Corks, amount of, imported into Vera Cruz in 1802, IV, 33; in 1803, IV, 45. Coronado (Sebastian) discovers the mines of Catorce, II, 283; III, 210. Corrat (Miguel de) engineer—His plan of the Rio Huasacualco, I, lxxx—His researches respecting the establishment of a communication between the two seas, IV, 21. Correa de Serra (M.) notes communicated by him, IV, 333 and 335. Corrosegura (Juan de) inventor of a process of amalgamation, III, 267. Cortez (Hernan) discovers the coast of California, I, li—How he names the capital of Mexico, I, 12–Title which he advises Charles V. to take, I, 13 (*)—Title which he had, I, 227—Advice which he gives to the emperor respecting the wealth of the clergy, I, 233—His testament, I, 239—His remorse, II, 243—How he is designated in New Spain, II, 7—His description of the valley of Mexico, II, 10–His sepulchral monument, II, 32—Account which he renders to Charles V. of the destruction of Tenochtitlan, II, 55—His activity induces him to make discoveries in the South Sea, II, 319 et seq.—His voyage to California, II, 321—Description which he gives of the Popocatept, III, 473—Researches made by him respecting a communication between the two seas, IV, 18–His voyage in the Pacific Ocean, IV, 19. Cosecheros, Indians who plant the vanilla, III. 34. Costales—See sacks. Costanzo (Don Miguel) determined the true latitudes of Cape San Lucas and Cape Saint Rose, I. lii—The position of Santa Fe, I, lxiv.–His maps of New Spain, I., lxxviii and lxxix—The journal of his voyage to California is confiscated, II, 327 (*)—His fate, II. 340. Cosumel, island antiently inhabited by Europeans, II, 244. Cotton—Its cultivation in Mexico, III, 18 et seq.—Amount

exported from Mexico in 1802, IV, 37; in 1803, IV, 49– Influence which the edict of frée trade had on its exportation, IV, 100–Quantity sent annually to Europe from the different parts of the globe, IV, 388. o Cotton in grain—Quantity exported from Mexico in 1803, IV, 48. Cotton stuffs, amount of their exportation in the Intendancy of Guadalaxara, III, 462—In the Intendancy of Puebla, ibid. Amount imported into Vera Cruz in 1802, IV, 34, 35 ; in 1803, IV, 46, 47. Covens (Jean) how he fixed the position of Vera Cruz, I, xxxii; of Acapulco, I, xxxvii. Coyotepec (Laguna de) eastern part of the Lake of Zumpango, II, iii. Cramer (Augustin)—His plan of the Rio Huasacualco, I, lxxx —His researches respecting the communication between the two seas, IV, 21. Creoles, whites born in the colonies, I, 204—Hatred which prevails between them and the Europeans, I, 205. Crespi (Juan) companion of Juan Perez—His manuscript journal, II, 363. (*) Criminals (condemned) employed in the manufactures, III, 464. w Croir (Marquis de) viceroy of Mexico, engages the body of merchants of Mexico to complete the Desague, II, 104. Cruz del Rey, a dike which divides the Lake of Zumpango into two basins, II, 110. Cruzada (Bulls of the)—Produce of this impost, IV, 214. Cuba—The patriotic society of that island encourages the sciences, I, 21.1—Quantity of sugar exported by that island, III, 14—Supply which it draws annually from Mexico to support its expences of administration, IV, 234—Gross revenue of that island, IV, 236–Its armed force, IV, 267—Obstacles to the supplying the island with provisions in time of war, and proper measures for remedyin them, IV, 286. Cuepopan–See Tlaquechiahacan.

Cuernavaca, town of the Province of Xochitepec near

which the entrenchment of Xochicalco is situated, II, 69. Cuernavaca, town of the Intendancy of Mexico, II, 184. Cuervo (Jose Tienda de)—His map of Sonora, I., lxxxi. Cues (Llanos de los) name of the valley where the pyramids of Teotihuacan are situated, II, 68. Cuetlachtlan, antient denomination of the Intendancy of Vera Cruz, II, 250. Cuitimba, a river which has disappeared, II, 216. Cuitlahualzin, the last king of the Aztecs but one, II, 76. Culiacan, town, II, 305. Culiacan, river, II, 298. Cumana—Annual balance of its commerce, IV, 121. Cumanches, savage Indians, II, 235—Their address in managing horses, ibid. Cumine—Amount imported into Vera Cruz in 1802, IV, 33. Cupica (Bay of)—Project for establishing a communication. between the two seas, I, 39. Cuvier (M)—His opinion respecting the nature of the axolotl, II, 17. Cuyoacan, town of the Intendancy of Mexico, and convent founded by Cortez, II, 184.

