Garcia, Nuño, 54
Gargantua and Pantagruel (Rabelais), 84
Gatigan, 254
Genghis Khan, 80–81
genital stretching, see palang
geography, 3, 9
Germany, 25, 120, 307
Gilolo, 348, 359, 378
Ginovés, Antonio, 92, 103
Giogi, 369
glaciers, 180–81, 184
Gois, Luis Alfonso de, 297
Gomes, Estêvão, 187–92, 195, 201, 298, 302–3, 305–6
Gómez, Francisco, 283
Good Hope (rock formation), 202
grumetes (apprentices), 112
Guadalquivir River, 1–2, 68–69, 72, 310, 390, 391
Guadiana River conference, 409–10
Guam, 219–23, 230, 387, 424n
guanacos, 163, 164–65, 166, 422n
Guaraní Indians, 99–102
Guerra, Gerónimo, 136, 191–92, 298, 303, 305–6
Guinea, 87, 298
gunners, 113
gunpowder, 246, 323–24, 339
guns (falcones), 247
halberds, 247
Hans of Aachen, 393
Hapsburg, House of, 308
hardtack, 58, 59, 91
Haro, Cristóbal de, 37–38, 119, 191, 298, 299, 391, 412, 429n
Haro, Diego de, 391
Hawaiian Islands, 222
Henry (the Navigator), Prince of Portugal, 14–15, 18, 25, 118–19, 389
Heredia, Sancho de, 297
Hernández, Diego, 136–37
Herodotus, 74
Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de, 76
Heyerdahl, Thor, 218
Hispaniola, 9
Holy Roman Empire, 307
Charles I elected emperor of, 310
creation of, 307–8
Homonhon Island, 239, 241, 242
homosexuality, 92–93, 103, 300, 419n
House of Commerce, see Casa de Contratación
House of Fugger, 37–38, 120, 308, 412
Huelva, Juan Rodríguez de, 393
Humabon, King of Cebu, 257–59, 262–63, 268–69, 275, 281, 286
Enrique’s conspiracy with, 292–94, 297
Magellan and, 258–59, 262–63, 272–74
religious conversion of, 268–69
Hydra (constellation), 207
India, 3, 12, 16, 18, 30, 74, 75, 77–78, 81–82, 333, 351
Treasure Fleet in, 235–36
Indian Ocean, 13, 216, 232
Indian Ocean High, 383
indulgences, papal, 309
infanticide, 266
Inquisition, 7, 108, 145
torture practices of, 145–46, 148, 150
international date line, 386–87
Isabel, Queen of Portugal, 34
Isabella I, Queen of Spain, 7–8, 11, 16, 24, 25, 27–28, 29, 269
Isla de los Tiburones (Shark Island), 219
Islam, 12, 77, 333
Islas de los Ladrones (Islands of the Thieves), 229, 378, 379
Italy, 13, 307, 404
Iussu, King of Gilolo, 353
Jakiol Bay, 369
Japan, 231, 378
Java:
funeral rites of, 372
palang practice of, 372–73
Jews, 7
Portugal’s expulsion of, 16
João I, King of Portugal, 14
João II, King of Portugal, 15, 18
João III, King of Portugal, 404, 406, 412
Joãozito (Brazilian son of Carvalho), 104
John the Giant (Tehuelche Indian), 166, 169–70, 390
Juana the Mad, Queen of Spain, 271, 307, 310–11
Juan Fernández Islands, 208, 213
Judicibus, Martín de, 393
Julius II, Pope, 9
Junta Santa de las Communidades, 310–11
Karakitang, 339
Karkaralong island group, 338–39
killer whales, 376
Kima, 339
King, C. G., 217
Kolambu, Rajah, 244
Komo, 378
Kon Tiki, 218
Laigoma, 369
Lantern (Chinese constellation), 235
Lapu Lapu, King of Mactan, 275–76, 278, 294
modern monument honoring, 286–87
las Casas, Bartolomé de, 32–33
Leo X, Pope, 62
Charles I and, 309–10
Raphael’s portrait of, 308–9
Leonor, princess of Portugal, 22–23, 34–35, 41, 42
leprosy, 372
Leyte, 244
Limasawa, 244, 254–55, 257, 258, 259, 269, 317
Lind, James, 216–17
linen (anjeo), 107
