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  • 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.
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