Dias, Bartholomew, 7. Docks, of Buenos Aires, 199-200; of Montevideo, 229. Dutch Guiana, 426-427, 428. Earthquake, of 1859 in Ecuador, 368; of 1877, 371-372. Earthquakes, in Venezuela, 413. Ecuador, invasion of, by a lieutenant of Pizarro’s, 76; area, population, and political divisions, 352; river systems, 352-353; climate, 353-354; plants, shrubs, and trees, 354-358; voyage along coast of, 360-361; mountains, 365-372. Eden, Richard, 27. Education, in Brazil, 178-180; in Argentina, 198. El Dorado, legend of, 91-96, 425. Emeralds of Colombia, 35, 377-379. _Encomiendas_, system of, 86, 87. England, commerce between Brazil and, 136; capital from, invested in Argentine railways, 197-198. English, in Valparaiso, 297. _See_ British. Episcopal seminary, São Paulo, 179. Ercilla, Alonso de, 102-103. Esmeraldas, Province of, 358. Essequibo, 426, 427. Estates or ranches of Argentina, 214-219. Eucalyptus trees, Montevideo, 232. Exposition of 1910 at Buenos Aires, 198. Federmann, Nicolaus, 95, 96. Fiske, John, quoted, 15, 17, 80-81. Forests, of Brazil, 136; of Paraguay, 241; of southern Chile, 286-287, 308-310; of Ecuador, 356, 363-364. Formosa, territory of, in Argentina, 226. Fortaleza, city of, 154. Fletcher, James C., quoted, 161-162. Francia, José Rodríguez Gaspar, 246-249. Fray Bentos, Liebig Company plant at, 235-236. French, in Buenos Aires, 203; in Valparaiso, 297, 298. French Guiana, 426, 428. Froward, Cape, 311. Fruit-raising at Mendoza, 221. Fuegian Archipelago, 225-226. Funza River, 385. Gallo, Island of, 39. Gama, Vasco da, 7, 16-17. Garcilaso, de la Vega. _See_ Vega. Gasca, Pedro de la, 89-90. _Gaucho_, Argentine cowboy, 217-218. Georgetown, British Guiana, 427. Germans, steamships of, at Buenos Aires, 200; resident at Buenos Aires, 203; investments of, in Argentine land, 219; in Patagonia, 224; in Valparaiso, 297. Gilded Man, legend of the, 91, 425. Goats, in Argentina, 216; in Uruguay, 235. Gold, of the Incas, 54, 58, 73-74; mining of, in State of Minas Geraes, 187-189; in Venezuela, 419; in the Guianas, 425. _See also_ Mineral resources. Gomara, Francisco Lopez de, quoted, 54. Grains, production of, in Argentina, 192. Gran Chaco, 218, 226, 240. Great Western Railroad, Argentina, 220. Guadelupe, Mt., 385, 387. Guallatiri, Mt., 257. Guano deposits, Peru, 321. Guarany Indians, 242. Guatavita, Lake, 425. Guayaquil, founding of, 76; manufacture of Panamá hats at, 359-360; description of city, 360-363. Guayas River, 76, 353, 361. Guayra, cataract of, 244-245. Guiana Highlands, 417-418. Guianas, location and topography, 424; discovery, naming, and occupation by the Spanish, 424-425; Dutch, English, and other nations in, 426-427; area, population, and productions, 427-428. Hancock, A. U., “History of Chile” by, cited, 103.