linguistics, 209–10
Lipan, 338–39
Lisboa, João de, 119–20, 175
Little Ice Age, 12–13, 78
Livro da Marinharia (Book of the Sea), 96
Loaysa, Francisco García Jofre de, 410–11
Lomas Bay, 182
lombardas (cannons), 246–47
Lorosa, Pedro Alfonso de, 347, 351–53, 360, 381
Lusíads, The (Camõos), 340, 428n–29n
Luther, Martin, 309
Luxembourg, 307
Luzon, 231, 328
mace, 337, 352, 356
Mactan, 255, 315, 394, 400
monument on, 286–87
village burned in, 272–73
Mactan, Battle of, 276–84, 305
assessment of, 283–84
Magellan’s death in, 252–53
Madagascar, 375
Madrid, Francisco de, 297
Magalhães, Rodrigo de, 17
Magallanes, Martín de, 385
Magdalen Sound, 189–90
Magellan, Diogo, 18
Magellan, Ferdinand:
assessments of, 284–85, 413–14
authoritarianism of, 70, 151–52, 272–74
background of, 17–18
bravery of, 19
death of, 282–83
in emigration to Spain, 23–25, 26
in India, 18–19
King Manuel’s conflicts with, 20–23
leadership style of, 70, 127, 134, 151–52
marriage of, 26
monument to, 286–87
in Moroccan campaign, 19–21
name of, 17–18
navigational skill of, 201–2
nepotism of, 160
post-expedition reputation of, 406–7
religious zeal of, 259–60, 267, 272–74
secrecy of, 70–71
Spanish language and, 44, 46
torture practiced by, 145–50
treason charge against, 41
will of, 64–66
Magellan, Ferdinand, expedition of:
achievement of, 391–92
allotment of profits from, 349
Aranda removed from, 56–57
assessments of, 394, 413–14
captains of, 55
Charles’s instructions for, 48–50
chronicles and accounts of, 62–64
common language and idiom of, 108–9
costs and financing of, 37–38
crew composition in, 59–60, 108–17
daily routine in, 206–7
departure of, 68, 72–73
desertions from, 371, 378
division of labor in, 109–11
Elcano’s account of, 395–97
Enrique’s betrayal of, 293–97
Faleiro’s removal from, 52–54, 57
flags incident and, 45–46
follow-up expeditions to, 410–412
hierarchy of officers in, 114–15
leadership elections in, 291–92, 314
life at sea in, 106–8
Magellan’s authority as issue in, 38–39, 46–48, 50, 54–56, 92, 93–94
Magellan’s proposals of, 21–23, 30–33
Magellan’s sailing orders for, 71–72
maps of, 53–54
Maximilian’s report on, 403
medical supplies in, 113–14
mutinous officers in, 86–88, 91–95
nationality issue in, 28–29
navigational instruments of, 53–54
nepotism in, 54–55, 160
outfitting of, 44–45, 153–54
phantom crew members of, 114
planned route of, 31–33, 52
Portuguese pursuit of, 86–88, 351–53, 377, 379–80
provisioning of, 57–59, 86–87, 102, 118
reduced rations in, 91, 133–34
religious observances in, 70, 102–3, 110–11, 134–35, 170, 207
royal contract for, 34–35
in search of Moluccas, 315, 318–20, 332, 335, 337–39
secrecy of, 70–71
ships of, 36
signaling system of, 71–72
social structure of, 109–11
sodomy incident in, 92–93, 300
solar eclipse observed in, 173
stranded landing parties in, 129–30, 131
twenty-four-hour gain in, 386–87
watch system of, 72
weapons carried by, 246–48
weather encountered by, 85, 88–89, 91, 117, 123, 129–31, 173, 178, 182–83, 200–201, 213, 369–70, 375, 378, 383
wildlife encountered in, 128–30, 184–85, 206, 254, 334, 376, 420n
Magellan, Rodrigo, 26, 65–66