L. Fields which are flooded at high tide. M. River l'Equille. N. Sea coast. O. Mountain slopes. P. Island at the mouth of St. Antoine. Q, R. Mountain streams. S. Mill stream. T. Lakelet. V. Place where the Indians fish in the herring seasons. X. Trout stream. Y. Walk made by the Sieur de Champlain.] [Illustration: A MAP OF NEW ENGLAND PUBLISHED IN 1631 AS OBSERVED AND DESCRIBED BY CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH IN 1614.] [Illustration: A MAP OF THE WHOLE TERRITORY TRAVERSED BY JOHN LEDERER IN HIS THREE MARCHES. PUBLISHED IN 1672.] [Illustration: A MAP OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN NATIONS ADJOINING TO THE MISSISSIPPI, WEST & EAST FLORIDA, GEORGIA SOUTH & NORTH CAROLINA, VIRGINIA, ETC. 1775.] [Illustration: NEW AMSTERDAM ABOUT 1650 Bartholomew, Edinburgh.] [Illustration: NEW YORK ABOUT 1730 Bartholomew, Edinburgh.] [Illustration: NEW YORK IN 1746.] [Illustration: EARLY HIGHWAYS SHOWING EXPANSION WESTWARDS Bartholomew Edinburgh.] [Illustration: THE BOSTON DISTRICT] [Illustration: THE CONCORD NEIGHBOURHOOD Emerson, Hawthorne, Thoreau, Etc.] [Illustration: VIRGINIA IN AMERICAN FICTION] [Illustration: GUYANA THE EL DORADO OF SIR WALTER RALEIGH 1595. Morse's Cerography] [Illustration: MAP OF PERU at the period of the CONQUEST.] [Illustration: GROWTH OF TRADE OF THE UNITED STATES] [Illustration: GROWTH OF POPULATION OF THE UNITED STATES] [Illustration: IMMIGRATION UNITED STATES] [Illustration: IMMIGRATION CANADA] [Illustration: IMMIGRATION ARGENTINE] [Illustration: IMMIGRATION BRAZIL] A GAZETTEER OF TOWNS AND PLACES IN NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA[2] ABBREVIATIONS A. Author Ass. Associations with Bp. Birthplace Cap. Capital F. Founded Ind. Indies Res. Residence Sc. Scene (of, in) W. War(s) Cent. A. Central America Conn. Connecticut Mass. Massachusetts Mex. W. Mexican War N.A. North America N.Y. New York Penn. Pennsylvania S.A. South America U.S. United States S. A. W. Ind. South American War of Independence [2] A large number of the places are not marked in the maps, but the latitude and longitude will enable the reader to locate their position. =Abancay=, Peru. 10S. 70W. Victory of Almagro, fellow-conqueror with Pizarro of Peru and Chili, over his Spanish rival Alvarado, Captain-General of Peru, 1537. (See Prescott, 'Conquest of Peru.') =Acadia=, see Nova Scotia. =Acapulco=, Mexico. 16N. 99W. Old commercial centre; Spanish galleon from, captured by Anson, 1743; by Parker, 1762. (See Anson, 'Voyage Round the World.')