V.

Vaca, Cabeza de. _See_ Cabeza

Vaca, Pedro, 260

Valderas, Juan, notary, 264

Valdivieso, Sebastian, 270

Valladolid, xvii, 238

Valle, Pedro Diaz del, 244

Vanegas, Garcia, 52, 240, 245, 253; threatens the governor's life, 257; kisses the governor's feet, 260; his terrible end, 262

Vardellesse, Germanised form of Spanish _fortaleza_, 24

Vera, Don Pedro, grandfather of Alvar Nuñez, xiii; province named after, 36; 108

Vergara, Captain, 161

----, Francisco Ortiz de (called by Schmidt, Fergere), 79

Vicenda. _See_ San Vicente

_Viejo_, port, 234

Villegaignon takes possession of Rio de Janeiro, xxix

W.

Welzer, Jacob, xxiv, xxv, 2

West Indies, slaves introduced into, xxv

Weybingen, no village of that name, 24, 25

Whale, length and capacity of, 1

Whales, harm done by, 86 _seq._

Wiessay. _See_ Mbiaçá

Wight, Isle of, 91

Wild boar, 118, 216, 229

Wine made of the carob bean, 18; of honey, 19, 63; of maize, 230

Women, sale and barter of, 20

Worms, white (weevil), fried for food, 115

Wydt. _See_ Wight