The Boy's Hakluyt: English Voyages of Adventure and Discovery

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Adams, Clement, 77, 78;
- narrative of Richard Chancellor’s adventures by, 109, 114, 117.
Ælfrid, King, 37.
African coast, 144, 197, 198, 200, 201, 202, 210, 211, 228, 256.
African slave trade, 197, 198, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 210, 212.
“Aid,” ship, 141;
- “Ayde,” ship, in Frobisher’s voyages, 157, 158, 159, 166, 167, 169, 170, 174, 175, 177, 178, 179, 183, 185, 186.
Albemarle Sound, 10, 320.
Amadas, Philip, and Arthur Barlow, Capts., first expedition of, to North America for Raleigh, 311–321, 322;
- Amadas admiral in Raleigh’s First Colony, 322, 323, 329, 330, 353, 376.
“Amazons,” of Guiana, 383.
American colonization, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11;
- Gilbert’s projects for, 5, 23, 24, 285, 307;
- Raleigh’s projects for, 6, 8–9, 11, 12, 24, 25, 308, 311;
- Huguenot colony, 11, 12, 206–209, 252;
- Frobisher’s scheme of, 177;
- footprints of, 308–321;
- Raleigh’s colonies, 322–380, 381;
- in South America, 384, 386.
“Angel,” ship, in Hawkins’s third westward voyage, 210.
“Anne,” ship, of fleet for Russia, 129.
“Anne Francis,” ship, in Frobisher’s third Northwestern voyage, 178, 181, 183, 184, 185, 187, 188, 189, 191, 192, 193.
Antonio, Dom, Portuguese pretender, 26, 284.
Archangel, 114, 130.
Arthur, King, 13, 36.
Ashehurst, Thomas, merchant adventurer, 92.
Atlantic ocean, 263.
Ayala, Don Pedro de, 73.
Azores, 306, 382.

“Baccaloas,” 75, 85, 87.
Baffin Land, 155.
Balboa, Vasco Nunez, 241.
Bahama Islands, 328.
“Bark Raleigh,” of Gilbert’s fleet for America, 288, 290.
Barlow, Arthur. See Amadas and Barlow.
Barret, Capt., master of the “Jesus of Lubec,” 218, 224.
Basanière, Martin, 11.
Bay of St. Nicholas, 114.
“Bay of Severing Friends,” 263.
Beare, James, navigator, 158, 169.
“Beare,” ship, in Frobisher’s third Northwestern voyage, 178.
Bear’s Sound, 169, 187, 193.
“Benedict,” ship, of Drake’s fleet for the voyage round the world, 275.
Best, George, historian and voyager, 144;
- narratives of Frobisher’s voyages by, 149, 150, 151, 154, 155, 156, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162–165, 166, 167–168;
- lieutenant in Frobisher’s second voyage, 158, 168, 170;
- description of natives of “Meta Incognita” by, 173, 176, 178, 179, 180, 181;
- heroic exploits of, 188–191, 193.
“Best’s Blessing,” 189, 191.
“Best’s Bulwark,” 170.
Biddle, Richard, biographer, 71, 88.
Bodleian Library, 283.
Bokhara, 130, 133, 134.
“Bona Confidentia,” ship, in the Willoughby-Chancellor voyage, 105, 106, 111, 112, 113, 126;
- wreck of, 127, 137.
“Bona Esperanza,” ship, in the Willoughby-Chancellor voyage, 105, 106, 108, 111, 112, 113, 126;
- wreck of, 127, 137.
“Bonner,” ship, of Drake’s fleet in “Virginia,” 348.
Borough, Stephen, 106, 135, 136;
- voyages of, to Russia, 136–138, 138–139;
- Burrough’s Straits named for, 137;
- in Spain, 138.
- William, 109, 135.
Bowdoin College, 7.
Brazil, 90, 94, 198, 199, 258.
Bristol, Eng., 39, 61, 62;
- the Cabot’s voyages from, 65, 66, 72;
- Bristol men in American adventures, 66, 72, 91–92, 103;
- Bristol Castle, 175, 177.
British Museum, 7.
Brown, Capt., of the “Delight” of Gilbert’s fleet, 301.
Buenos Ayres, 102.
“Burcher’s Island,” 152.
“Buss Island,” 194.
Butrigarius, Galeacius, 79.
Buts, Thomas, mariner, 101.

