INDEX

Abram,

[4]

.

Abyssinia,

[344-7]

.

Afghanistan,

[36]

.

Africa,

[20-2]

,

[72]

,

[103]

,

[127]

,

[339]

.

Africa, Central,

[349-56]

,

[391-402]

,

[442-500]

.

Africa, South,

[152]

,

[173-6]

,

[440]

.

Africa, West Coast,

[22]

,

[30]

,

[139]

,

[143-51]

,

[349]

.

Agricola,

[68]

.

Alaska,

[317]

,

[334]

,

[338]

.

Albert Nyanza,

[470]

.

Albuquerque, Alphonso d',

[184-8]

.

Alexander the Great,

[35-43]

.

Alexandria,

[45]

,

[74]

.

Alfred the Great,

[96]

.

Almagro, Diego de,

[220]

.

Almeida, Francisco,

[184-6]

.

Almeida, Lorenzo,

[185-6]

.

Alvarado, Pedro de,

[206]

,

[208]

.

Amazon,

[221]

.

America (Central),

[168]

,

[170]

,

[191]

,

[205]

.

America (North),

[95]

,

[228]

,

[255]

,

[275]

,

[316]

,

[358]

.

America (South),

[167]

,

[170]

,

[180]

,

[196]

,

[215]

,

[252]

.

Amundsen, R.,

[542-4]

.

Anabasis

(of Xenophon),

[34]

.

Anaximander,

[23]

.

Andes,

[217]

,

[220]

.

Antarctic regions,

[331]

,

[428-31]

,

[536-44]

.

Arab explorers,

[98-107]

,

[126]

.

Arabian Nights, The

,

[101]

.

Arctic regions,

[53]

,

[238]

,

[259-84]

,

[312-8]

,

[365-90]

,

[403-9]

,

[501-10]

,

[521-35]

.

Arculf,

[88-90]

.

Argonauts,

[13-6]

.

Auckland,

[429]

.

Australia,

[296-301]

,

[307-11]

,

[326-38]

,

[410-27]

.

Babylonia,

[3-4]

,

[32]

.

Back, Sir George,

[372-4]

,

[382]

.

Baffin, William,

[280-3]

.

Baffin's Bay,

[282-3]

.

Bagdad,

[109]

.

Bahamas,

[160]

.

Baker, Sir Samuel,

[465-73]

.

Balboa, Vasco Nunez de,

[190-3]

.

Balbus,

[72]

.

Bangweolo, Lake,

[477]

.

Banks, Sir Joseph,

[320]

,

[336]

,

[349]

,

[413]

.

Barents, William,

[265-72]

.

Bass, George,

[410-3]

.

Baudin, Nicholas,

[414]

.

Behring, Vitus,

[312-8]

.

Behring's Strait,

[312-8]

,

[334]

.

Benjamin of Tudela,

[108]

.

Black Sea,

[14]

.

Bogle, George,

[512]

.

Book of the Tartars

,

[97]

.

Boothia,

[404]

.

Borneo,

[102]

.

Botany Bay,

[326]

,

[336]

.

Brandon's Isle,

[86-7]

.

Brazil,

[181]

,

[196]

.

British Columbia,

[358]

,

[362]

.

British Isles,

[48]

,

[50-2]

,

[57-60]

,

[66-9]

,

[74]

.

Bruce, James,

[339-48]

.

Burke, R. O'Hara,

[424]

.

Burton, Sir Richard,

[450-5]

.

Button, Sir Thomas,

[280]

.

Cabot, John and Sebastian,

[224-7]

.

Cabral, Pedro,

[180-2]

.

Cadamosto, Luigi,

[143-5]

.

Caillé, Réné,

[396]

.

Calicut,

[129]

,

[177-8]

,

[181-3]

,

[186]

.

California,

[255]

.

Cam, Diego,

[150-1]

.

Canada,

[228-34]

.

Cano, Juan del,

[204]

.

Carpentaria,

[300]

,

[416]

.

Carpini, Johannes,

[110]

.

Cartier, Jacques,

[228-34]

.

Caspian Sea,

[36]

,

[240]

.

Cassiterides,

see

"

[Tin Islands]

."

Cathay,

see

[China]

.

Ceylon,

[91]

,

[105]

,

[124]

,

[185-6]

.

Champlain, Samuel,

[290-5]

.

Chancellor, Richard,

[235-9]

.

Chatham Island,

[358]

.

Chelyuskin, Cape,

[504]

,

[522]

.

Chili,

[220]

,

[254]

.

China,

[75]

,

[92]

,

[99-101]

,

[110-24]

,

[130-1]

.

