_Arequipa_, intendancy of, in Peru, ii. 147. _Arequipa_, city of, Peru, scite, population, foundation, rivers, climate, vicinity, trade, port, ii. 147. Bishopric, public edifices, earthquakes at, 148. _Ari_, singular deity of the Muzos Indians, i. 270. _Arica_, district and city of, Peru, ii. 150. _Arispe_, city of, New Spain, i. 89. _Armadillo_, ii. 256. _Army_, of New Spain, i. 56. 61. _Aroa_, river of, Caraccas, ii. 45. _Arrival_ of the Spaniards in Peru, i. 288. _Asangaro y Asila_, district of, La Plata, ii. 188. _Asterillo_, port of Chili, ii. 276. _Astorpilcos_, descendants of the Peruvian Incas, ii. 125. _Ascension_, river, New Spain, i. 87. _Asuncion_, capital of Paraguay, ii. 203. _Atabalipa_, or Atahualpa, History of, in Quito, i. 286. Fifteenth Inca of Peru, ii. 86. 90. Death of, 94. _Atacama_, district and town of, La Plata, ii. 190. _Atacames_, government of. See Tacames. _Atavillos_, marquess of, title granted to Pizarro, ii. 96. _Atlixco_, town of, New Spain, i. 143. _Atrato_, river of, Darien, i. 240. _Atures_, cataract, i. 221. _Audienza_, Real, of New Spain, i. 33. 59. _Audienza_, Real, of Santa Fé de Bogota, i 214. Of Quito, _ib._ Of Lima, ii. 77. Of Buenos Ayres, 171. Of Los Charcas, 173. _Augustin_, San, capital of, East Florida, i. 11. _Avila_, town of Quito, i. 336. _Axayacatl_, King of Mexico, i. 112. _Ayaupa_, Isle of the Archipelago of Chonos, ii. 287. _Aymaraez_, district of, Peru, ii. 146. _Aztecas_, ancient Mexican people, i. 106. B _Baba_, district of Quito, i. 313. _Babahoyo_, district of Quito, i. 312. Town of ditto, 313. _Bacuachi_ fort, New Spain, i. 92. _Baeza_, town of Quito, i. 335. _Bahia Negra_, Spanish boundaries on the Paraguay, ii. 165. _Balize_, British settlement in Honduras, i. 173. _Balsas_, or Rafts of Guayaquil, i. 315. _Banana_, uses of the, in New Spain, i. 37. 244. _Baracoa_, town of Cuba, i. 191. _Baragan_, mountain of New Granada, i. 221. 276. _Baranca del Malambo_, town of New Granada, i. 250. _Barcelona_, province of. See _New Barcelona_. _Barcelona_, city of, in Caraccas, scite, foundation, buildings, ii. 31. Population, trade, 32. _Barquisimeto_, city of Caraccas, population, scite, foundation, climate, trade, ii. 53. Public buildings, &c., 54. _Bastidas_, discoveries of, i. 213. _Batabano_, town of Cuba, i. 191. _Batopilas_, native silver sometimes found in the mines of, i. 43. ----, mining town of New Spain, i. 94. _Bavispe_ fort, in New Spain, i. 92. _Bayamo_, or St. Salvador, town of Cuba, i. 191. _Benalcazar_, conquest of Quito by, i. 214. 288. _Beni_ river, i. 326. ii. 144. 194. _Biriquite_, district of New Granada, i. 274. _Biru_, town of Peru, ii. 125. _Biscay_, New. See _New_ Biscay. _Bishops_ of New Spain, i. 48. _Blanca_ isle, Caribbean sea, ii. 298.