INDEX.

Averia , a Spanifh tax for convoy to and from America ,when firft impofed , iii. . Its rate ,

Azores , thofe iilands difcovered by the Portuguefe, i. < 5 o.

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. Balboa , Vafco Nugnez de, fettles a colony at Santa Maria *in the gulph of Darien, i. 250. Receives intelligenceof the rich country of Peru , 237. His character, 239.Marches acrofs the ifthmus, 240. Difcovers the SouthernOcean , 242. Returns, 243. Is fuperfeded in hiscommand by the appointment of Pedrarias Davila , 244.Is fined by Pedrarias for former tranfactions, 246. Isappointed lieutenant-governor of the countries on theSouth-Sea, and marries Pedrarias ’s daughter, 249. Isarrelted and put to death by Pedrarias ,250.

Bark , Jefuits , a production peculiar to Peru , iii. 294.

Barrere , his defcription of the conftrudtion of Indian houfes,

ii. 428-

Bebaim , Martin , the honor of having difcovered Americafalfely afcribed to him by fome German authors, i. 308-Account of him and his family, 309.

Behring and Tfchirikow, Ruffian navigators , thought tohave difcovered the north-weft extremity of America fromthe eaftward , ii. 3 5. Uncertainty of their accounts, 392.

Benalcazar , governor of St. Michael, reduces the kingdomof Quito , iii. 49. Is deprived of his command by Pi-zarro , 78.

Benjamin, the Jew of Tudela , his extraordinary travels, i. 37.

Bcrnaldes , inftance of the bravery of the Caribbees men-tioned by him, ii. 434.

Bethencourt , John de, a Norman baron , conquers and pof-feffes the Canary Iflands , i. 43.

Birds, the flight of, often ftretch to an immenfe diftancefrom land, i. 303. An account of thofe natural toAmerica, ii. 18.

Bogota in America ■, feme account' of the inhabitants

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