GENERAL INDEX.

The names of the Ships in the British Navy are printed in Italics. Those of the Mercantile Marine and foreign vessels are printed with inverted commas [“ ”].

“Aaron Manby,” iron steamer, [ii. 102]
Abbot of Arberbrothok: the bell on the Inchcape Rock, [ii. 173]
Accumulator, the, for deep-sea sounding, [i. 29], [35]
Acephala, [iv. 128]
Actinozoa, [iv. 115]
Adair, Captain, killed at Trafalgar, [i. 11]
Adams, John, a survivor of the mutiny of the Bounty, [i. 248], [249]
Adams, William: his attempt to discover the North-west Passage, [iii. 142]
Adrianson, Claes: his death at Nova Zembla, [iii. 139], [140]
“Advance,” Dr. Kane’s ship in his search for Franklin, [iii. 214], [233]; the ship abandoned, [iii. 247]
the ship abandoned, [iii. 247]
“Adventure,” the ship of Captain Kidd, the pirate, [iii. 56], [57]
“Adventure,” wrecked in the Tyne, [ii. 210]
Adventure and Resolution, Captain Cook’s voyage of discovery, [iii. 277]
Africa: diamond fields, [i. 210]
African Company: slave trade, [ii. 33]
African Naval Station, [i. 202]
Agalma rubra, [iv. 118], [120]
Agamemnon, [i. 16]; laying the first submarine Atlantic telegraph cable, [iv. 101], [102]
laying the first submarine Atlantic telegraph cable, [iv. 101], [102]
Agassiz, Prof.: on the sea-serpent, [iv. 187], [189]
“Aid,” steam tug, Ramsgate, [ii. 215–224]; iv. 246
Airy, Prof. Sir G. B.: the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, [iv. 278–282]
Alaska, [i. 169]; Sitka, its capital, [169], [170]; intense cold in, [iii. 111], [135]; houses of the natives, [156], [157]
Sitka, its capital, [169], [170];
intense cold in, [iii. 111], [135];
houses of the natives, [156], [157]
“Albemarle,” Lieut. Cushing’s attack on the, [ii. 151]
“Albion,” lugger, hovelling, [ii. 246]; the lugger lost, [248]
the lugger lost, [248]
Alcatras Island, San Francisco, [i. 157]
Alceste, wreck of the, [i. 82], [83]
Aldrich, Lieut. P., voyage of the Alert, [iii. 102], [107]
Alert and Discovery: expedition to the Polar regions, highest latitude ever reached, [iii. 99–114]; departure of the ships from Portsmouth, [65], [84]; the Alert described, [92]; The Alert in winter quarters, [104]
departure of the ships from Portsmouth, [65], [84];
the Alert described, [92];
The Alert in winter quarters, [104]
Aleutian Islands, [i. 169], [170]
Alexandra, turret ship, [ii. 146], [147]
Alfonso XI., Gibraltar besieged by, [i. 91]
Alfred the Great: his ships, [i. 265]
Allan, Dr. John: propulsion of ships, [ii. 80]
Almendral, or Almond Grove, Valparaiso, [i. 174]
“Amazon,” burning of the, [ii. 257], [278–290]
Amadas, Captain, discovery of Virginia, [i. 319]
America: its name derived from Amerigo Vespucci, [iii. 301;] probably peopled by natives of Asia, [i. 139]; its colonisation, [ii. 62], [69]; map of Central America, [iii. 17]
probably peopled by natives of Asia, [i. 139];
its colonisation, [ii. 62], [69];
map of Central America, [iii. 17]
“America,” Pacific steam-ship, [iv. 38]
American Arctic expeditions. (See [Grinnell, H.])
American railways, [iv. 15–20]
American sailors, [i. 226]
Amerigo Vespucci, title of America derived from him, [iii. 301]
“Amethyst,” action with the “Huascar,” [i. 26]
Amherst, Lord: wreck of the Alceste, [i. 83]
Ammonites, [iv. 143]
Amroth, submerged forest at, [iv. 199]
Amsterdam Island, [iii. 257]
Amusements: on board ships, [iv. 33], [34]; on American railways, [27]
on American railways, [27]
Anderson, captain of the “Great Eastern:” laying the submarine telegraph cable, [iv. 108], [110]
Anemones: sea-anemones, [iv. 123], [125]
Animal life in the Arctic regions, [iii. 167], [171]
“Ann” wrecked: loss of a life-boat, [ii. 212], [216]
Anson, Commodore, at Juan Fernandez, [i. 33]; portrait, [ii. 45]; his voyage round the world in the Centurion, [45–62]; at Cape Horn, [49]; scurvy, [50]; mutiny and desertion, [52], [53]; capture of the “Carmelo,” [ii. 55], [56]. Other prizes: capture of Paita, [55]; Tinian, Ladrone Islands, [57]; “Nostra Signora de Cadabonga,” galleon, taken, [59], [60], [61]
portrait, [ii. 45];
his voyage round the world in the Centurion, [45–62];
at Cape Horn, [49];
scurvy, [50];
mutiny and desertion, [52], [53];
capture of the “Carmelo,” [ii. 55], [56].
