The Natural & Moral History of the Indies Volume 61 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1880 Excerpt: ... INDEX. CONTENTS. I.--General Index II.--Descriptive List Op Names Op Places In Peru III.--Quichua Words IV.--Descriptive List Of Yncas Mentioned By Acosta V.--Ynca Succession. The "ayllus" Or Lineages VI.--Mexican Names VII.--Descriptive List Op Spaniards And Other Europeans GENERAL INDEX. Agatarchides, book on the Erythrean Sea reported by Phocian in his Bibliotheca, on refining gold, 192 Alligators, 148 Alligator pear, 250 Ambrose, St., 8, 9 America. (See Indies.) Ancestors, worship of, 312 Antarctic pole (see Pole), unknown lands, 170 Antilles soil, products, 169 Antipodes, views of Lactantius and St. Augustine on, 4,19, 22, 23 Architecture of the Yncas, 415 Arctic zone, extent of land unknown, l 71 Aristotle, correct opinion of the shape of the heavens, 4, 9, 21; believed the torrid zone to be uniuhabitable, 25, 27, 29, 32, 75, 81, 96; ignorant of the compass, 48; on birds, 275 Armadillos, 283 Astrolabe, height of the sun by the, 15 Atlantis, isle of, 64, 65, 90, 102 Augustine, St., views as to the shape of the heavens, 3; doubt as to the South Pole, 4, 6, 9, 19; denied the Antipodes, 22, 23, 32, 45, 47, 187; on beasts found on islands, 58; on extension of Christianity, 528 Australia, conjectured existence, 170 Avicenna, 91 Axi, 239, 240. (See Pepper.) Aymara dictionary, by Bertonio, v 539 542 544 546 547 548 Bacalaos, 60 Balsam, 257, 258 Bamboos, 263 Baptism, rite of Mexicans resembling, 369 Barter, use of, 189 Basil, St., 8 Batatas, 235 Bears, 274 Bees and honey, 274 Beer. (See Chicha, Maize.) Bezoar stones, 288, 292 Birds in the Indies, 275, 279 Bogos, 151 Bonzes, 339 Brazil wood, 260 Bridges, 416, 417 Cacao, 244 Calendar, Mexican, 392 Calibashes, 238 Camels in Peru, 272 Camotes, 235 Canary Isles known to Pliny, 33; name, 34 Canopus star, 14 Capsicum...