- Napea, Osep, first ambassador from Russia to England, 125, 126, 127;
- Navigation, early schools of, 21.
- Netherlands, 9, 144.
- “New Albion.” See California.
- New Brunswick, 68.
- New France, 82, 83.
- New Spain. See Mexico.
- Newfoundland, 4, 5, 27, 67, 68, 75;
- Portugal’s claim to, 91;
- English discovery of, 92, 93, 97, 209, 288;
- Gilbert’s colonizing voyage to, 289–307;
- taken possession of for England, 292–293, 301, 305.
- Newfoundland fishing fleets, 93, 291.
- Nombre de Dios, 230, 231, 232;
- Norfolk, Virginia, 332.
- Norris, Sir John, 196, 310.
- North America, England’s claim to, 3, 9;
- founders of English colonies in, 31;
- Portugal’s claim to, 91;
- supposed continent of, 152, 161, 167, 197;
- Drake on the western coast of, 254, 262–283;
- Gilbert’s attempt to reach the eastern coast, 297–302, 305;
- Raleigh’s attempts at colonization in, 322–380, 385.
- North Carolina, 75.
- Northeast Passage, The, 90, 96–103, 125, 126, 133, 135, 141, 143.
- Northwest Passage, The, 3, 19, 53–61;
- early quests for, by the Cabots, 62–76, 79, 81, 93, 102, 142;
- revival of the theory by Gilbert, 143, 144, 145–147;
- Frobisher’s voyages for the discovery of, 147–194, 195, 273.
- “North Foreland,” or Hall’s Island, 161, 162, 182.
- North Seas, 36, 37, 110.
- Norway, 126, 135.
- Nova Zembla, 137.
- Nova Scotia, 67, 91.
- Obi River, 137.
- “Ocracoke” (Oregon Inlet), North Carolina, 312.
- Octher, northward voyage of, in the ninth century, 37.
- Ojeda, Alonzo de, navigator, 90.
- “Okisko,” Indian king, 340, 341, 343.
- Oregon, Drake on the coast of, 273, 274;
- Drake’s “bad harbour,” 275.
- Orinoco River, 382;
- Raleigh’s exploration of, 383, 387;
- scheme for colonization on, 384.
- Ortelius, Abraham, geographer, 35.
- Oviedo, Gonzalo de, historian, 94, 95.
- Oxenham, Capt. John, navigator, 236, 241, 243, 328.
- Oxford, 19, 20, 22, 23, 42, 143, 283, 310.
- Pacific Ocean, 23, 102, 147, 183;
- Pamlico Sound, 10, 329, 331.
- Papal bulls, 52, 60, 76.
- Paraguay River, 102.
- Parana River, 102.
- Parmenius, Stephanus, poet and historian, 300.
- “Pasha,” ship, in Drake’s voyages to the Spanish Main, 229, 230, 239, 247, 251.
- Pasqualigo, Lorenzo, 68.
- Patagonia, 254, 260, 264.
- Patents for English adventures, 61, 62–65, 70–72, 92, 93.
- “Paul of Plymouth,” ship, 198.
- Peckham, Sir George, associated with Gilbert’s projects, 288.
- “Pelican,” ship, of Drake’s fleet for the voyage round the world, 254, 255, 258;
- Pellew Islands, called by Drake Islands of Thieves, 280.
- “Pemisapan,” Indian king. See “Wingina.”
- "Penguin, Island of," adventures on, 98–99.
- Persia, 134, 139, 140;
- Pert, Sir Thomas, expedition of, 94.
- Peru, 230, 241, 242, 265, 266, 267;
- Philippine Islands, 102, 272, 280.
- Philip II of Spain, 6, 10, 124, 126, 129, 138, 356, 368;
- Philip and Mary. See Mary.
- “Philip and Mary,” ship, in Chancellor’s second voyage to Russia, 125, 126, 127, 138;
- in Stephen Borough’s third voyage to Russia, 138.
- Phillips, Sir Thomas, 7.
- Philpot, Richard, in Frobisher’s second northwestern voyage, 171, 178.
- Pinnace, of the fleet with Raleigh’s Second Colony, 354, 355, 357.
- Pinzon, Vincente Yarez, navigator, 90.
- Plate River, 102, 237, 259, 264.
- Plymouth, America, 1.
- Plymouth, England, 11, 144, 196, 202, 210, 228, 230, 231, 252, 255, 287, 290, 308, 323, 330, 354, 370, 371.
- “Plymouth Company,” The, 25, 385.
- “Pocahontas,” 387.
- Point Reyes Head, Drake’s landfall in California, 274.
- Polo, Maffei, 54;
- Nicolo, 54;
- Marco, 54;
- Voyages and Travels of Marco, 55.
- “Port Pheasant,” 230.
- Porto Rico, 61, 94, 226, 323, 324.
- Portsmouth, England, 349, 353, 367.
- Portugal, 21;
- Papal bulls in favor of, 52, 60, 87, 90;
- claim of, to the North American coast, 91, 284.
- Portuguese, navigations and discoveries of, 3, 4, 21, 51, 52, 53, 57, 75, 80, 90, 91, 92, 104;
- on the California coast, 274.
- “Primrose,” ship, 129.
- Prince Edward Island. See St. John, Island of.
- Principal Navigations, The, 12–14, 25–28;
- Public Library of Boston, 34.
- Purchas, Samuel, 14;
- his Hakluytus Posthumus, 14, 226.
- William, 88.
- Raleigh, Sir Carew, 310.
- Sir Walter, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12, 17, 23, 31, 143, 196, 197;
- letters patent granted to, 24, 25, 308–309, 311, 351;
- associated with Gilbert’s projects, 286–289;
- biographical notice of, 310–311;
- preliminary expedition of, sent to America, 311–312;
- Virginia taken possession of, 312, 322;
- his First Colony, 322–350;
- Second Colony, 351–352, 356, 364, 368;
- service of, against the Spanish Armada, 369, 370, 379;
- repeated quests for his Lost Colony, 381, 384;
- voyages of, to the Orinoco, 382–384, 387;
- imprisoned in the Tower of London, 381, 382, 385, 386, 387;
- Walter, Jr., 387.
- Prof. Walter, 34.
- Raleigh Window, The, 388.
- Ramusio, Giovanni Battista, historian, 4, 77, 82, 94.
- Resolution Island, 151.
- Ribault, Capt. John, in Florida, 5, 11, 12, 208.
- Rio del Hacha, 203, 212, 228, 229.
- “Rio Francesco,” 247, 249, 250.
- “River of May,” 206.
- “River Occam,” 320.
- Roanoke Island, 11, 312;
- first Englishmen on, 318, 319, 320, 323;
- Raleigh’s First Colony at, 329, 330, 331–352;
- abandoned by that colony, 349;
- Grenville’s later return to, with a relief fleet, 350, 352, 353;
- Second Colony at, 357, 358, 359, 360, 361, 362, 363, 366;
- White at, in quest of the Lost Colony, 371–373, 373–378;
- inscription on the palisado at, 376, 379, 380, 386.
- Roanoke River. See “Moratoc.”
- "Roe-bucke," ship, of the fleet with Raleigh’s First Colony, 323.
- “Rosse Bay,” 355.
- Rouse, Capt. James, navigator, 231, 232, 237, 238.
- Russia, 103;
- opening of, by Chancellor’s voyage of 1553, 104–124;
- voyages to, for the Muscovy Company, 124–142;
- Jenkinson’s adventures in, 130–135;
- Borough’s voyages to, 136–139, 141, 142.