Earthly Paradise, Columbus and,364-365.Einar of Laugarbrekka,18.Einar, of Einarsfirth, settles in Greenland,47.Einar, son of Thorgeir,18;sues for Gudrid’s hand,19.Elefante, Cabo del,168,171.Enamorado, Cabo del,221.Engaño, Cabo del,229 n.,295 n.,322.Enriquez, Beatrix,321.Eric, Earl, visited by Biarni Herjulfson,150.Eric the Red, saga of,3-5,14-43;goes to Iceland,14,45;in Drangar and Haukadal,15-16,45;voyage,16-17,45-46;discovers Greenland,16,17,46;return to Iceland,17,46;fight with Thorgest,17;names and colonizes Greenland,17,46;mentioned,20;welcomes Thorbiorn to Eastern Settlement,23;unwilling to embrace Christianity,26;and expedition to land discovered by Leif,26-27,50;receives Gudrid,29;welcomes Biarni and Thorfinn Karlsefni,30,42;mentioned,31,33,56;at Brattahlid,48;death,54.Eric Gnupson, Bishop of Greenland, expedition,69.Eric Uppsi,seeEric Gnupson.Ericsey, Eric the Red at,17,46.Ericsfirth, Eric the Red at,17,46;mentioned,26,27,29,30,54,55,59,64.Ericsholms, Eric in,17.Ericsstad, Eric at,16.Ericsstadir, Eric the Red in,15,45.Ericsvag,16,45.Escocesa, Bahia,220 n.Escobedo, Rodrigo de,110,184;remains in Española,209,210.Escudo, Puerto,168 n.,171 n.Eskimos, and Vinland,10,41 n.;and Greenlanders,71 n.-72 n.Española discovered,168;named,173,264;natives,175-177,180-187,190-196,198,201-203,205-210,222-225,265-269,297-307;products,177,178;climate,178;description,181-182,192-193,264-268;Columbus praises land and people,198,201,202;first settlement,204,206,268;reports of gold,215;coast explored,215-228;recommendations of Columbus for colonization and commerce,273-277;return of Columbus,295;scenery,296;fate of first settlement,300-304;building of city Isabella,308;products,310-312;ships despatched to,320-323;supplies for,348-350,353;revolts,360,366,373;colonists,373,374-377;arrival of Bobadilla,375-378;Columbus taken prisoner,380;mining,382;Columbus forbidden to land,390;and Columbus’s fourth voyage,406-408;condition,415.Estrella, Cabo de la,168,171.Exploring expeditions, independent, authorized by Ferdinand and Isabella,360.Eyiulf of Sviney,16,45.Eyiulf the Foul,15,16,45.Eyrar, Biarni arrives at,48.Eyxney,16,45.
Fava,134.Fayal, mentioned,235.Ferdinand and Isabella, contract with Columbus,77-80;and route to Indies,78;patent to Columbus,81-84;war with Moors,89;and Demarcation Line,323,326;and Columbus,331;authorize independent exploring expeditions,360;and Hojeda,373;and Bobadilla,376;and Columbus’s fourth voyage,389-418.Fernandina, discovered,116-117,263;Columbus approaches,118;natives,119;described,119;coast explored,120-122;sighted,129.Ferro, island of,93,104,112,137,237,284,323.Finnbogi, voyage to Wineland,62,63;death,64.Flat Island Book,3;composition,4;“The Vinland History,” and collateral sources,8-9;reliability of “Vinland History” questioned,8-10,12.Flechas, Golfo de las,228.Flechas, Puerto de las, Columbus in,222-228.Flores, island,235-237.Fortunate Isles, and first meridian of Marinus,396 n.Fraile, Punta del,166 n.Frances, Cabo,220.Frances, Puerto,199 n.Frederick, Bishop, in Iceland,46.Freydis,32;drives off Skrellings,38;fate,39;marriage,48;voyage to Vinland,62-64;and death of Helgi and Finnbogi,63-64;return,64-65.Froda-wonder,24.Fuma,206.Funchal, Columbus in,320.Furdustrandir,seeWonder-strands.