Chitral,

[38]

.

Christian Topography

,

[92]

,

[133]

.

Christmas Island,

[333]

.

Chukches,

[315]

,

[507]

.

Circumnavigation of Africa,

[19-22]

.

Circumnavigation of the World,

[196-204]

,

[249-57]

,

[308]

.

Clapperton, Lieut. Hugh,

[391-6]

.

Cochin,

[184-5]

.

Columbus, Christopher,

[155-70]

.

Cook, James,

[319-35]

.

Congo River,

[150-1]

,

[480]

,

[491-500]

.

Cordova, Francisco Hernando de,

[205]

.

Cortes, Hernando,

[207-14]

.

Cosmas,

[90-2]

,

[132]

.

Cuba,

[161]

,

[166]

.

Dampier, William,

[306-11]

.

Darien,

[168]

,

[191-2]

.

Davis, John,

[259-64]

.

Davis Strait,

[260]

,

[281]

.

Delphi,

[24]

.

Denham, Major,

[391-5]

.

Diaz, Bartholomew,

[151-4]

,

[180-1]

.

Drake, Sir Francis,

[249-58]

.

Drusus (Germanicus),

[69-71]

.

Edrisi,

[108]

.

Egypt,

[4-8]

,

[26]

.

"El Dorado,"

[222]

,

[285]

.

Eratosthenes,

[45-7]

.

Erik,

[94]

.

Eskimos,

[246]

,

[262]

,

[281]

,

[367]

,

[379]

,

[385]

,

[405]

,

[435]

.

Flinders, Matthew,

[410-8]

.

Floki,

[94]

.

Florida,

[205]

.

France,

see

[Gaul]

.

Franklin, Sir John,

[368]

,

[372-8]

,

[382-7]

,

[482-9]

.

Franz Joseph Land,

[526-8]

.

"Friar John,"

see

[Carpini]

.

Frobisher, Martin,

[245-8]

,

[296]

.

Gama, Vasco da,

[171-9]

,

[182-3]

.

Gambia River,

[30]

,

[145]

,

[349]

,

[355]

.

Gardar,

[94]

.

Gaul,

[53-8]

.

Germany,

[55-7]

,

[69-71]

.

Gilbert, Sir Humphrey,

[259]

.

Gobi Desert,

[75]

,

[118]

.

Gomez, Diego,

[145-8]

.

Good Hope, Cape of,

[21]

,

[152-4]

,

[174]

,

[181]

,

[257]

.

Grant, Captain J. A.,

[460-6]

.

Greenland,

[95]

,

[246]

,

[260-3]

,

[274]

,

[282]

,

[501]

,

[521]

.

Grijalva, Juan,

[206]

.

Guiana,

[287-8]

.

Hanno,

[29-32]

.

Hawaii,

[333]

,

[335]

.

Hawkins, Sir John,

[250]

.

Hayti,

[161]

,

[168]

,

[191]

.

Hecatæus,

[25]

.

Hedin, Sven,

[518]

.

Helena,

[77-8]

.

Henry of Portugal, Prince,

[138-49]

.

Herodotus,

[19-22]

,

[26-9]

.

Himilco,

[49]

.

Holland,

[51]

.

Homer,

[16-8]

.

Honduras,

[213-4]

.

Horn, Cape,

[253]

,

[300]

.

Houghton, Major,

[350-1]

.

Huc, Abbé,

[514-8]

.

Hudson, Henry,

[273-9]

.

Hudson River,

[276]

.

Hudson Strait,

[248]

,

[277]

,

[281]

.

Hudson's Bay,

[246]

,

[372]

.

Huron Lake,

[294]

.

Ibn Batuta,

[126-32]

.

Iceland,

[94]

,

[277]

.

India,

[38-43]

,

[66]

,

[128]

,

[177-86]

.

Ireland,

[59]

,

[63]

,

[66]

,

[69]

,

[83-6]

.

Ithobal,

[20-3]

.

Itinerary from Bordeaux to Jerusalem

,

[78-9]

.

Jamaica,

[166]

.

Japan,

[123]

,

[241]

,

[282]

.

Java,

[124]

,

[328]

.

Jenkinson, Anthony,

[240-1]

.

Jerusalem,

[24]

,

[77-9]

,

[89]

.

Julius Cæsar,

[54-60]

.

Kamtchatka,

[313-8]

.

Kara Sea,

[504]

,

[522]

.

Kara Strait,

[503]

.

King Edward

VII.

's Land,

[536]

.

Kin Sai,

[120]

.

Kublai Khan,

[115-25]

.

Kyber Pass,

[38]

.

