An Arab's Journey to Colonial Spanish America: The Travels of Elias al-Mûsili in the Seventeenth Century

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Abancay plantation, 49–50 ‘Abbâs (shah of Persia), 86n. 167 ‘Abdallah,‘Ubaydallah Yûsuf (Maronite from Jerusalem), xii, xx Acanitepec, 78 Acosta, Jose de, xix, 102 addenda, xix-xx Agha, Mikhâ’îl, 5–6 Agha, Suleiman, 10n. 23–24 Aguamanga, 46–47 Agurto, Juan Miguel de, 76 Aix-en-Provence, 7n. 11 Albers, Diego, 102 Alcapulco, 86n. 165 Aleppo, xi, xv, xvii, xxi, 6 Alexandretta, xv, 6 Alfonso VI (king of Portugal), 13 alligator hunting, 27–28 Alvera, Diego de (writer), xix Amapala, 74 America:account of trip to, xx; discovery of, 92–94;journey to, xv-xvi, xxv, 16–17;name of, 3–4n. 6;preparation for trip to, 14–16. See also specific city or country Amieu, John, 6n. 9 Amortajada, 70 Amotapé, 35, 70 ‘Amuda family, ix, x Amushayu, 74 Anbat (Ambato), 29 Antilles, 16n. 43, 17n. 49 Apurimac River, 47 Aragon, 12 ‘araq, 51n. 118 Argentina, xvi, 64 d‘Arvieux (companion to Agha), 10n. 23 assassination attempts, 35–36 Atahualpa Inca, 49 Audiencia, 75–76 Augustine, Saint, 3 Austria, 12 Avignon, 8 Baba, 28 Babylon, 8n. 17, 9 Baghdad, xv, xxi, xxiii, 5, 86n. 168 Bahamas, 91 Balafocas, Johannes, 88–89n. 171 bamboo-like plant, 23 Banos Calientes, Los, 61 Barancilavacan, 56 Barcelona, 12, 13 Baronius, César, 96, 102  Index bashkash, 45n. 104 Basilica, 35–36 Basima Tuluz, 76 Basun, 76 Bavida, Bartolomé de, 62 bazahr (hazahr) stone, 48 Bella Cana, 77 Bernajia, Andreas de, 55 Besson, Joseph, 6–7n. 11 Bianatic, 78 Bianto, 77 birds, 29 bishop of Lima, 66–68 bishop of Philippines, 88–89 Blue Sea. See Pacific Ocean Bolivia, xvi, 58–59 Bonada Bariacaca, 43 Boni River, 43 Bono silver mine, 52 Bonras, 11 book of the kings, 100, 101 Bordeaux, 11 Borsel Barilla, Juan de, 100–101 Botigas de San Antonio, 29 Bravo, Alonso, 77 Brazil, 17 Buenos Aires, 64n. 131 bullfight, 34 Buna, 102 Burgos, 11 burial rites, 41, 50 Burkarfon, 24 cacao, 22, 28–29, 76 cactus, 46 Cadaquès, Port of, 12 Cádiz, xv, 15–16, 91–92 Cailloma silver mine, 52 Caïman (alligator), 27–28 Cajamarca, 39 Caldera, La, 72–73 Callao, 20, 39–43, 50, 66–70. See Lima Canary Islands, xvi, 16 cane, gift of, 24–25, 66 Cantera, Juan Batista de la, 42 Capac, Huayna, 93–94 Capullana, 93 Caracas, 17 Caramine, 96 Cargairaso Mountains, 29n. 84 Carlos II (king of Spain), xv, 12, 14, 54 Carlos V (king of Spain and Hungary), 16 Cartagena, xvi, 19–20, 21, 22 Casas, Bartolomea de Las, 100 Castello, Christofolo de, 46 Castillar, Balthasar Villagucunda de, Marquis de Maragun, 40 Castro, Francisco de, 79 Catalonia, 12 Chagres River, 24, 69 Chaldeans, x, xxiv-xxv, 9n. 19 Charles I (king of Spain), 16n. 43 Chatamalina Bejacu (Chimaltenango), 76 Cheikho, Louis, xii Chevela (Chile), 64 Chiapa, 77, 100 Chiapa El Spanol, 77–78 Chile, xvi, 64, 100 Chilion-Combal (Chilon-Cacas), 99 Chimborazo Mountains, 29n. 84 China, 85, 87–88 Chontalis, 99 Christ, Jesus (picture), 65 Christianity, 1–2, 94–104 Christian relics in South America, 94–104 Chrysostom, St. John, 89, 96 Chucuito, 55–56, 103 Chuquis, 61–65, 98  Index Church of the Disciple, 98 Church of the Virgin Mary of Guadalupe (Mexico City), 81–83 Church of the Virgin Mary of Jacicua, 31–32 cinnamon trees, 32 Ciudad Real, 77 Clavier, Peter, 19n. 55 Clement VI (pope), 8, 88 Clement IX (pope), xxi-xxii, xxiii, 12 Clodianus, 96 coca grass, 51 coccus, 79, 84 Cocomadanes, 77 Colan, 36 Colombia, xvi, 19–21, 64n. 133 commercial communications, 85–86n. 165, 86n. 168 Condoleo, Michael, 6n. 9 Condoruma silver mine, 52 Copacabana (icon), 56 Coral, Alonso del, 58 Cordoba, Nicolao de, 15 Corfu, 7 Coriente, 70 Coronado, Francis Vásquez de, 45n. 103 Cos, 79 Cotopaxi Mountains, 29n. 84 Cozumel, 99 Crete, 7 Cristo de Burgos, 11 crosses, 11, 98–100, 101 Cuba, 23, 90 Cuenca, 33–34 Cumana, 18 Cumata, 56–57, 98–99 Cuquinbit, 74 Curacao (island), 18 Curiel (historian), 26–27n. 81 Cuzco, 47–49, 51, 53, 102 Cyphalonia, 7 Cyprus, 6 Damascus, 6 deposed viceroy, xxvi, 50, 62, 65–71 devil, 2–3, 102–3 Diego, Juan, 81–83 Dionisio (guardian at Oaxaca), 79 Diyâb al-Mârûni, Hanna b. (Maronite of Aleppo), xx Documents inédits (Rabbât), 9n. 19 Dordogne River, 11n. 28 earthquakes, 41, 50 Eastern rite churches, 14n. 38, 15n. 41, 38n...