James, Duke of York, 184, 186 James River, 20, 28, 29, 59, 82, 83, 85, 87, 89, 115, 116, 118, 120, 124, 125, 195, 196 Jamestown, 57, 58, 60, 62, 69, 82, 89, 115, 116, 117, 118, 127, 143, 144, 150, 195 Jansen, Commissary Jan, 146, 149, 150, 154, 156, 159 Japazaws, 118 Jason, 2, 3, 4 _passim_, 188 Jesuit priests, 29, 85, 190, 191 Johnson, Dr. Amandus, 151, 157 Joliet, Louis, 190 Julin, 10 Juno, 3 _K_ _Kalmar Nyckel_ (ship), 148, 150, 151 Karlsefni, Thorfinn, 17, 19, 20, 21, 69 Kaskaskia, 193 Kecoughtan, 115, 120, 126, 146 Kennebec River, 83, 87, 98, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 145 Kent Hundred, 127 Kent Island, 126, 127, 128, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134 Kent Islanders, 128, 130, 131 Kentucky, 199, 203 Khan, Kublai, the Great, 6, 7, 13 Kieft, Governor William, 150, 175 King George’s War, 198, 199, 200 Kirke brothers, 109, 126, 128 “Kleynties,” 76 Kling, Lieutenant Mans, 150, 156 Knight, Capt. John, 54 Kublai Khan, 6, 7, 13 _L_ Labrador, 25 Laconia Company, 104, 156 _La Dauphine_ (ship), 27, 28 Lake Champlain, 41, 74, 104 Lake Chautauqua, 201 Lake Erie, 193, 199, 201 Lake Huron, 193 Lake Michigan, 187 Lake Nipissing, 42 Lake of the Iroquois, 41, 156 Lake Onondaga, 75 Lake Ontario, 42, 75, 190 Lake Superior, 188 Lake Winnipeg, 22 Lake Winnepesaukee, 104, 181 Lamberton, George, 153, 154 Lancaster, 198, 200 Lane, Governor Ralph, 53, 54 La Rochelle, 32, 35, 86 La Salle, Sieur de, 190, 191, 192, 197 La Tour, Charles de, 108, 109, 110, 111 Laud, William (Bishop of London), 124 Lederer, John, 193 Lee, Thomas, 200 Leif, Ericson, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22 Leigh, Capt. Charles, 37, 54 Leipzig, 26 Lenni Lenape Indians, 74, 137, 138, 139, 140, 143, 144, 148, 149 Levett, Christopher, 98 Levy, Franks and Simon, 200 Lewger, John (Secretary of Maryland), 133 Leyden, 92 Lincolnshire, 57 Logan, James, 198 Lok, Michael, 49 London, 37, 45, 48, 55, 63, 64, 83, 95, 119, 132, 164, 165, 184, 189, 200 London Company, 57, 58, 69, 82, 83 Long Island Sound, 18, 78, 87, 102, 153, 165, 171, 173, 183 _Long Tayle_ (pinnace), 130, 131, 132 Lords Commissioners of Plantations, 132 Louis XIV, 190, 191 Louisburg, 203 Louisiana, viii, ix, 192, 193 Lowrey brothers, 199 _M_ Machias (Maine), 111 Machias River, 104 Maine, 18, 55, 62, 68, 83, 84, 85, 96, 97, 98, 100, 101, 102, 104, 105, 106, 107,110, 111, 112, 156 Malaga, 95 Malaya, 14, 16 Malay Archipelago, 5 Manhattan, 70, 71, 73, 77, 78, 79, 86, 88, 89, 102, 136, 140, 144, 145, 150, 154, 158, 163, 164, 165, 166, 173, 175, 176, 177, 179, 181, 185 Marco Polo, 6, 7, 8, 9, 25 “Markland,” 22 Marquette, Father Jacques, 190 Martha’s Vineyard, 78 Martiau, Capt. Nicholas, 127 Mary Tudor (Queen of England), 47 Maryland, 127, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 183, 198, 200