Irving, Washington, and his _Life of Columbus_, 29; denounces Fonseca, 77; narrates Vespucci's voyage with Ojeda, 125; seeks to disparage Vespucci, 225, 226. Iti, an island in the Caribbean Sea, 98. _Kazabi_, or cassava, 89. Khan, the Grand, 24, 28. Kublai Khan, Mongol emperor, 36-40, 49. Lake Dwellers, the, described by Vespucci, 90-95, 120. Lariab, conjectural province of, 96. Las Casas denounces Vespucci, 249. Lud, Walter, 242. Mandeville, Sir John, 49. Mangi, province of, 26, 46. Maracaibo, Gulf of, discovered by Ojeda, 135. Maracapana (see Amaraca-pan), 132, 137. Marco Polo's _Travels_, 33. Marignoli, John de, traveller, 49. Medici, the Florentine, 4, 5, 10. Medici, Lorenzo de, letter written to, by Vespucci in 1501, 109; in 1503, 179. Michael Angelo, birthplace of, 15. Monte Corvino, John of, 49. _Mundus Novus_, or New World, 46, 239, 246, 248; title of pamphlet containing first account of Vespucci's voyage, 197; when published, 239. Navarrete, Spanish historian, 219, 221, 232, 233. New World, the, southern hemisphere of America, so called by Vespucci, 185. Nicollini, Donato, Vespucci's friend, 56. Nicuesa, explorer, quarrels with Ojeda, 160; whom he rescues, 162. Nino, Pedro, successful voyage of, 137. Ojeda the Fighter, chap. viii.; with Columbus, 126; friend of Fonseca, 127; receives authority for a voyage, 128; accompanied by Vespucci, 130; visits Trinidad, Pearl Islands, and Curacao, 132, 133; finds Lake Dwellers, 134; takes cargo of slaves to Spain, 136; second voyage of (1502), 158; placed in irons, 159; makes third voyage (1509), 156, 160; wounded by poisoned arrow, 163; poverty and death of, 164. Oviedo, historian, on discovery of Bay of Honduras, 105. Paria, Gulf of, 131, 132. Paul the Physicist, 16. Pearls, Gulf of, 132. Pearls obtained by Vespucci, 122, 141, 146. Pelotti, Francesco, 49. Peretola, home of the Vespuccis, 2. Pinelo, Francisco, 77, 78, 81. Pinzon brothers, the, 149, 150, 152. Pinzon, Vicente Yanez, discovers the Amazon, 167. Pliny quoted by Vespucci, 191. Polo, Marco, Vespucci's countryman, 33; taken captive, 34; _Travels_, 36-42. Polo, Maffei, 41. Polo, Nicolo, 36. Prescott, historian, quotation from, 57. Printing-press, the first in America, 32. _Ptolemy_, an improved, 242. _Quattro Giornate_ (Four Journeys), 176. Quinsai, city of, 25, 43, 46. Rene, Duke of Lorraine, 242, 246, 247. Ringmann, Matthias, contemporary of Vespucci, 241. Roldan, Francesco, combats Ojeda, 136. Saint-Die, town in which pamphlet was printed containing first reference to America, 241, 242. Savonarola, mention of, 15. Schoener, Johann, globe made by, 245. Sierra Leone, 178.