Labrador, cape of, 199; land of, 200, 202, 345. La Boca de la Drago, 171; Sierpe, 171; de Terminos, 234. La Cruz, 279. Lactantius, 89, 90. La Culata, 279. Ladrone islands, 294. Laet, Johannes de, 319, 346, 347. La Isla de Trinidad, 168, 169, 170. Lake Maggiore, 181. Lamb, Mrs. Martha J., 359. Land of Ayllon, 284. Land of Codfish, 197, 200, 202, 207. Land of Cortereal, 208. Land of Fire, 334. Land of Grace, 170. Land of Pearls, 173. Land of Red wood, 286. Land of the Farmer, 200. Land of the Grand Scarp, 349-351. Land of the Holy Cross, 287. Land of the Palisades, 349. La Nouvelle France, 330. Lanzarote, island, 97. Lares, Almador de, 237. La Rabida, 87, 90, 91. Laos, 57. Lapidaries, 265. La Plata, port of, 279. Lappenburg, M., 41. Lariab, country of, 166. Las Barbas, islands, 180. Las Islas Desdichados, 292. Lateens, 180. Lathyrus, 60. Latini, Brunetto, 62. Latitude, 66-68. Laudonnière, René Goulaine de, 351, 367. Leagues, land, 83, 305; sea, 83, 305, 329, 331. Leather, 243. Leicester, earl of, 350. Leif, son of Eric the Red, 25, 27, 30, 35, 42. Lelewel, Joachim, 182. Lemos, Gaspar de, 207. Lenormant, François, 15. Leo X., Pope, 181. Leon, Juan Ponce de, 221, 223-225, 278. Lester, C. Edwards, 159. Leucippe, 17. Levante, wind, 161. Lepe, Diego de, 174. Libeccio, wind, 161. Libya, 4, 5, 59, 60, 64, 219. Line of declination, 98, 99, 102, 158. Line of demarkation, 145, 296. Lings, 203. Lions, 268. Liquors, 171, 176, 178. Lisbon, 83, 84. Littré, É., 246. Liverpool, 84. Llwyd, Humphry, 43. Locke, Michael, 79, 315. Lockhart, John Ingrim, 233. London, 186, 194, 197. Longitude, 66-68, 332. Long Island, N. Y., 316, 317, 319, 320. Long Island, West Indies, 107, 356. Long Island Sound, 317, 353, 355. Looms, 148. Louise of Savoy, 320, 351, 352, 357, 358. Louisiana, 275. Luisa, island of, 320. Lully, Raymond, 67. Luna, Fernando Perez de, 153. Luxan, Juan de, 152. Lynna, Nicholas de, 217. Lynx, 322, 324, 328. Machian, island, 294. Madagascar, 58. Madeira, island, 78, 304. Madoc, Guyneth, 43, 44. Maestrale, wind, 161. Maestro, wind, 161. Magalhaens, Fernam de, 69, 284-294, 337. Magellan: (_See_ _Magalhaens_.) Magellan’s Strait, 289, 290, 291, 292, 293, 333. Magnetic needle, 61-63, 65, 98, 99, 102, 157, 158, 217, 293. Magnetism, terrestrial, 98, 69, 158, 217. Magua, island, Great and Little, 107. Maguey, plant, 252; root, 268. Magnussen, Arne, 34. Maine, 327, 328, 329. Mainwaring, 350. Maiollo, Visconte de, 307, 342. Maize, 176, 178, 230, 234, 283. Major, Richard Henry, 49, 171. Malinche, 261. Malpiero, Gasparo, 53. Malvas, port of, 208. Mames, 121, 123. Mamre, 6. Mandeville, Sir John, 58, 76. Mango, 84, 179, 180.