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  INDEX

  References in italics refer to illustrations.

  acacia

  açai, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3

  Acapulco, 1.1, 4.1, 8.1, 8.2

  Acemoglu, Daron, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3

  Acosta, José de

  Acre River

  Acuña, Pedro Bravo de

  Adams, Henry, 2.1, 2.2

  Aedes aegypti, 3.1, 3.2, 8.1, 9.1

  Africa, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 3.1, 3.2, 6.1, 9.1, 9.2

  economic system of, 9.1, 9.2, 10.1

  malaria in

  migrations from

  scale insects of, 1.1, 10.1

  slavery in, 9.1, 10.1

  yellow fever in

  African rice

  Africans

  assimilation into Indian groups by

  fight against Indians of

  growing population of, 8.1, 8.2

  immigration of

  immunities of, 3.1, 3.2, 8.1, 10.1

  Indian alliances of

  movement of

  slaves owned by

  slave supply controlled by

  see also slaves, slavery