Seven Cities (island), 68, 188;
Antillia and, 69;
Brazil (island) and, 68;
on Desceliers map of 1546, 75;
home of Portuguese refugees, 71;
later reappearance as an island, 75;
mainland location, 74;
name in the Azores, 78;
on Ortelius map of 1570, 75
Shepherd, Thomas, 177
Shetland, 131, 181
Ships, early, 2
Skraelings, 111
Solberg, T., 57, 161
Soley, J. C., 30, 31
Spanish Friar. _See_ Book of the Spanish Friar
Stefánsson (Sigurdr) map of 1590 (?), Greenland on, 106;
Helluland, Markland, and Vinland on, 116;
reproduction (ill.), 107
Stevens, John, 73
Stevenson, E. L., “Atlas of Portolan Charts,” 74, 141, 147;
“Facsimiles of Portolan Charts,” 57, 86, 155;
“Maps Illustrating Early Discovery,” 117, 140;
“Marine World Chart of Nicolo de Canerio Jannensis,” 146;
“Portolan Charts,” 27
Stokafixa, 185
Stokes, Whitley, 34
Storm, Gustav, 111, 184
Strabo, 42, 169
Straumey, 188
Straumfiord, 188
Submarine banks, 24
Sylvanus map of 1511, Brazil (island) on, 65
Tachylyte, 23
Termier, Pierre, on Atlantis, 14;
theory of ancient Atlantic continent, 19, 21, 23
Thevet, André, 169
Thorláksson map of 1606, reproduction (ill.), 98
Tobago, 99
Torfaeus’ “Gronlandia,” 96–97, 98, 106, 107, 116
Toscanelli, Paolo, 69, 144
Trouvères, 36
Tulloch, Captain, 100
Uzielli, Gustavo, 45, 57, 70, 86, 151, 172, 183
Valsequa map of 1439, 57
Van Keulen’s chart of 1795, 177
Vespucius, 10
Vignaud, Henry, “Columbian Tradition,” 10;
on the Toscanelli letter, 144
Vinland, 188;
Hovgaard’s suggestion, 119
Vlaenderen and Mayda, 89
Weare, G. E., 68
Weimar map (after 1481), Antillia on, 150, 159
Westropp, T. J., “Brasil,” 26, 34, 36, 60, 61, 96;
“Early Italian maps,” 54;
on submerged lands near Iceland, 25
Wiars, Thomas, 175
Wineland the Good, 116. _See also_ Vinland
Winsor, Justin, 59, 60, 65, 85, 89, 132, 178
Wonderstrands, 116, 188
World map in portolan atlas of about 1508, Antiglia on, 147;
Iceland on, 141;
reproduction of section (ill.), opp. 74;
Seven Cities (island) on, 74
Yule, Sir Henry, 53
Zaltieri map of 1566, 61, 87, 98, 132
Zeno, Antonio and Nicolò, 9, 124
Zeno, Nicolò, the younger, 124, 134, 135, 143
Zeno map of 1558, Finland and Iceland on, 141;
Greenland on, 105, 139;
Icaria on, 142;
reproduction (ill.), 126
Zeno narrative, account of the book, 124;
brief summary, 135;
discrepancies of the fisherman’s story, 133;
geographical implication, 129;
Lucas’ study, 137;
Major’s study, 136;
Markland and, 122;
narrative quoted, 128
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Transcriber’s note:
Punctuation, hyphenation, and spelling were made consistent when a
predominant preference was found in the original book; otherwise they
were not changed.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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