INDEX
- 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;
- “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;
- “Bona Esperanza,” ship, in the Willoughby-Chancellor voyage, 105, 106, 108, 111, 112, 113, 126;
- “Bonner,” ship, of Drake’s fleet in “Virginia,” 348.
- Borough, Stephen, 106, 135, 136;
- Bowdoin College, 7.
- Brazil, 90, 94, 198, 199, 258.
- Bristol, Eng., 39, 61, 62;
- 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;
- 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.
- 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;
- 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.