Christopher Columbus's naming in the diarios of the four voyages (1492-1504) : a discourse of negotiation

List of Illustrations . . vii
Acknowledgments . . ix
Abbreviations . . xi

Introduction . . 3
1 "Named Incorrectly": The Geographic and Symbolic Functions of Columbian Place Names . . 32
2 Words and the World: The Known Corpus of Columbian Place Names . . 46
3 "Y saber dellos los secretes de la tierra": Taino Toponymy and Columbian Naming . . 61
4 Heavenly Bodies and Metallurgy in Columbian Toponymy . . 82
5 Iguana and Christ . . 103
6 Infernal Imagery: Spirituality and Cosmology in the Final Two Voyages . . 123
Conclusion . . 157

Appendix: A Comprehensive List of Columbian Place Names . . 169
Notes . . 197
Bibliography . . 249
Index . . 265