21;
- ideas of discovery, 22;
- sphericity of the earth, 23;
- influence of the Imago Mundi, 27;
- letters of Toscanelli, 29;
- attempts to secure assistance, 34;
- refusal of Portugal, 40;
- leaves Portugal for Spain, 41;
- seeks assistance, 44;
- obstacles, 45;
- royal support, 47;
- meeting at Salamanca, 53;
- relations with Beatriz Henriquez, 57;
- visit to Portugal, 58;
- Talavera, 60;
- goes to La Rabida, 62;
- visits the court, 64;
- terms demanded, 65;
- terms of the commission, 68;
- the first voyage, 74;
- conduct of the crew, 85;
- indications of land, 35.
- Vespucius, Americus, relations of, to Columbus, 237.
- Voyage, the first, prep
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