Montserrat— Continued.
ony, 290-292 ; description,
316, 317
Montserrat, town in Trinidad,
Mo3o8r1e, Admiral, 323
Moore, Sir John, 342
Morant Keys, 201
Morgan, Sir Henry, buccaneer,
85
Morne des Sauteurs, 351
Morne du Diamant, 331, 333
Morne Fortunée, 341
Morne Garou, 343
Morro Castle, at Havana, 143 ;
at Santiago de Cuba, 160 ; at
San Juan, 273
Mountains, of Cuba, 129 ; of Jamaica,
201, 202 ; of Haiti,
227-229 ; of Puerto Rico, 261
Mount Diablotin, 325
Mount Hillably, 356
Mount Maitland, 350
Mount Misery, 314
Mount Naparima, 372
Mount Pelée, 331
Mount Tamana, 372
N
Naguabo, 262, 277
Napoleon, sends expedition to
Haiti, 239 ; re-establishes slavery
in Guadeloupe, 323
Narrows, the, 315
Nassau, 3 ; first settled, 77 ; description,
119 ; rendezvous of
blockade-runners, 125
Natividad, or Navidad, La,
founded by Columbus, 39 ; destroyed,
42
Navios, 372
Nelson, Lord, hunting the
French fleet, 100 ; marriage in
Nevis, 316 ; at Barbados, 361 ;
at Trinidad, 378
Netherlands, contests title of
Spain to islands, 71, 92 ; share
in St. Martin, 303 ; Saba and
St. Eustatius, 310, 311 ; Curajao,
Buen Aire, and Aruba,
383-388
Nevis, situation and extent, 9 ;
first settled, 74 ; part of Leeward
Islands Colony, 290 ; description,
315, 316
New Providence, 3 ; first settlement,
76 ; description, 119
Neyba, Bay of, 226
Nieves, 315
Niña, a caravel of Columbus,
35 ; returns to Spain, 45
Nisbet, Fanny, 316
Nissage-Saget, General, 244
Nombre de Dios, attacked by
Drake, 66, 68
Nueva Esparta, 384
Nuevitas, 152, 159
O
Oberzijde, 386
Ocampo, explores Cuban' coast,
141
Ocoa, Bay of, 226
Ogé, Vincent, 237
Ojeda, Don Alonzo de, an officer
of Columbus, 44, 45, 47;
accompanies Vespucci, 371 ;
discovers Curasao, 386
Old Harbour, 200
Olive Blossom, first English vessel
to visit Barbados, 78, 358
Orangetown, 311
Organos, mountains in Cuba,
130
Orinoco, river, effect upon Trinidad,
373
Orinoco, valley, abode of Ara-
waks and Caribs, 25 ; limit of
Spanish Main, 60
“ Ostend Manifesto,” 176
Ovando, Nicolas de, governor
of Española, 47, 49
Ozama, river in Santo Domingo,
47, 230
P
Pacific Ocean, connection with
Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean
Pacific Ocean— Continued.
Sea, 13 ; Drake’s cruise upon,
65
Palma, Tomas Estrada, 185
Palos, Columbus starts from,
35 ; returns to, 40
Panama, burnt by buccaneers, 85
Pando, Spanish general, 182, 186
Paradise Peak, 303
Paria, Gulf of, Columbus enters,
46, 370 ; description, 380
Paris, treaty of, 95, 323
“ Pearl of the Antilles,” origin
of the term, 136
Pedro Bank, 201
Penn, Admiral, and Venables,
capture Jamaica, 79, 210, 360
“ Peter the Great," sobriquet of
buccaneer, 84
Petion, General, 241
Petit Anse, present site of Columbus’s
Navidad, 40
Petit Goave, 234
Philipsburg, 304
Pico Tarquino, mountain in
Cuba, 129
Picton, Lieut.-Colonel, governor
of Trinidad, 378
Pinar del Rio, city of Cuba, 156
Pinar del Rio, province of Cuba,
151 ; occupied by insurgents,
186-188
Pinta, one of Columbus’s caravels,
35
Pinzon, Martin Alonzo, companion
of Columbus on his
first voyage, 36, 38, 40
Pinzon, Vicente Y anez, companion
of Columbus on his first
voyage, 36
Piracy, beginning of, in West
Indies, 61, 63-68 ; after the
buccaneering period, 87-89
Piton Vauclin, 331
“ Pitons, The,” 339
Pitt’s Town, 122
Plantain Garden River, 203
Plymouth, 317
Pococke, Admiral, lays siege to
Havana, 95
Pointe-à-Pitre, 321, 324
Point Galera, 372
Polk, President, proposes to purchase
Cuba, 174
Ponce, 276
Pope Alexander VI., bull dividing
possessions of Spain and
Portugal, 51, 71
Port-à-la-Paix, 249
Port Antonio, 200, 222
Port-au-Prince, Bay of, 225
Port-au-Prince, city, 233, 238,
248
Port Maria, 200, 222 ; maroon
insurrection near, 213
Port Morant, 200, 222
Port Mula, 277
Porto Bello, or Puerto Bello,
attacked by buccaneers, 85
Port of Spain, 380, 381
Port Royal, headquarters of buccaneers,
83, 200, 210 ; destroyed
by earthquake, 210,
211
Portsmouth, 327
Portugal, title to eastern lands,
51 ; engages in slave trade,
103
Portuguese, in St. Vincent, 347
Potrerillo, mountain in Cuba,
130
Prévost, Sir George, 328
Prince Rupert’s Bay, 324, 327
Prince's Town, 381
Privateering, 63-70, 85
Providence Channel, 116, 119
Pueblo Nuevo, 156
Puerta de Tierra, 275
Puerto Bello, or Porto Bello,
takes the place of Nombre
de Dios, 68 ; attacked by
buccaneers, 85
Puerto Plata, city, 226, 255
Puerto Plata, province, 252
Puerto Principe, city of Cuba,
T49 .
Puerto Principe, province of
Cuba, 152
Puerto Rico, position and extent,
5 ; political connection, 7 ; ab