Part 53

Torres, Luis de, sent ashore at Cuba, 136.

Torres, Cabo de, 187, 188.

Tortuga Island, 168, 172, 174; Columbus reaches, 178; described, 179; natives, 180, 183; reports of gold, 184.

Toscanelli map, 101 n.

Tradir, Eric at, 16.

Tramontana, La, island, 348, 349.

Triana, Rodrigo de, sights land, 109.

Trinidad, discovered, 331; Columbus seeks harbor, 333; size, 334, 340; Columbus's crew lands, 335; Indians, 335-336; climate, 337; fruits, 338; animals, 338-339.

Trivigliano, Angelo, letters of, mentioned, 318.

Trujillo, Columbus near, 391 n., 392 n.

Turuqueira, 290.

Tyrker, accompanies Leif on voyage of discovery, 50; in Vinland, 52-53.

"Uniped" episode, 40.

Uvægi, 41.

Vætilldi, 41.

Valldidida, reported to be a king of the Skrellings, 41.

Valle del Paraiso, 180.

Valparaiso, Portugal, Columbus at, 254.

Valthiof, and Eric the Red, 16.

Valthiofsstadir, landslide caused by Eric's thralls at, 15.

Vatnshorn, 15, 16, 45.

Veragua, report of mines, 394; Columbus reaches, 400-401; explored, 401; mines found, 401; natives, 401-402; signs of gold, 411; advantages for settlement, 411-412; and Columbus's mythological geography, 413; gold of Quibian, 414; official appointments, 415.

Verde, Cabo, 129.

Verde, Simone, letter of, mentioned, 318.

Vespucci, Amerigo, and naming of America, 359 n.

Vifil, freed by Aud, 15.

Vifilsdal, given by Aud to Vifil, 15.

Vinland, and Northmen, sources, 3-13; verity of tradition, 4, 7-8, 11, 13; location, 10, 37 n., 67 n.; natives, 10-11; chronology of voyages, 12, 43 n.; Leif's discovery, 25, 50-54; Thorstein Ericson's attempt, 26-27; voyage of Biarni Herjulfson, 47-49; Thorvald's voyage, 54-56; Thorfinn Karlsefni's expedition, 31-42, 59-62; expedition of Finnbogi and Freydis, 62-64; described by Adam of Bremen, 67; Bishop Eric's expedition, 69.