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death of,
287
,
288
illness of,
125

Gold/silver,
39
,
41
,
42
,
43
,
54
,
58–59
.
93
,
111
,
124
,
176
,
190
,
212

Gorjaô, Francis Mendoza,
201

Graham, George,
48
,
147

Gramesón, Isabel,
30
,
34
,
46
,
108

brothers/parents of,
4
,
31–33
,
174
,
216
,
217–218
,
225
,
229
,
230
,
238
,
244
,
245
,
252
,
253
,
254
,
257
,
261
,
269
,
297–298
.
See also
Gramesón y Bruno, Pedro Manuel
dowry of,
160
,
217
engagement/marriage to Jean Godin,
160–161
sister of,
174–175
,
229
,
285–286
See also
Godin, Isabel

Gramesón, Joaquín (slave),
226
,
229–230
,
244
,
246
,
262–266
,
277
,
280

release from prison,
285–286

Gramesón, Martin,
229
,
253
,
254
,
257
,
261

Gramesón y Bruno, Pedro Manuel,
32–33
,
107–108
,
149
,
160
,
174
,
217
,
238
,
277
,
280
,
285

death of,
293

Granada,
36
,
155(n)

Grandmaison, Jean-Antoine,
294
,
295

Gravity,
20
,
21
,
23
,
24–25
,
28
,
48
,
62
,
115
,
127
,
164
,
194

and altitude,
121–122

Greece (ancient),
8–9
,
10
,
15
,
21

Guaranda (village),
88

Guayaquil, Peru,
32–33
,
82
,
84
,
89
,
154

Guerrero, Tomás,
102

Guiana,
57
,
179
,
190
,
214
.
See also
French Guiana
;
Dutch Guiana

Hadley, John,
66

Halley, Edmond,
48

Hapsburg kings,
60

Henriquez de Ribera, Francisca,
110

Hipparchus,
10

Hispaniola,
68
,
69

Holland,
26
,
36
,
54
,
179
.
See also
Netherlands

Honor,
101

Hormaegui (Jesuit rector),
101

Howler monkeys,
239–240
,
250

Huayna Capac (Inca ruler),
40
,
94

Hugo (instrument maker),
52
,
118
,
147
,
155
,
157
,
161
,
164
,
169
,
198
,
287

Huguenots,
26–27

Humboldt, Alexander von,
234
,
256

Huygens, Christiaan,
16
,
17
,
23
,
26

Illness.
See
Disease
;
Expedition to equator, illness/deaths during

Incas,
40
,
94
,
119
,
170
,
176

Indians,
45
,
93–94
,
116
,
117
,
120
,
121
,
124
,
148–149
,
173
,
177–178
,
180
,
181
,
209
,
227
,
258

of Andoas,
263
,
264
,
279
of Canelos,
238–239
,
240
,
242
,
243
,
245
,
251
,
273–274
exploitation/physical abuse of,
137–140
,
176
,
229
,
289
Isabel’s Indian rescuers,
273–274
,
275–276
in Isabel’s traveling group,
230
,
232
,
235–236
,
239
,
240
revolts of,
199
,
218
,
228
traditional customs of,
192
See also individual Indian groups

Indicopleustes, Cosmas,
11

Insecticides,
259

Insects,
75
,
83
,
86
,
176
,
205
,
247
,
250
,
251
,
259
,
260
,
262
,
275
.
See also
Ants
;
Botflies
;
Mosquitoes
;
under
Rain forest

Isabella and Ferdinand (Iberian rulers),
36

Jaen,
184
,
186

Jaguars,
248–249
,
259

Jenkins, Robert,
157(n)

Jesuits,
99
,
100
,
101
,
102
,
128
,
140
,
145
,
166
,
181
,
182
,
193
,
209
,
211
,
225
,
226
,
238

expulsion from Peru,
228–229
,
276

Jews,
35
,
36

Jibaros Indians,
186–187
,
187(n)
,
191–192
,
251
,
258
,
265

Joaquín.
See
Gramesón, Joaquín

Journal du voyage fait par ordre du roi à l’équateur
(La Condamine),
291

Juan y Santacilia, Jorge,
71
,
72
,
73
,
75
,
76
,
77
,
81
,
84
,
87
,
96
,
104
,
105
,
121
,
137
,
138–139
,
144
,
227
,
288

and Araujo,
112–113
dispute with La Condamine,
155–157
return to Europe,
197
,
289

Jupiter (planet),
20
,
25

moons of,
15–16
,
18
,
19
,
188
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