Other prizes: capture of Paita, [55]; Tinian, Ladrone Islands, [57]; “Nostra Signora de Cadabonga,” galleon, taken, [59], [60], [61]
capture of Paita, [55];
Tinian, Ladrone Islands, [57];
“Nostra Signora de Cadabonga,” galleon, taken, [59], [60], [61]
Antarctic Ice, the Challenger in, [i. 33]; icebergs, [35]
icebergs, [35]
Antarctic Regions, the, [iii. 276]
Ants on board ship, [i. 222]
Apes at Gibraltar, [i. 88], [97]
Aquaria, their early and recent history, [iv. 114]
Arbroath, the Bell Rock Lighthouse, [ii. 174]
Arcachon, Bay of, its oyster-beds, [iv. 137]
“Archimedes,” screw-propeller, [ii. 103]
Arctic, derivation of the word, [iii. 276]
Arctic expeditions, [iii. 84–275]; the first Arctic voyages, [iii. 115–123]; other early expeditions, [123–129]
the first Arctic voyages, [iii. 115–123];
other early expeditions, [123–129]
“Arctic,” steam ship: collision with the “Vesta,” [ii. 107]; foundering of the “Arctic,” [108]; [iv. 283]
foundering of the “Arctic,” [108]; [iv. 283]
Argonauta, paper nautilus, [iv. 150]
“Arizona,” Atlantic steamer, [iv. 3]
Armada, Spanish, [i. 283–291]
Armour plates and guns, [i. 86]. (See [Iron-clad ships].)
(See [Iron-clad ships].)
Armstrong, Sir W. G.: the Armstrong guns, [i. 86]
Arsenals established by Henry VIII., [i. 282]
Artillery, Marine, early history, [i. 278]; gunnery of war ships, [i. 14]
gunnery of war ships, [i. 14]
Ascension, Island of, [i. 200], [202]; abundance of turtle, [202]
abundance of turtle, [202]
“Assari Tefvik” (Turkish) and “Vesta” (Russian) ships: action between them, [i. 27]
Assistance, the search for Franklin, [iii. 207]
Assyrian skin-floats and basket-boats, [i. 258]
“Astarte,” wreck of the, [iv. 243]
Asterias (starfish), [iv. 125]
Astrology, modern belief in, [iv. 278]
Astronomy and Astronomers: the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, Sir G. B. Airy, Astronomer-Royal, and his predecessors, [iv. 278–282]
Atlantic Ferry, the Great: history of Transatlantic navigation, [iv. 1]; steerage of a steam-ship now and forty years ago, [4], [10–12]; different routes of circumnavigation, ib.; Dickens’s first trip, [3–12]; dinner in a storm, [9]; sub-marine telegraph cables: historical notices, [100]
steerage of a steam-ship now and forty years ago, [4], [10–12];
different routes of circumnavigation, ib.;
Dickens’s first trip, [3–12];
dinner in a storm, [9];
sub-marine telegraph cables: historical notices, [100]
Atlantic Ocean: its depth and other characteristics, [i. 29]; chart, [iv. 88]
chart, [iv. 88]
Audubon: passenger-pigeons on the Ohio, [iii. 167]
Aurora Australis, or Southern Lights, [iii. 278]
Austin, Captain: search for Franklin in the Resolute, [iii. 207]; “Fox” expedition in search of Franklin, [iii. 216]
“Fox” expedition in search of Franklin, [iii. 216]
Australia, discovery of gold in, [i. 151]; voyages of Dampier and Captain Cook, ib.: Botany Bay, ib.: Possession Island, [152]; Port Jackson, ib.; Sydney Cove, ib.; growth of population, [153]; transportation and free emigration, ib.; Sydney, [154]; hot winds, [155]; Port Philip, ib.; Melbourne, ib.; Sydney, [iv. 52]; Melbourne: view in Collins Street, [53]; gold, [55]
voyages of Dampier and Captain Cook, ib.:
Botany Bay, ib.:
Possession Island, [152];
Port Jackson, ib.;
Sydney Cove, ib.;
growth of population, [153];
transportation and free emigration, ib.;
Sydney, [154];
hot winds, [155];
