+Hamy, Dr. E. T.+, quoted, 18, 19, 21, 32, 206 +Harar+, Cidadym of, 78 +Harrisse, Mr.+, 205 +Helena+, _see_ +Santa Helena+. +Hellmann, G.+, quoted, 169 +Herculano+, quoted, xxiv, xxxiii, 41, 65, 195 +Herons+, 4 +Heyd, W.+, 130 +Hirth, F.+, 132 +Horsburgh, Captain+, 188 +Horses+, 133 +Hostages+ taken at Calecut, 72, 115; carried to Portugal, 76 +Hottentots+, meeting with, 11-13 +Hour-glasses+, 168 +Hulot, Baron+, xxxvi +Ilha da Cruz+, _see_ +Cruz+. +Ilhas primeiras+ (17° S., 39° E., Map III), 21 +Ilhéos chãos+, low islets, Algoa Bay (33° 50´ S., 29° 18´ E., Map II), 4, 195, 216 +Images+, worshipped by Portuguese and Indians, 24 +Incense+, 104, 213 +Infante, Rio de+ (_i.e._, River of J. Infante), frequently called Rio _do_ Infante, _i.e._, River of the Infante, Prince Henry (33° 30´ S., 27° 8´ E., Map II), 14, 216 +Ivory+, 18 +Jack-fruit+, 57 +Jaus, Rev. J. J.+, quoted, xxxvi, 52, 54, 97 +Java+, on Canerio’s Map, 211 +Jeronymo de São José+, 177 +Jews+ at Calecut, 137 +Jidda+, Red Sea (21° 30´ N., 39° 10´ E., Map I), 78 +Jordanus, Friar+, quoted, 98 +Jorge+, _see_ +São Jorge+. _Jornal das Viagens_, 145, 146 +Juromenho, Visconde+, 159 +Justice+, administration of, at Calecut, 135 +Kilwa+, _see_ +Quiloa+. +Kioni+, Quioniete (30° 38´ S., 39° 50´ E., Map III), 40 +Kirk, Sir John+, quoted, xxxvi, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 45, 90 +Kohl, Dr.+, 205 +Kopke, Diogo+, quoted, xxii, xxiv, xxxii, 4, 5, 6, 13, 19, 24, 26, 32, 33, 38, 78, 97, 98, 99, 101, 120, 194 +Krishna+ and +Devaki+, 53 +Lac+, 98, 101, 102, 104, 213 +Laccadivas+ (10° N., 73° E, Map I), 134, 198 +Lambel+, striped cloth, 11 +Lamu+ (2° 15´ S., 40° 20´ E., Map III), 219 +Lançarote+ (29° N., 14° W.); pass to lee of it, 2 +Larks+, 6 +Latitudes+ on early maps, 213; observed by Colon, xix _Laurie’s Sailing Directory_, 190 +League.+ The Portuguese (Castilian) legoa of 7,500 varas was equal to 6,269 meters, or 20,568 feet, and 17.72 of these legoas were consequently equal to one mean degree of a meridian. The Portuguese pilots generally assumed 17½ of these legoas to be equal to 1°; and had they known the real size of the earth the league would have been 6,350 m., an error of only 1.27 per cent. in the estimate of the size of the earth as determined by observation for latitude taken at sea.