Dacotah Indians, 187 Damariscotta River, 104 Danes, 12 Dare, Virginia, 54 Dark Ages, 5, 13 Darkness, Region of, 8, 9 Dartmouth, England, 72 D’Aunay, Charles, 111, 112 Davis, Capt. John, 54 Debedeavon, 120 De Bry, Theodore, 53 De Champlain. _See_ Champlain De Ferrara, Alfonso, 14 DeGuercheville, Madame, 85, 86 Delaware, 150 Delaware Bay, 78, 89, 138, 141, 183 Delaware Indians, 198 Delaware River, 20, 66, 69, 74, 77, 79, 113, 116, 117, 127, 134, 137, 138, 139, 140, 144, 145, 148, 149, 152, 153, 156, 157, 158, 165, 183, 184, 185 De Monts, 39, 41, 84 Department of Commerce, viii De Razilly, 110, 111 Dermer, Capt. Thomas, 88, 89, 95, 116 De Roberval, 32 Des Grosseilliers, 188 De Tonti, Henri, 191 Detroit, 193 De Vries. _See_ Vries D’Iberville, Pierre le Moyne, 192 Dieppe, 32 Digby, 83 Dinwiddie, Governor, 201, 202 Dneiper, 9 Donnacona, 30, 31, 52 _Dove_ (pinnace), 128 Drake, Francis, 48 Dublin, 199 Duck Creek, 149 Dupont-Grave, 38, 39, 40, 86 Dutch. _See_ Chapters VII, XIII, XV and pages 12, 13, 36, 41, 45, 66, 82, 86, 87, 88, 89, 92, 102, 104, 116, 117, 119, 120, 134, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 197 Dutch East India Company, 67, 72, 79, 80 Dutchmen’s Island, 174 Dutch West India Company, 80, 90, 135, 136, 137, 140, 141, 147, 149, 150, 151, 152, 162, 165, 175, 176, 177 DuQuesne, 202 Dvina, 9 _E_ East India Company, 67, 72, 79, 80 East Indies, 15, 80 Eastern Shore, 115, 116, 120, 126, 131, 195 Edward III, 46 Eelkens, Jacob, 165, 166 Egypt, 2, 60 Elbe, 10 “El Dorado,” 53, 63, 83 Elizabeth I, 47, 48, 49 Elizabeth City, 120 Elizabethan occupation theory, 79, 145, 164 Endicott, Capt. John, 101, 171 England, 11, 12, 13, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 37, Chapter V, 58, 62, 63, 64, 72, 79, 83, 88, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 101, 103, 105, 106, 110, 112, 114, 117, 125, 127, 130, 132, 133, 136, 140, 145, 161, 163, 165, 169, 174, 180, 182, 183, 184, 186, 187, 189, 196, 198, 200, 202 English, 12, 24, 36, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45, 46, 48, 50, 53, 54, 55, 59, 62, 63, 65, 67, 76, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 97, 98, 101, 102, 104, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 115, 117, 118, 119, 122, 123, 124, 135, 136, 139, 143, 144, 145, 146, 149, 150, 152, 153, 154, 155, 157, 161, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, Chapter XVI, 186, 187, 189, 190, 191, 193, 194, 196, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203 Eratosthenes, 16 Ericson, Leif, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22 Eric the Red (Eric Thorvaldson), 17, 21 Ericson, Thorvald, 18 Erie, 201 Eriwoneck, 145 Eskimos, 22, 49 Ethiopians, 2, 4 Europe, vii, 5, 6, 9, 12, 13, 16, 23, 25, 51, 70, 72, 141, 149, 197, 202 Euxine Sea, 3 Evelin, George, 133 _F_