_Pico de Orizaba_ volcano, i. 35. 150. _Pico de Tancitaro_ mountain, i. 135. _Piedra Blanca_, Pacific, i. 201. _Pihuen_, or Chilese pine tree, ii. 247. _Pilaya y Paspaya_, province of La Plata, ii. 179. _Pilcomayo_ river, ii. 166. 173. _Pillan_, name of the Deity in ancient Chili, ii. 233. _Pimeria_, province of New Spain, boundaries, climate, inhabitants, i. 86. Rivers, 87. Forts, 88. _Pinos_ isle, Cuba, i. 192. _Pique_, insect, i. 244. _Piritoo_ isles, ii. 300. _Piros_ Indians, ii. 152. _Pisco_, town of Peru, ii. 133. _Piura_, district of, and oldest town in Peru, ii. 120. _Pizarro_, history of the conquest of Peru by, ii. 86. _Pizarro Gonzalo_ assumes the government of Peru, ii. 99. ---- ---- exploratory journey of, to the false Maranon, i. 290. _Plain_ of the Maranon, i. 223. _Plains_ of Barcelona, ii. 32. _Platina_ of Choco, i. 274. _Poitos_, slaves of the mission Indians, ii. 15. _Pomabamba_, province and town of La Plata, ii. 182. _Pongo de Manseriche_, or crevice of the false Maranon, i. 322. 333. _Ponce de Leon_ explores Florida, i. 9. _Popayan_, government of New Granada, i. 275. ----, city of New Granada, scite, environs, rivers, i. 279. Volcanoes, buildings, population, 280. _Popo_, silver mines of La Plata, ii. 178. _Popocatepetl_ volcano, i. 35. 141. _Population_ of New Spain, i. 47. Of Mexico, 58. Of Puerto Rico, 182. Of Cuba, 187. Of New Granada, 214. Of Caraccas, ii. 2. Of Peru, 76. Of Spanish America, 108. 318. Of La Plata, 156. Of Chili, 253. _Porco_, city of La Plata, ii. 177. ----, mountains of La Plata, ii. 177. _Porcupine_, American, ii. 257. _Pore_, city of New Granada, i. 264. _Porrudos_, river of La Plata, ii. 165. _Port_ Sir Francis Drake, i. 4. 76. 77. _Port_ San Francisco, i. 4. 77. _Porto Bello_, city of New Granada, scite, foundation, i. 235. Fortifications, harbour, climate, 236. Inhabitants, commerce, 237. Edifices, &c., 238. _Porto Cavello_, city of Caraccas, scite, history, ii. 50. Buildings, population, trade, 51. Climate, &c., 52. _Portuguesa_, river of Caraccas, ii. 6. 66. _Potatoe_, not indigenous to Mexico, only found in South America at the conquest, i. 38. _Poto_ mines of La Plata, ii. 189. _Pototaca_ lead mines of La Plata, ii. 179. _Potosi_, mines of, ii. 174. _Potosi_, city of La Plata, scite, climate, environs, mines, ii. 174. Foundation, mint, population, buildings, ii. 175. _Precipice_ of the Silla de Caraccas, ii. 8. _Price_ of provisions in Choco, i. 273. ---- given for European animals in the early times of the Spanish colonies of Peru, ii. 131. _Produce_ of the mines in the New World, not so great as has been imagined, i. 42. Actual amount of, ii. 320. _Pron_, bundle of threads used to record events in Chili, ii. 233. _Protector_ of the Indians, title of Las Casas, ii. 22. _Pucara_, remarkable ruins in La Plata, ii. 190.