=Princetown Harbour=, Cape Cod Bay. 42N. 70W. Here the 'Mayflower' anchored, and the Pilgrim Fathers first set foot on land, 1620. =Providence=, Rhode Island. 41N. 71W. F. by Roger Williams, 1636. =Puerto Cabello=, Venezuela, 1S. 44W. Surprised and taken by revolutionaries under Paez, 1823 (S. A. W. Ind.). =Puerto de Piñas.= 6N. 76W. Reached by Balboa and Andagoya; doubled by Pizarro, 1524. =Puerto Gordo=, W. Indies. 22N. 82W. Columbus at, 1502. =Puna=, Island of, Gulf of Guayaquil, Ecuador. 2S. 80W. Encampment of Pizarro and battle of with natives, during his last expedition to Peru, 1531. =Punta de Pasado.= 0. 80W. Southern limit of exploration by Ruiz, Pizarro's pilot, the first European to cross the equinoctial line sailing south on the Pacific. =Punta Quemada.= 5N. 77W. So named by Pizarro. =Quauhquechollan.= 45N. 95W. Mexicans routed by Cortés and native allies, 1520 (See Prescott, op. cit.). =Quaker's Hill=, Rhode Island. 41N. 71W. Fierce engagement between Americans and English, 1778 (W. of Ind.). =Quebec= (Stadacona), Canada. 46N. 71W. Discovered by Cartier, 1535; Champlain at, 1603, and 1608-9, when he f. the town; in English possession, 1629-32; unsuccessful attack on by English under Phipps, 1690; fall of, and death of Wolfe and Montcalm, 1759; ceded to English by Peace of Paris, 1763; American attack under Benedict Arnold and Montgomery repulsed, 1775. (See Parkman, 'Montcalm and Wolfe.') =Queen Charlotte's Islands=, British Columbia. 52N. 131W. Discovered by Perez, 1774; Cook off, 1778; so named by Capt. Dixon, 1787, who took possession of them for England; explored further by Vancouver, 1793. =Queenstown=, Ontario. 43N. 79W. Captured by Americans, but recovered by British, who lost their general, Brock, 1812. =Queretaro=, Mexico. 20N. 100W. King Maximilian shot by order of Juarez, 1867. =Quincy=, Mass. 42N. 71W. Here Morton settled a plantation and set up his maypole, which Endicott cut down; M. was seized by Capt. Standish and sent to England, 1628. (See Braintree.) =Quipaypan=, Plains of, near Cuzco. 13S. 70W. Defeat of Huascar by Atahuallpa, rival Incas of Peru and Quito, 1532. =Quito=, Ecuador, 0. 78W. Ancient capital of the Incas; taken by the Spaniards under Pizarro, 1534; disastrous expedition into the interior from, by Gonzalo Pizarro, 1540-2; death of Blasco Nuñez, defeated by G. Pizarro, 1546; made capital of Ecuador, 1831. =Quito=, presidency. Detached from Peru and added to New Granada, 1718; part of the republic of Colombia, 1819; Flores declares presidency of Quito independent, and names country Ecuador (q.v.), 1830. =Rancheria=, Colombia. 11N. 72W. Burnt by Drake, 1595. =Rappahannock=, river, Virginia. 38N. 77W. Federals defeated at Kelly's Ford, 1863. (See also Chancellorsville, Fredericksburg, and Wilderness.) =Raymond=, Maine. 43N. 70W. Hawthorne's home as a boy; the diary of his life while there was published in 1897. =Redding=, Conn. 41N. 73W. Bp. Joel Barlow, poet (1754-1812).