Bakelos, name, 198, 203. Balboa, Vasco Nuñez de, 225-228. Banda, 292. Bardsen, Ivar, treatise of, 23. Barges or bèrges, 248, 349. Barrett, William, 188. Barros, Joam de, 68. Bartolomé, Francisco, 240. Basanier, M., 357, 358. Bastidas, Rodrigo de, 174, 225. Baths, 12, 266. Baya Isleos, 330. Beamish, North Ludlow, 25. Bear, the Great and Little, 213. Bears, 199, 202. Beaufort, N. C., 310. Behaim, Martin, 67, 80, 290. Behring’s Strait, 303, 308. Behring, Vitus, 308. Beimeni, island of, 221, 224, 278. Belem, 177. Belle Isle, Strait of, 297, 345. Bells, 176. Beneventanus, Marcus, 215. Benewitz, Peter, 219. Berg, Joshua van, 74. Bergenroth, G. A., 187. Bermudas, 356. Bermudez, Juan, 356. Bernaldez, Andres, 120. Bernardino, Cardinal, 154. Berruguette, Alonso, 265. Beseneghe, 212. Bethlem, 177. Bethune, Vice-admiral, 64. Bible, La, 61. Biddle, Richard, 195. Bimini, fountain of, 222, 224; island of, 224, 278. Birds, 100, 103, 104, 105, 109, 116, 122, 123, 147, 166, 181, 203, 308. Bjanneyjar, 34. Bjarni, voyages of, 25-27, 37, 40. Block Island, 320. Blood-letting, 164, 298. Bobadilla, Francisco de, 172. Boemia, Martin of, 290. Bohemia, Martin of, 67. Bohio or Bosio, 114, 130, 133. Boiuca, 221. Borriquen, island of, 148, 221. Boulenger, Ludovicus, 219. Bourbon, Charles de, 338. Boursier, Jacques, 339. Bows. (_See_ _Indians_.) Bradley, Thomas, 195. Brahmans, 57. Brass, 8, 269. Brattahlid, 24, 28. Brazil, 173, 206, 207, 212, 213, 214, 216, 220, 228, 286, 300, 352, 359; island of, 195; port of, 175, 179. Brazil-wood, 216, 229, 286. Breidafjörd, 25. Bretons, 297. Brevoort, James Carson, 343. Bridges, 164, 258, 270. Brisa or Briso, island, 320. Bristol, 73, 188, 189, 192, 194, 195, 196, 197, 199. Britons, 297. Brittany, 301, 304. Brodhead, John Romeyn, 362. Brown, Rawdon, 190. Brunelleschi, Alderotto, 338. Buil, Friar Bernardo, 152, 196. Burma, 57. Bygd, 24. Cabo Bajo, 330. Cabo Casinas, 175. Cabo de Arenas, 330. Cabo de Boa Esperança, 69. Cabo de Campana, 126. Cabo de Cinquin, 127. Cabo de Corrientes, 224. Cabo de Cuba, 125. Cabo de las Conchas, 171. Cabo de las Higueras, 278. Cabo del Elefante, 127. Cabo del Estrella, 127. Cabo del Isles, 115. Cabo del Monte, 127. Cabo del Pico, 126. Cabo de Palmas, 118. Cabo de San Nicolas, 152. Cabo de Santa Elena, 279, 280, 284, 330. Cabo Deseado, 292, 293. Cabo Fuerte, 152. Cabo Hermoso, 114. Cabo Lindo, 127. Cabo Santa Cruz, 154. Cabo Santa Maria de la Consolacion, 174.