=Plymouth=, Mass. 41N. 70W. First town f. in New England by the Pilgrim Fathers, 1620; bp. W. Bradford, second governor and historian of Plymouth, 1588-1657. =Plymouth=, N. Carolina. 36N. 76W. Taken by Confederates, 1864. =Plymouth Harbour= (Port St. Louis). 41N. 70W. Champlain in during second expedition to Canada, 1604-7; the 'Mayflower' enters, 1620. =Point Pleasant=, Clermont Co., Ohio. 39N. 84W. Bp. Ulysses Simpson Grant, general, and 18th President of U.S. (1822-85). =Popayan=, Colombia. 2N. 76W. F. by Benalcazar, 1537; reached by Blasco Nuñez after his long and painful march pursued by Gonzalo Pizarro, 1545. (See Prescott, 'Peru,' op. cit.) =Pope's Creek=, near Bridge Creek, Virginia Bp. George Washington, first President of U.S. (1732-99). =Popocatepetl= ('smoking mountain'), volcano, Mexico. 18N. 98W. Ascent of by Diego Ordaz and Spaniards in the train of Cortés, 1519. =Port-au-Prince= (now Port Republican), Haiti. 18N. 72W. F. by French, 1745; destroyed by earthquake, 1770; revolt of negroes, 1791. =Portland=, Maine. 43N. 70W. Bp. Longfellow (1807-82). =Porto= (Puerto) Bello, Panama. 9N. 79W. Discovered by Columbus, 1502, who so named it; town f. 1584; sacked by Drake, 1595; the following year he died and was buried off; sacked by filibuster Morgan, 1668; and by English, 1680 and 1702; and by Admiral Vernon (Old Grog), 1739. =Porto Rico=, island, W. Indies. 17N. 65W. Discovered by Columbus, 1493; explored by Ponce de Leon, 1508; unsuccessful attack on by Drake and Hawkins, and death of the latter off, 1595; unsuccessful attack on by Abercrombie, 1797; revolt in, 1820; ceded to U.S. 1898. =Port Pheasant=, Gulf of Darien. 9N. 77W. So named by Drake. =Port Royal=, see Annapolis. =Port Royal=, Jamaica. 17N. 76W. Successive destruction of the town by earthquake and hurricane caused the commercial capital to be moved to Kingston. =Port Royal Island=, S. Carolina. 32N. 80W. Huguenot colony settled on by Ribault, and soon after deserted, 1562; settlement on by Lord Cardross, who a few years afterwards was dislodged by Spaniards, 1686. =Port Royal Sound=, S. Carolina. 32N. 80W. Confederate posts taken, 1861 (Civil W.). =Portsmouth=, N. Hampshire. 41N. 70W. Bp. T. B. Aldrich, poet and prose writer (1836-1906). =Potomac=, river, Virginia and Maryland. 38N. 76W. Explored by John Smith, 1608. =Potosi=, Bolivia, S.A. 19S. 65W. Silver mines discovered by an Indian, 1545; exploited by Spaniards in 16th century. =Prairie Grove=, Arkansas. 35N. 93W. Confederates forced to retreat, 1862 (Civil W.). =Prince Edward's Island=, Gulf of St. Lawrence (formerly Isle de St. Jean). 45N. 62W. Discovered by Cartier, 1534; confirmed to England by Treaty of Paris, 1763; under government of Nova Scotia till made a separate colony, 1768; admitted into the Dominion, 1873. =Princeton=, N. Jersey. 40N. 74W. English defeated by Washington, 1777 (W. of Ind.); University f. 1746, at Elisabethtown, and removed to Princeton, 1757.