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Arctic monastery, 136-137, 138

Ari Frode, 101

Arna-Magnaean MS. No. 194, 116, 119

Arna-Magnaean MS. No. 557, on Markland, 115

Athens and Atlantis, 1, 33

Atlantic continental mass, theory of Termier, 19

Atlantic submarine banks, 24

Atlantis, Antillia and, 148; improbability of existence, 18; invasion of the Mediterranean, 16; location and size, 17; Plato's account, 3, 11, 32, 187; Sargasso Sea as, 29; submergence, question of, 22; Termier on, 14

Avezac, M. A. P. d', 8, 114

Avienus, 27

Ayala, Pedro de, 65, 68

Azores, description, 164; floral and faunal indications of mainland connection, 21; Mayda and, 92; names of islands, 21; occurrence of name "Seven Cities" in, 78; two series on Bianco map of 1448, 122

Babcock, W. H., "Early Norse Visits," 6, 115, 172, 184; "Indications of Visits," 46, 57, 71, 86, 150

Baffin Land, 111, 184

Bahamas, 155, 163, 188

Barra, 181, 183

Basques, 8

Beauvois, Eug?ne, 131, 184

Beccario map of 1426, Antillia on, 151; reproduction of a photographed section , opp. 45; St. Brendan's Islands on, 45

Beccario map of 1435, Antilles, four islands, on, 153; Antillia on, 70, 151, 153; Daculi on, 183; reproduction of section , 152

Behaim globe of 1492, St. Brendan's Islands on, 47

Benedict, R. D., 38

Benincasa map of 1482, Antillia on, 70, 159; reproduction of section , 160

Beothuks, 123, 131

Bermuda and Mayda, 93, 188

Bianco map of 1436, Antillia on, 156; reproduction of section , 179; Stokafixa on, 185

Bianco map of 1448, St. Brendan's Islands on, 46; two series of Azores, 122

Bimini , 146

Bird names, 44

Birds, isle of, 166

Blaskets, 181

Blunt, E. M., 91

Boid, Captain, 170

Book of the Spanish Friar, 44, 55, 92, 165; on the Azores, 165

Bourne, E. G., 55

Bra, 181

Brazil , on Catalan map of 1375, 58; on Catalan map of about 1480, 61; on Dalorto map of 1325, 50, 56, 121; early maps, occurrence, 55; location and shape, 57; in place of Markland, 121; Mayda and, 83; on Nicolay map of 1560, 61, 121; Norse and Irish omission of name, 66; St. Lawrence, Gulf of, and, 59, 187; Seven Cities and, 68; on Sylvanus map of 1511, 65; two on the same map, 121-122

Brazil , derivation, 50, 52; spellings, 50; various applications, 121

Brendan , St., adventures, Lismore version, 34; explanations of Brendan narratives, 35; exploration, 34, 48, 187; probable basis of fact in narratives, 38

Brendan's Islands, 34; on Beccario map of 1426, 45; on Behaim globe of 1492, 47; on Bianco map of 1448, 46; on Dulcert map of 1339, 42; Hereford map testimony, 38; on later maps, 48; on the Pizigani map of 1367, 43

Bretons, exploration, 8, 84

Brown, A. S., 78

Buache, N., 78

Bullar, Joseph and Henry, 79

Buss Island, 174, disappearance from map, 177; discovery, 175; map , 176

Cabot, John, 10, 55

Canary Islands, mainland connection, question of, 21; tradition concerning St. Brendan, 39

Canerio map, 146

Cape Breton, 118-119, 127, 132, 135, 185; Mayda and, 92, 93

Cape Cod, Mayda and, 92, 188

Capmany, Antonio de, 54

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