Galeota, Cape, Columbus sees,332 n.Galera, Cabo de la,332.Gallega, La, ship of Columbus on fourth voyage,390.Gama, Vasco da,323 n.;in south Atlantic,323 n.,326 n.Gard, overseer at Lysufirth, death,27,29.Gardar, Freydis at,48;Freydis leaves,62;bishopric of, in fifteenth century,70-74.Gatos, Puerto de,353.Geirstein,16.Geography, Columbus’s conceptions of world,387,396-398.Glaumbœiar-land, Thorfinn Karlsefni in,65.Glaumbœr, church in,66.Gomera, Columbus at,93,284,320;mentioned,94.Gomera, Count of,seePeraza, Guillen.Good Hope, Cape of,397 n.Gordo, Puerto,400.Gottskalk, Annals of, quoted,69 n.Government of Española, Columbus’s plan,274;Columbus’s desire to be relieved,375;Bobadilla’s arrival,375-376;immunities proclaimed,376-378.Gracia, Isla de,338-341.Gracia, Rio de,219.Gracias á Dios, Cape,391,392 n.Gran Can,89;embassy to Rome,89;and Columbus’s belief that he has reached Asia,126,131,134,135,136,145,157,174,268;and Cabot’s landfall,423.Gran Canaria, Columbus at,92,283.Granja, Puerto de la,187 n.Greenland, Norse colonists,10;discovery,17;explored,17;named,17;colonization,17;Thorbiorn in Western Settlement,20-23;introduction of Christianity,23-26;sickness in Western Settlement,27-29,57-59;Biarni and Thorfinn Karlsefni in,30-32,59;return of Thorfinn Karlsefni,62;Helgi and Finnbogi in,62;mentioned,67 n.;bishopric of Gardar,71-74;conditions in colony,71-74.Grimhild, death and burial,57,58.Guacamari,seeGuacanagarí.Guacanagarí, Indian cacique,193 n.,207;Columbus takes leave of,209-210;mentioned,298-300,303,361;suspected of treachery,301,305-307;receives Columbus,304-305.Guadalquivir River,180.Guadeloupe,225 n.,290 n.;Columbus at,286;mentioned,343;natives report mainland to south,359.Guaigo,394 n.Guanahani, discovered,110,263;Columbus takes possession of,110;natives,111-113;mentioned,131,134,151.Guanaja, Columbus at,391 n.,392 n.Guarico,188 n.,196 n.Guarionex,206.Gudrid, ancestry,15 n.,18;in Arnarstapi,18;return to Laugarbrekka,19;and prophecy of Thorbiorg,22-23;marries Thorstein Ericson,27,56;in Western Settlement, Greenland,27-29,57-59;goes to Eastern Settlement,29,59;marries Thorfinn Karlsefni,31,59;goes to Iceland,43;descendants,43-44,66;accompanies Thorfinn Karlsefni to Vinland,60-61;in Iceland,66.Guevara, Ferdinand de, in Xaragua,374.Guiga,399 n.Guinea,145;and reported trade of canoes with land to west,326;navigation of Portuguese,332;exploration,351-352.Guisay,seeQuinsay.Gunnbiorn, son of Ulf the Crow, voyage,16,46.Gunnbiorns-skerries, discovered,16,46.Gutierrez, Pedro,109;sent ashore,200;remains in Española,209-210.
Haekia, in Vinland,33.Hafgrim, settles in Greenland,47.Haki, in Vinland,33.Halldis,18;death,20;mentioned,22.Hallveig, daughter of Einar,18.Hanno, voyage,328.Harold, the Stern-ruler, King of Norway, voyage,68.Haukadal, Eric the Red in,15;Eric banished,16,45.Hauk Erlendsson, book,3-5;reliability,8.Hayti,168 n.,295,391 n.Hebrides, Aud and Thorstein go to,14;Leif in,24-25.Helgi, voyage to Wineland,62-63;death,64.Helgi Thorbrandsson, settles in Greenland,47.Helluland, identification,10;named,51;explored,32.Henry VII., of England, reception of John Cabot,424;plan of second voyage,425,428;preparations for second voyage,429.Heriulf, accompanies Eric the Red to Greenland,46-47;at Heriulfsness,48-49.Heriulfsness, Thorbiorn arrives in,20;Heriulf at,46,48-49.Hermoso, Cabo,123,124.Hesperides, and Cape Verde Islands,322 n.Hierro, island,seeFerro.Hierro, Punta del,220.Hojeda, Alonso de,312 n.;explores Cibao,313 n.;voyage,360,416 n.;arrival in Española,373;mentioned,376.Holar, Bishop of, ordered to inquire into affairs of Gardar bishopric,73.Holmar, Eric winters at,46.Holmlatr, Eric spends winter in,17.Hop, Karlsefni at,36,39,40-41.Horn-Strands,45.Hrafn, settles in Greenland,47.Hrafnsfirth, Eric enters,17,46.Hrafnsgnipa,46.Huego, reports of land to the southwest,326.Hvamm, Aud in,15.Hvarfsgnipa,17.Hvitramanna-land,42.