A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 18 / Historical Sketch of the Progress of Discovery, Navigation, and / Commerce, from the Earliest Records to the Beginning of the Nineteenth / Century, By William Stevenson

by Robert Kerr; William Stevenson

INDEX TO THE HISTORICAL SKETCH.

A
Abyssinia, ancient trade, 93.
Adam of Bremen, 293.
Africa, East of, trade to in time of Nero, 241.
----, Discoveries in by Portuguese, 333.
----, Travels and Discoveries in, in 18th and 19th centuries, 472.
----, in the west and interior, 473.
----, in the N. 478.
----, in the S. 485.
Agatharcides, geographical knowledge, 93.
Alexander the Great encourages geography and commerce, 57. 77.
Knowledge of India, 60.
Alexandria built, 83.
Its advantages for commerce, 83.
Library and librarians, 87.
Alfred's attention to geography and commerce, 288.
America discovered by the Icelanders, 291.
By Columbus, 348.
Productions when discovered, 349.
----, travels in, in 18th and 19th centuries, 488.
Antwerp commerce in 16th century, 375.
Argonautic expedition, 24.
Aristotle's knowledge of geography, 50.
Arabians carrying trade with India at a very early period, 229.
In time of Nero, 240.
Commerce in middle ages, 275.
Geography in ditto, 279.
Arrian's knowledge of geography, 251.
Athens, ancient commerce, 144.
Commercial laws and taxes, 146.
Corn trade, 148.
Slave trade, 150.
Asia, commerce of, in middle ages, 316.
----, N.E. discoveries in, 428.
----, travels in, in 18th and 19th centuries, 486.
Augustus's attention to maritime affairs and commerce, 197.
Australasia, discoveries in, 467.
B
Baltic commerce in 11th century, 293.
Barcelona, early commerce of, 313.
Baffin's voyages and discoveries, 360.
Benjamin of Tudela, his notices of Asiatic commerce, 316.
Behaim's Chart, 351.
Behring's discoveries, 360.
Black Sea, ancient commerce in, 159.
Britain invaded by Cæsar, 192.
Britons, their ships, 193.
---- ---- ---- commerce, 195.
Bruce's Travels, 479.
Burckhardt, 481.
C
Carthage, ancient, 34.
Commerce, 37.
Destroyed, 176.
Naval wars, 121. 124.
Cæsar, Julius, survey of the Empire, 223.
Carpini, 317.
Cape of Good Hope discovered, 357.
---- ---- ----, travels in, 485.
Cabot, 353.
Caravan trade, 525.
Ceylon, ancient notices of, 226.
Cilicia, ancient commerce, 177.
China, in middle ages, 279.
----, route from, in 14th century, 322.
Corvus, the, described, 120.
Corinth, ancient commerce, 152.
Cosmas, 269.
Cook's, Captain, discoveries, 431. 454. 468.
Commerce in 18th century, 502. 512.
Crete, ancient commerce, 177.
Crusades, effect of, on commerce, 300.
D
Denmark, commerce in 16th and 17th centuries, 422.
Dutch commerce in 16th and 17th centuries, 383. 410.
E
Egyptian ancient commerce, 13. 82. 106.
Ships, 17.
English commerce in 15th, 16th, and 17th centuries, 314. 390. 397, 398.
401. 4O4. 407. 410. 412.
---- shipping, 409.
England, commerce and shipping in 1822. 520.
English and Dutch commerce in 16th and 17th centuries compared, 410.
Eratosthenes, 88.
Etruscans, commerce, 112.
Ethiopia explored by Romans, 825.
Euxine, ancient commerce, 251.
Europe, general view of its trade in 15th century, 314.
At present, 512.
F
Fairs, ancient, 150.
France, commerce in middle ages, 304.
In 16th and 17th centuries, 417.
At present, 516.
Florence, commerce in middle ages, 304.
G
Gaul, commerce of, 186.
Genoa, commerce in middle ages, 302.
Gama's Voyages, 339.
Germany, ancient commerce, 195.
At present, 515.
Greenland discovered, 291.
Grecian ancient commerce, geography, and ships, 20. 30. 144.
---- Colonies, 157.
H
Hamilcar's Voyage, 41.
Hannos, 41.
Hanseatic League, 294.
Henry, Prince of Portugal, 334.
Herodotus, 45.
Hipparchus, 101.
Hudson's Voyages, 359.
I and J
Iceland discovered, 290.
Jews, commerce of, 18.
India, as known to Alexander, 60.
Direct ancient trade with, 105.
Ancient routes to, 210.
Trade in time of Nero, 243.
And China, ancient trade between, 271.
In middle ages, 279.
Indian commodities, price of,
affected by discovery of the Cape, 370.
Trade at present, 522.
Inland trade in middle ages, 311.
In 16th and 17th centuries, 416.
Itineraries, Roman, 253.
Italian commerce in middle ages, 299.
Justinian's Fleets, 273.
K
Kotzebue's discoveries, 434.
L
Liburnians, 115.
Laconia, ancient commerce, 154.
La Maire, 356.
La Perouse, 433.
Lyons, ancient commerce, 189.
M
Macedonia, ancient commerce, 161.
Marseilles, ditto, 187.
Marinus, the Geographer, 254.
Marco Polo, 318.
Mariners' Compass, earliest notice of, 328.
Maps and Charts of middle ages, 329.
In 16th and 17th centuries, 367.
Magellan, 352.
Mauro's Map, 330.
Mercator, 366.
Monsoon discovered, 227.
N
Navigation, improvements in, in 18th century, 497.
Nearchus, 61.
New South Shetland discovered, 456.
New Holland, 363. 468.
Netherland commerce in 16th century, 374.
North-west passage, 358. 438.
North-east passage, 361.
P
Park's Travels, 475.
Petrea, ancient trade of, 232.
Periplus, geography of the, 235.
Commerce of, 236.
Persia, ancient trade, 243.
Penteugarian Tables, 267.
Peter the Great's attention to geography and commerce, 425. 429.
Phoenician commerce and ships, 3. 5. 10.
Pharos described, 84.
Pliny, 248.
Polynesia, 470.
Posidonius, 104.
Ptolemy, 255.
Ptolemies of Egypt, their attention to commerce, 84.
Polybius, 223.
Portuguese discoveries, 333. 342.
Pythias of Marseilles, 51.
R
Red Sea, 95. 225. 236.
Rhodes, ancient commerce, 166.
Maritime history, 39. 116. 167.
Conquered by Romans, 172.
Rome, ancient naval wars, 118. 123.
Commerce, 197. 200. 219. 221. 264.
Romans, ancient geography of, 223. 261.
Survey of empire, 223.
Rubruquis, 317.
Russian commerce in 16th and 17th centuries, 424.
At present, 514.
S
Sabea, commerce of, 97.
Sanuto, his notices of commerce, 321.
Scandinavian maritime affairs, 287.
Scotland, commerce of, in middle ages, 310.
In 16th and 17th centuries, 414.
Scylax's Voyage, 43.
Sicily, ancient trade, 134.
Silk, history of, 212.
Spain, ancient commerce, 129.
At present, 517.
Sugar, history of, 208.
Sweden, commerce in 16th and 17th century, 482.
At present, 513.
Strabo, 326.
Syene, Well of, 88.
T
Troy, Siege of, ships at, 39.
Travellers, modern, advantages of, 500.
V
Vancouver, 433.
Venetian commerce in middle ages, 299. 3O3.
United States, commerce, 524.
W
World, what still unknown of, 491.