_Alligator_ of New Spain, i. 40. Of New Granada, 257. 317. _Almagro_, revolt of, against Pizarro, ii. 97. Conquest of Chili by, 234. _Almendral_, town of Chili, ii. 269. _Alpaco_ or Peruvian sheep, ii. 255. _Alto de Tiopullo_, chain of the, i. 300. _Alvarado_, expedition to Peru by, ii. 96. _Amalgamation_ works of New Spain; mercury consumed by the, i. 44. _Amatiques_, gulf, New Spain, i. 166. _Amazonia_, discovery of, by Orellana, i. 292. _Ambergris_ Key or Ubero Island, i. 197. _Amelia_ island, Florida, i. 19. _America_, Spanish, extent of, i. 208. _America_, Spanish, North, era of discovery of, i. 1. Extent of, 4. Political and territorial divisions, i. 6. _America_, Spanish, South, general idea of, i. 207. Boundaries, 208. Political divisions, _ib._ Era of discovery, 209. _America_, Portuguese, population of, ii. 319. _Amerigo Vespucci_, publishes the first regular account of America, i. 3. Voyages of, 211. _Amotape_, village of Peru, ii. 121. _Amparaes_, district of La Plata, ii. 178. _Ampolaba_, or Boa Constrictor of Tucuman, ii. 206. _Ampues_, first governor of Caraccas, ii. 20. _Anahuac_, ancient name of Mexico, i. 104. _Anahuac_, Cordillera of, i. 35. Plain of _ib_. _Anco_, town of Peru, ii. 139. _Ancud_, gulf of, ii. 283. _Andagualas_, district and town of Peru, ii. 140. _Andalusia_, New. See _New Andalusia_. _Andero_, or St. Andres Isle, gulf of Mexico, i. 199. _Andes_, Cordillera of, in New Spain, i. 35. 68. Description of the, 219. _Andes de Cuzco_, ii. 144. _Andes_ of Chili, ii. 248. _Angaraes_, district of Peru, ii. 134. _Angelos Puebla de los_, city of New Spain, i. 140. _Angostura_, or Santo Tomé, capital of Guiana, ii. 4. _Animal_ food, the secondary article of human nourishment in New Spain, i. 39. _Animals_ of New Spain, i. 40. _Antioquia_, or Santa Fé, province of New Granada, i. 271. City of ditto, 272. _Antiquities_ of New Spain, i. 52. _Antonio_, St., Castle or Citadel of Cumana, ii. 27. _Apacheria_, country of New Spain, i. 72. _Apaches_, Indians, i. 72. 75. _Apalachia_, town of, Florida, i. 12. River of, Florida, 15. _Apallachicola_, river, Florida, i. 14. _Apo-Ulmens_, chiefs of the Araucanians, ii. 290. _Apolabamba_, district of La Plata, ii. 191. _Apura_, or Apure, river of Caraccas, i. 262. ii. 66. _Apurimac_, river, i. 325. Sources of, in Peru, ii. 149. _Araguato_, singular monkey in Caraccas, ii. 39. _Aranta_, town of, Peru, ii. 147. _Araucania_, or Indian Chili boundaries, extent, ii. 287. _Araucanian_ Indians, ii. 288. _Arauco_, river of Caraccas, ii. 67. _Araura_, town of Caraccas, ii. 57. _Araya_, salt works of, in Caraccas, ii. 30. _Archbishopric_ of Mexico, i. 48. Of Lima, ii. 130. _Archidona_, town of Quito, i. 335. _Archipelago_ of Chiloe, ii. 283.