Labrador,

[96]

,

[228]

,

[262-4]

.

Ladrones Islands,

[202]

.

Lander, John and Richard,

[396]

,

[399-402]

.

La Perouse, Comte de,

[338]

.

Lapland,

[238]

.

Le Maire, Isaac,

[299]

.

Lhasa,

[511-20]

.

Libya,

[20]

,

[27-9]

.

Lief,

[95]

.

Livingstone, David,

[440-9]

,

[456-9]

,

[474-85]

.

Machin, Robert,

[141]

.

M

c

Clintock, Sir Leopold,

[433-9]

.

M

c

Clure, Sir R. J. Le M.,

[433]

.

Mackenzie, Alexander,

[362-4]

,

[382]

.

Madagascar,

[103]

.

Madeira,

[86]

,

[140]

.

Magellan, Ferdinand,

[190]

,

[193-202]

,

[296]

.

Magellan's Strait,

[198-9]

,

[253]

.

Magnetic Poles,

[405]

,

[430]

.

Malabar,

[182-3]

.

Malacca,

[187-8]

.

Malay Archipelago,

[188-9]

.

Mandeville, Sir John,

[126]

.

Manilla,

[298]

.

Manning, Thomas,

[513]

.

Maoris,

[303]

,

[322]

.

Maps (ancient),

[24]

,

[46]

,

[62]

,

[75]

,

[92]

,

[108]

,

[133-7]

,

[149]

,

[305]

.

Massoudy,

[107]

.

Meadows of Gold

,

[107]

.

Mesopotamia,

[2-4]

.

Mexico,

[206-14]

.

Mongolia,

see

[China]

.

Montreal,

[232]

,

[292]

,

[295]

.

Mota, Antonio de,

[241]

.

Mozambique,

[176]

.

Mumbo Jumbo,

[350]

.

Murchison Falls,

[472]

.

Murray River,

[421]

.

Murrumbidgee River,

[420-4]

.

Naddod,

[94]

.

Nansen, Fridtjof,

[521-9]

.

Natal,

[175]

.

Nearchus,

[41-5]

.

Neco,

[19-20]

.

New Albion,

[255]

,

[333]

,

[358]

.

Newfoundland,

[96]

,

[225-7]

,

[275]

.

New Guinea,

[298]

,

[303-5]

,

[310]

.

New Holland,

see

[Australia]

.

New South Wales,

[328]

,

[410]

,

[415]

.

New Zealand,

[303]

,

[322-6]

.

Niger River,

[72]

,

[348]

,

[353-6]

,

[396]

,

[399-402]

.

Nigeria,

[394-402]

.

Nile, The,

[4-9]

,

[27]

,

[339-42]

,

[345-7]

,

[454-62]

,

[468]

,

[470]

.

Nordenskiöld, Baron,

[501-10]

.

North-East Passage,

[235-40]

,

[315]

,

[501-10]

.

North-West Passage,

[245-64]

,

[290]

,

[332]

,

[366]

,

[403]

,

[433]

.

North Pole,

[531-5]

.

Nova Scotia,

[229]

.

Nova Zembla,

[237]

,

[265-72]

,

[503]

.

Nyassaland (and lake),

[458-9]

,

[475]

.

Ontario,

[294]

.

Orellana, Francisco de,

[220-2]

.

Orinoco,

[167]

,

[285-8]

.

Otaheite,

[320-2]

.

Othere,

[96]

.

Oudney, Dr.,

[391-4]

.

Oxus,

[37]

,

[117]

,

[241]

.

Pacific Ocean,

[130]

,

[192]

,

[199-203]

,

[250]

,

[253]

.

Panama,

[191]

,

[250]

,

[306]

.

Park, Mungo,

[348-56]

,

[396]

.

Parry, Sir W. E.,

[365-71]

,

[378-81]

,

[388-90]

.

Patagonia,

[196-9]

,

[252]

.

Paula,

[80]

.

Peary, R. E.,

[530-5]

.

Pekin,

[115]

,

[119]

.

Pelsart, Captain,

[300]

,

[309]

.

Periplus

(of Hanno),

[29]

.

Persia,

[32-3]

,

[117]

.

Peru,

[216-20]

.

Philippine Islands,

[202]

,

[256]

.

Phillip, Captain,

[336]

.

Phoenicians,

[10-3]

,

[19-23]

,

[29-32]

.

Pilgrims,

[77-92]

.

Pinto, Mendex,

[241-2]

.

Pizarro, Francisco,

[215-23]

.

Pliny,

[66]

,

[71-3]

.

Polo, Niccolo, Maffio, and Marco

[115-25]

.

