=Malacca=, departure of Vespucci to discover, 53; latitude, 53 _n._ =Mandraga=, 43 =Manoel=, King of Portugal, voyage of Vespucci by order of, 2 =Maracaibo= (see =San Bartolomé=) =Maracapana=, 91, 96 =Margarita=, isle, x, 30, 72, 73, 89, 91, 96; on the map of Juan de la Cosa, xi =Martyr=, Peter, direction of the voyage age of Pinzon and Solis fixed by his mention of Chabaca and Pintigron, xxxiv; evidence of, 74, 79; opinion of Vespucci, viii; evidence that Vespucci helped in the Cantino map, xxxvii _n._ =Mecænas=, alluded to by Vespucci, vii, 2 =Medici Letter=, xii, xv, 42; editions, xvii, xviii =Medici=, Lorenzo Pietro Francesco, iv, xii, xv, 42 =Melaccha= (see =Malacca=) =Mendez=, Diego, 57 =Mini=, Lisabetta, mother of Vespucci, iii =Montoya=, one of Roldan's boat's crew, 105 =Morales=, Andres de, evidence of, 96, 97, 113 =Muñoz=, opinion of Vespucci, i; mention of entries respecting Vespucci, v =Myrrh=, 39
=Natives= (see =Indians, Brazil=) =Nativity=, Bay of, named by Pinzon and Solis, 109, 112 =Navarrete=, opinion of Vespucci, i; suggested Tristan d'Acunha as the southern land of Vespucci, 40 _n._ =New World=, coast of Brazil so called by Vespucci, xvi-xviii, 42 =Niccolini=, Donato, sent to Spain with Vespucci, iv
=Orinoco=, Hojeda off the mouth of, x =Ovando=, xiv =Oviedo=, statement that Pinzon was on the Honduras coast before Columbus, xxxii; discrepancy between his statement and that of Vespucci respecting the number of ships, supposing Vespucci to have sailed with Pinzon and Solis, xxxiii
=Padron Real=, chart so called, corrected periodically, to be kept at Seville for reference, 65 =Parchi= (see =Fishery=) =Paria=, visited by Hojeda, x, 30, 31; discovered by Columbus, 68, 71, 73, 75, 79, 80; gulf of, 32; on the map of Juan de la Cosa, xi; Pinzon and Solis sailed towards, xxxiv =Parias=, name of a province visited by Vespucci in his alleged first voyage, 17; question of the names _Parias_ and _Lariab_, xxiii, xxx, 74 _n._, 87 =Pearls=, 29, 48, 76, 91 =Pedrarias=, xiv; Giovanni Vespucci as pilot with, xv =Penalosa=, Francisco de, uncle of Las Casas, 77 =Perez=, Nicolas, evidence of, 109 =Pilot Major=, appointment of Vespucci, xiv, 64; to teach the pilots, 64 =Pilots=, with Hojeda, 31; orders respecting, 64, 65; qualifications of, ix; Giovanni Vespucci appointed, xv =Pinelo=, Treasurer, receipt for Vespucci, of money to pay sailors, 5 =Pintigron=, in voyage of Pinzon and Solis, xxxiii, 109, 110 (see =Martyr=, Peter) =Pintor=, Juan, a deserter from Hojeda, 104, 106 =Pinzon=, Vicente Yañez, evidence at the lawsuit, xxxii, 109, 111, 113; direction of voyage, xxxiv; projected voyage with Vespucci, xiii; date of voyage with Solis, xxxiii =Pliny=, quoted by Vespucci, vii, 2, 48 =Policletus=, vii, 48 =Portugal=, King of (Manoel), sent for Vespucci, xi, 34 (see =Vespucci=); Vespucci hoped the King would return his journal, 51 =Portuguese= called Española by the name of _Antilla_ or _Antiglia_, xxxvi _n._, 29 _n._, 107; archives silent respecting Vespucci, xl; voyages of Vespucci with, xl-xliii, 34-56 =Ptolemy=, Vespucci mentions him as having called Cape Verde the "Ethiopic Promontory", 43 =Puerto Flechado=, x