+Andaman+ Islands (12° N., 93° E., Maps I and VI), 220, 214 L. +Anjediva+ Islands (14° 45´ N., 74° 5´ E., Map IV), 80, 200 +Antonio, Nicoláo+, quoted, xxv +Arabian Sea+, 46, 87, 123, 130, 135, 198, 200 +Aragão, Texeira de+, quoted, xxi, 91, 94, 95, 111, 112, 147, 148, 173, 175, 176, 178, 225 +Ascension+ Island, or Conçeicão (80° S., 14° 10´ E., Map I), 190, 191 +Ascençao menor+, or Trinidad (20° 20´ S., 29° 20´ W., Map I), 191 +Astrolabes+, 167 +Atambur+, or Betel-nut, 56, 96 +Badger, Rev. G. P.+, quoted, 61, 138 +Bahar+, a weight, at Calcutta equal to 268.16 kilo = 459 pounds. It was divided into 20 farazolas (farzilas) of 100 fens each, and roughly accepted as equal to 4 quintals. +Bahrein+ islands, Persian Gulf (26° N., 50° 30´ E., Map I), 139 +Balandrau+, a coat, 41 +Balasci+ (rubies), 130 +Baldelli Boni+, quoted, 121, 179 +Bale+ (Arabic _Wale_), governor, 51 +Baltasar+, a Moor of Calecut, 181 +Bananas+, 57 +Bandini. A.+, quoted, 120 +Baqua+, stone of (bezoar), 96 +Barbosa, Duarte+, quoted, 32, 98, 99, 100, 103, 130, 139 +Barca+, a term vaguely applied by the author to sailing boats, where others make use of the more definite terms of “_fusta_”, or “_zambuk_”. +Barros, João de+, quoted, xx, 8, 9, 18, 19, 20, 21, 24, 25, 31, 38, 40, 45, 48, 51, 92, 94, 98, 99, 157, 161, 164, 169, 175, 178, 179, 180 +Bastos, E. Pinto+, 161 +Bastos, José+, xxxvi, 118 +Bees+, 6 +Behaim, Martin+, (b. 1459, d. 1506), 165 +Belnos+, quoted, 54 +Benapa+, Mtapwa (3° 56´ S., 39° 40´ E., Map III), 40 +Bengal+ (24° N., 100° E, Map I), 100, 101, 220 +Bent, Theodore+, quoted, 139 +Benzoin+, 99, 101, 103, 213 +Berchet, Prof. Guglielmo+, xxxvi, 119, 157, 158 +“Berrio”+, enters Rio dos bons Signaes, 19; at Mombaça, 37; at Anjediva, 84 +Berrio+, name of a pilot, 158 +Betel-nut+ (atambur), 56, 96 +Bezoar+ (Stone of Baqua), 96 +Biagi, Prof.+, xxxvi, 119 +Birch, Dr. Walter de Gray+, quoted, 145, 146, 149 +Bisarma+, a two-edged battle-axe, 67 +Bittner, Dr. M.+, quoted, 208, 216 +Bombards+, 3, 164 +Boni+, _see_ +Baldelli+. +Bons signaes, Rio dos+ (18° S., 37° E., Map III), 19, 124, 146, 173, 196 +Braça+, or fathom, as used by seamen, equal to 8 palmas or 5.76 feet +Braga, Alvaro de+, clerk of the _Berrio_, 67, 176 +Bragança, Duke of+, agrees to sell Vidigueira, 228 +Braz+, _see_ +São Braz+. +Brazil wood+, 99, 102, 104 +Breech-loaders+, 164 +Bretschneider, E.+, quoted, 132 +Buchanan, Claudius+, quoted, 137 +Bull+ of Alexander VI (1497), 115 +Burton, Sir R.+, quoted, 20, 23, 33, 36, 44, 52, 53, 79 +Cabaya+, a silk robe reaching to the ankles. +Cabral, Jorge+ (governor of India, 1549-50), 159, 160 +Cabral, Pedro Alvarez+, the navigator, 18, 38, 44, 178, 179, 190, note 2 (supposed discovery of Tristão da Cunha), 205