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Mexique, Mexico

4. Indes, Indies^ the name given by Columbus and early geographers to the American islands and mainland, then supposed to be part of Asia. Many writers of the i6th century use the word Indies in a restricted sense for the country now included in Mexico, and Lesage apparently does the same.

5. Alicante, seaport and capital of the province by the same name, situated on the Mediterranean.

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