D.

Davalos (Don Rafael) assisted the author in drawing the geological sections, I, cKix.

Pavila (Damian)—Colleague of Henry Martinez at the Desague of Huehuetoca, II, 123. Deaths—Their proportion to the births in Mexico, I, 102– To the population, I, 105—To the sexes, II, 250– Example of the tables of death which served the author in his computation of the population, IV, 97. Defence of the country—General observations, IV, 48–Can have no other object but security from maritime invasion, IV, 268—War with the Indians, IV, 271—l)efence of the eastern coast, IV, 73—See also Force (armed). Delfware, manufactured in Mexico, III, 469—Amount imported at Vera Cruz in 1802, IV, 34, 35; in 1803, IV, 45—Amount exported in 1802 for other parts of Spanish America, IV, 38; in 1803, IV, 49. Depositories (metalliferous) of Mexico, III, 134. Derecho de oro y plata, revenue of the King of Spain from the produce of the mines, IV, 209, Derecho de tierra caliente—Nature of this impost, IV, 27. Desague de Huehuetoca—Manuscripts consulted by the author in his account of the Desague, II, 109 (*)— Commencement of the canal by Martinez, in 1607, II, 122—Defect with which he is reproached, II, 128—New surveys made by Alonzo de Arias, 11, 130—Adrian Boot is entrusted with the inspection of the hydraulical operations, II, 131—Martinez resumes this undertaking, ibid—He causes an inundation, and is arrested, II, 133– Simon Mendez is charged with finishing the Desague, II, 134—Projects of Antonio Roman, Juan Alvarez de Toledo, Christobal de Padilla, and Francisco Calderon, II, 135 et seq.—Martinez is again entrusted with the undertaking, II, 139—His place is supplied by Father Luis Flores, II, 141—Martin Solis obtains the direction of the operations, II, 142—Mischief which he occasions, ibid—Slowness with which the labour is advanced, ibid— The body of Merchants of Mexico take charge of it,

II, 144—It is finished in 1789, II, 145—Judgment of the author respecting this work, II, 147—Dimensions of the Desague, II, 151—Survey of its waters, II, 163 (1) This canal is one of the causes of the wretchedness of the Indians in the valley of Mexico, II, 168. Diaz (Fray Juan)—His determination of the junction of the Colorado and the Gila, I, lix. Dikes–Means employed by the Aztecs, to preserve the Town of Tenochtitlan fron inundation, II, 117—This system was abandoned after the inundation of 1607, II, 205. Dioscorea—See Igname. Diputaciones de Mineria—Enumeration of the 37, into which the mines of Mexico are distributed, III, l 19, 128. Discoveries of the Spaniards on the north-west coast of America, made by Cabrillo, II, 360; and IV, 81—By Gali, II, 360; and IV, 81–By Viscaino, 113, 61; and IV. 81—By Perez, II, 363—By Heceta, Ayali, and Quadra, II, 365—By Quadra and Arteaga, II, 366–By Martinez and Haro, II, 867–By the same Martinez, II, 369–By Elisa and Fidalgo, II, 374—By Malaspina, II, 375—By Galiano and Valdes, II, 380—By Caamano, II, 384–By Gaetano, IV. 82—By Mendana and Quiros, IV, 82—General view of the discoveries of the Spaniards in the great ocean, IV, 81 et seq. Divisions of the territory of New Spain, I, 263-289—See New Spain. Doctor (El) mines of the intendancy of Mexico, II, 189. Dogs serving for food, III, 47. Dolores, Indian village—Tables of its births and deaths from 1750 to 1799, IV, 290. Dominico, a species of Banana, II, 417. Doz (Vicente)—His voyage to California, I, liii, I, 222. Drake (Sir Francis), was not the first who discovered New California, II, 337. Dupé (M. de)—His researches respecting the pyramid of Papantla, II, 259.