Prester John,

[111]

,

[126]

,

[176]

.

Prickett, Abacuk,

[277]

,

[280]

.

Przhevalsky, N. M.,

[518]

.

Ptolemy,

[74-6]

.

Punjab,

[39]

.

Punt,

[5-8]

.

Pytheas,

[48-53]

.

Quebec,

[290]

.

Quilimane River,

[175]

.

Quiros, Pedro Fernandez De,

[298]

.

Raleigh, Sir Walter,

[285-9]

.

Red Sea,

[5-7]

,

[20-1]

,

[343]

.

Richardson, Sir John,

[372-87]

.

Ripon Falls,

[463]

.

Ross, Sir James,

[388]

,

[403-9]

,

[428-31]

,

[433]

.

Ross, Sir John,

[365-8]

,

[403-9]

.

Rubruquis, William de,

[112-4]

.

Russia,

[238-40]

,

[313]

.

Sahara,

[391]

.

St. Brandon,

[85-7]

.

St. Columba,

[84-5]

.

St. Lawrence River,

[228]

,

[230]

,

[290]

.

St. Louis River,

[292]

.

St. Patrick,

[83-4]

.

St. Paul's Island,

[200]

.

Sandwich Islands,

[333]

,

[335]

.

San Francisco,

[255]

.

Sargasso Sea,

[50]

.

Scandinavia,

[72]

,

[93]

,

[97]

.

Schouten, Cornelius,

[299]

.

Scotland,

[68]

,

[84-5]

.

Scott, Captain R. F.,

[536-42]

.

Senegal River,

[30]

,

[144]

,

[351]

.

Sequira, Diogo Lopes de,

[186]

.

Serrano, Francisco,

[188]

,

[194]

.

Shackleton, Sir E. H.,

[536-40]

.

Shirwa, Lake,

[457]

.

Siberia,

[313-8]

.

Sierra Leone,

[29-30]

,

[143]

.

"Sindbad the Sailor,"

[101-6]

.

Society Islands,

[322]

.

Socotra,

[184]

.

Solis, Juan Diaz de,

[196]

.

Somaliland,

see

[Punt]

.

South Pole,

[536-44]

.

Spain,

[49]

,

[64]

.

Speke, J. H.,

[450-5]

,

[460-6]

.

Spice Islands,

[188-90]

,

[203]

,

[256]

.

Spitzbergen,

[269]

,

[274]

,

[388]

,

[501]

.

Staaten Land,

[299]

,

[303]

,

[324]

.

Stanley, Sir H. M.,

[480-2]

,

[486-500]

.

Stanley Falls,

[494]

.

Strabo,

[52]

,

[61-7]

.

Sturt, Captain,

[418-24]

.

Sudan, The,

[468]

.

Sumatra,

[104]

,

[124]

,

[130]

,

[187]

.

Sydney,

[337]

.

Sylvia of Aquitaine,

[80-2]

.

Tacitus,

[69-71]

.

Tanganyika,

[452]

,

[476]

,

[491]

.

Tartary,

[110]

.

Tasman, Abel Jansen,

[302-5]

.

Tasmania,

[302-5]

,

[413]

.

Tchad, Lake,

[392]

.

Thule,

[51-3]

,

[97]

.

Tibet,

[123]

,

[511-20]

.

Tierra del Fuego,

[199]

,

[254]

.

Timbuktu,

[391-8]

.

"Tin Islands," The,

[10]

,

[12]

,

[48-50]

.

Tippu Tib,

[492]

.

Torres, Luiz Vaez de,

[298]

.

Torres Strait,

[298]

.

Trinidad,

[167]

.

Tsana, Lake,

[345]

.

Tyre,

[29]

.

Uganda,

[461]

,

[488]

.

Ulysses,

[16-8]

.

Vancouver,

[255]

,

[357-61]

.

Vancouver, Captain,

[357-61]

.

Van Diemen's Land,

[302]

,

[410-2]

.

Vasco da Gama,

see

[Gama]

.

Vera Cruz,

[208-9]

.

Vespucci, Amerigo,

[169-70]

.

Victoria Falls,

[445]

.

Victoria Nyanza,

[454]

,

[462]

,

[487]

.

Vikings,

[93-6]

.

West Indies,

[160-1]

,

[164-8]

.

White Sea,

[238]

.

Willibald,

[90]

.

Willoughby, Sir Hugh,

[235-8]

.

Wills, W. J.,

[424-6]

.

Xenophon,

[22-4]

,

[33-4]

.

Younghusband, Sir F. E.,

[519]

.

Zambesi River,

[442-8]

.

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