Cabot, John, 3, 4;
- first letters patent to, 61, 62–65;
- biographical notice of, 65–66;
- voyages of, 65–68; 69, 70;
- second patent to, 71–72;
- sails on his last voyage, 72–73, 74, 78, 80, 82, 87, 91, 92, 136.
- Lewis, 4, 61, 62–65, 66, 136.
- Santius, 4, 61, 62–65, 66, 136.
- Sebastian, 3, 4, 61;
  - in the first Cabot voyage, 62–65; 66, 67, 71;
  - in the second, 74–76;
  - map credited to, 77, 78;
  - “discourse” of, 79–82;
  - pilot-major of Spain, 80, 84, 95; 90, 91, 92;
  - again in England, 93;
  - discoveries of, in South America, 102;
  - grand pilot of England, 102; 105, 106;
  - instructions of, for the Willoughby-Chancellor voyage, 107–108, 111, 115;
  - governor of the Muscovy Company, 124, 135;
  - last public appearance of, 136;
  - death of, 136.
Cabot voyages, the, 3, 9, 22, 62–76, 77, 84;
- ventures of other navigators in the track of, 90–95, 102.
Cabral, Pedro Alvarez, Portuguese commander, 91.
“Cacafuego,” ship, the “glory of the South Sea,” 268;
- captured by Drake, 269.
Cadiz, 384.
California, 23, 226, 254;
- Drake’s discovery of, for the English, and named “New Albion,” 274;
- earlier discoverers of, 274;
- Drake’s landfall, 274;
- Drake’s reception by the natives, 275–278;
- possession of, taken for England, 278, 279.
Camden, William, historian, 227, 228, 252.
Canary Islands, 200, 210.
Cape Breton, John Cabot’s landfall, 67, 93, 97, 98, 225, 297.
Cape Farewell, 150.
Cape Fear, 312, 328, 353, 357.
Cape Ferrelo, 275.
Cape Hatteras, 312, 362, 379.
Cape Horn, 263.
Cape of Florida, 289.
Cape of Good Hope, 282.
Cape Lookout, 379.
Cape Resolution. See “Queen Elizabeth’s Foreland.”
Cape Verde, 202, 210.
Cape Verde Islands, 256, 257, 258, 271.
Carate, Don Francisco de, 270, 271.
Carew, Capt., navigator, 178.
Carolina coast, 349, 357, 371, 378.
Caroni River, 383.
Carpini, John de Plano, and William of Rubruquis, Franciscan friars, adventures of, 53–54.
Cartagena, 212, 213, 238, 239, 251, 345.
Cartier, Jaques, explorer, 82.
Caspian Sea, 133, 139, 140.
“Cathay,” the mysterious empire of, 53, 54;
- Marco Polo’s story of, 55;
- the aim of Columbus, 56, 60;
- of the Cabots, 68, 74, 76, 81, 83;
- of Willoughby and of Chancellor, 103, 107, 125;
- of Anthony Jenkinson, 133, 134;
- of Gilbert, 143, 145, 147, 149;
- of Frobisher, 155, 157, 158, 176, 183, 192;
- Drake’s thought of a passage to, 273.
“Cativaas” (Catives) Island, 232, 247.
Cavendish, Capt. Thomas, navigator, 323, 324, 329.
Cecil, Sir Robert, 13.
- Sir William, 229.
Celebes, 282.
Chagres River, 242, 246.
Chancellor, Richard, explorer, 103;
- characterization of, 106, 109, 111, 113;
- voyages of, to “Muscovia,” 114-115, 125–126;
- reception of, at the Russian court, 117–120;
- his description of the Russians, 120–122, 123, 124;
- loss of, in the wreck of his ship, 127, 129, 135, 137.
“Chaonisti,” Indian tribe, 339, 344.
Charles VIII, of France, 59.
Chesapeake Bay, 332, 333;
- Raleigh’s Second Colony intended for, 351, 353, 357;
- arrival of the “First Colony of Virginia” in, 386.
“Chespians,” Indian tribe, 332, 342, 345.
Chester, Capt. John, with Drake, 254.
China, 55, 145, 158.
Chowan River, 332, 333.
“Christopher,” ship, of Drake’s fleet for the voyage round the world, 254, 257, 259, 260.
“Cimaroons,” Indian tribe, 232, 235, 239;
- with Drake on the Isthmus of Panama, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 243–246, 247–249, 251, 252.
Clark, Richard, master of the wrecked “Delight,” 301.
Colonies in “Virginia.” See “Virginia.”
Columbus, Bartholomew, 57, 58, 59, 60.
- Christopher, discoveries of, offered to England, 56–60, 60, 61, 65, 68, 73, 80, 90.
- Fernando Colon, 56, 59.
“Company of Cathay,” The, 157, 194, 195.
Conception Bay, 291.
Constantine, “the Great,” 38.
Contractation House, 21, 138.
Cooke, Capt., with White in the quest for the Lost Colony, 372, 373, 374, 376, 378.
Cooper, Christopher, 365.
Copper, in “Virginia,” 334, 335.
Cornwall, Eng., 175, 209, 223, 367, 369.
Cortereal, Gaspar de, and Michael de, navigators, 91.
“Countess of Sussex Island,” 191;
- “Countess of Sussex Mine,” 187.
“Countess of Warwick’s Island,” 170, 173, 184, 185, 186, 189, 190, 191, 192;
- identified as Kod-lu-narn, 195.
Cox, Capt., with Gilbert, 298, 299.
Craney Island, 332, 333.
Croatoan, 329, 330, 331, 344, 345, 346, 347, 360, 361, 362, 363, 371;
- supposed place to which the Lost Colony removed from Roanoke, 376, 377, 378, 379.
Crusades, The, English adventurers in, 41–50.
Cuba, 85, 204, 213.

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