Atlantis, Antillia and, 148; improbability of existence, 18; invasion of the Mediterranean, 16; location and size, 17; Plato’s account, 3, 11, 32, 187; Sargasso Sea as, 29; submergence, question of, 22; Termier on, 14 Avezac, M. A. P. d’, 8, 114 Avienus, 27 Ayala, Pedro de, 65, 68 Azores, description, 164; floral and faunal indications of mainland connection, 21; Mayda and, 92; names of islands, 21; occurrence of name “Seven Cities” in, 78; two series on Bianco map of 1448, 122 Babcock, W. H., “Early Norse Visits,” 6, 115, 172, 184; “Indications of Visits,” 46, 57, 71, 86, 150 Baffin Land, 111, 184 Bahamas, 155, 163, 188 Barra, 181, 183 Basques, 8 Beauvois, Eugène, 131, 184 Beccario map of 1426, Antillia on, 151; reproduction of a photographed section (ill.), opp. 45; St. Brendan’s Islands on, 45 Beccario map of 1435, Antilles, four islands, on, 153; Antillia on, 70, 151, 153; Daculi on, 183; reproduction of section (ill.), 152 Behaim globe of 1492, St. Brendan’s Islands on, 47 Benedict, R. D., 38 Benincasa map of 1482, Antillia on, 70, 159; reproduction of section (ill.), 160 Beothuks, 123, 131 Bermuda and Mayda, 93, 188 Bianco map of 1436, Antillia on, 156; reproduction of section (ill.), 179; Stokafixa on, 185 Bianco map of 1448, St. Brendan’s Islands on, 46; two series of Azores, 122 Bimini (Beimini), 146 Bird names, 44 Birds, isle of, 166 Blaskets, 181 Blunt, E. M., 91 Boid, Captain, 170 Book of the Spanish Friar, 44, 55, 92, 165; on the Azores, 165 Bourne, E. G., 55 Bra, 181 Brazil (island), on Catalan map of 1375, 58; on Catalan map of about 1480, 61; on Dalorto map of 1325, 50, 56, 121; early maps, occurrence, 55; location and shape, 57; in place of Markland, 121; Mayda and, 83; on Nicolay map of 1560, 61, 121; Norse and Irish omission of name, 66; St. Lawrence, Gulf of, and, 59, 187; Seven Cities (island) and, 68; on Sylvanus map of 1511, 65; two on the same map, 121–122 Brazil (word), derivation, 50, 52; spellings, 50; various applications, 121 Brendan (Brandan; Brenainn), St., adventures, Lismore version, 34; explanations of Brendan narratives, 35; exploration, 34, 48, 187; probable basis of fact in narratives, 38 Brendan’s (St.) Islands, 34; on Beccario map of 1426, 45; on Behaim globe of 1492, 47; on Bianco map of 1448, 46; on Dulcert map of 1339, 42; Hereford map testimony, 38; on later maps, 48; on the Pizigani map of 1367, 43 Bretons, exploration, 8, 84 Brown, A. S., 78 Buache, N., 78 Bullar, Joseph and Henry, 79 Buss Island, 174, disappearance from map, 177; discovery, 175; map (ill.), 176 Cabot, John, 10, 55 Canary Islands, mainland connection, question of, 21; tradition concerning St. Brendan, 39