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Naplavkof, conspirator, [334-335].

New Albion, Drake's, [164], [173], [182], [183], [184]; Gray expedition off, [218]; Vancouver's expedition sights, [267]; Vancouver takes possession of, [271].

New Archangel, modern Sitka, [314], [333].

New Zealand, explored by Cook, [181].

Nicholson, William, edits Benyowsky's memoirs, [128] n.

Nilow, governor of Kamchatka, [116-120].

Nombre de Dios, storehouse of New Spain, [140]; Drake's raid, [141-142].

Nootka, Cook's vessels at, [186-189], [248]; Gray at, [223-227], [232], [238]; Vancouver's conference with Spanish at, [276-279].

Nootka Indians, Cook visits, [185-189].

Nordenskjöld, explorer, [209] n., [295] n.

Norfolk Sound.

Northeast Passage, the, [158-159], [172]; Drake's conclusions regarding, [161]; Parliament offers reward for discovery of, [174]; English agitation over, [174-175], [181]; Cook's efforts to discover, [182-196]; Captain Clerke decides there is no, [209]; Vancouver's attitude on question of, [265-266]; Vancouver proves the non-existence of, [275], [286-290]; the Fuca legend concerning, [275] n.

Northwest-America, launching

Norton, Moses, [175].

Norton Sound, Cook explores, [195].

Nuchek Island, Baranof at, [322-324].

Nutting, Gray's astronomer, [214].