Port Philip, ib.;
Melbourne, ib.;
Sydney, [iv. 52];
Melbourne: view in Collins Street, [53];
gold, [55]
Australian Naval Station, [i. 119], [131], [150]
Austro-Hungarian Arctic expedition, [iii. 270]; the “Tegethoff:” two years on an ice-floe, [271]
the “Tegethoff:” two years on an ice-floe, [271]
Avatcha Bay and Mountain, [i. 131], [137]
Avery, Captain, the pirate, [iii. 59–62]
Avocado, or alligator-pear, [i. 186]
Back, Captain: Arctic voyages, [iii. 166], [189], [193], [194]; his voyage in the Terror; nipped in the ice, [197]; his address to his men on the Terror, [201]
his voyage in the Terror;
nipped in the ice, [197];
his address to his men on the Terror, [201]
Back’s Great Fish River, [iii. 217]
Baffin, William: his Arctic voyages, [iii. 149]
Bahamas, wrecking at the, [ii. 244]
Baker, the diver, accompanying Captain Webb in his swim across the Channel, [iv. 264]
Ballantyne, R.M.: “The Floating Light on the Goodwin Sands,” [iv. 245]
Banks, Sir Joseph: expedition of the Bounty, [i. 235]
Baptism, ceremony of, [iii. 4]
Baranoff, Captain: action between the “Vesta” and “Assari Tefvik,” [i. 27]
Barbary, Pirates, [ii. 42]
Barents, William: his voyage of discovery, [iii. 129–140]; his death in Nova Zembla, [iii. 139], [140]
his death in Nova Zembla, [iii. 139], [140]
Barlow, Captain: discovery of Virginia, [i. 319]
Barnsfield, Edward: discovery of South Polar land, [iii. 278]
Barrow, Sir John: Arctic exploration, [iii. 162], [166], [169]
Barton, John, a Scotch pirate of the fifteenth century, [i. 279]
Barton, Sir Andrew, defeated, [i. 257]
Basco, Michael de, the pirate, [iii. 19]
Bastia, siege of, [i. 7]
Bastides, Rodrigo de: his expedition to America, [iii. 303], [304]
Bathing: Nautilus Safety Bathing Dress, [iv. 262]
Bathing: warm or tepid baths a medium for learning to swim (See Swimming.)
Bay of God’s Mercy, [iii. 178]
Bayeux Tapestry: ships of William the Conqueror, [i. 268]
Beachey Head, [iv. 231]; French vessel wrecked, [231], [233]
French vessel wrecked, [231], [233]
Bears in the Polar region, [iii. 98], [130], [131], [132], [135], [136], [137], [141], [184], [212], [219], [260], [261], [263]; flesh and liver of the bear as food, [138]
flesh and liver of the bear as food, [138]
Beaumaris, [ii. 305]
Beechey, Captain: his visit to Pitcairn’s Island, [i. 249]; Arctic Voyages, [iii. 166], [167]
Arctic Voyages, [iii. 166], [167]
Beechy Island, [iii. 98]; relics of Franklin’s last voyage, [iii. 210]
relics of Franklin’s last voyage, [iii. 210]
Beeching, James: his prize life-boat, [ii. 213]
Behring, Vitus: his monument in Petropaulovski, [i. 132], [135]; his Arctic discoveries and death, [iii. 159–162]
his Arctic discoveries and death, [iii. 159–162]
Belcher, Sir Edward, Polar Exploration, [iii. 98]
Belemnites, [iv. 143]
Bell, Henry: his passenger steamer, “Comet,” [ii. 95]; his first advertisement, ib. [98]
his first advertisement, ib. [98]
Bell Rock Lighthouse, [ii. 172], [176]
Bells on board ship in indicating time, [i. 50]
Bellerophon: surrender of Napoleon, [i. 212]
Bellinghausen: discovery of the most southern land, [iii. 279], [280]
Bellona: action with the “Courageux,” [i. 228]
Bellot, Lieut., Monument to, [iii. 97]
Belvedere, Kent: home for disabled and worn-out merchant seamen, [iv. 273]
Bennett, Dr.: his “Songs for Sailors,” [i. 8]
“Bergetta” plundered by wreckers, [ii. 243]
Bering Sea, [i. 135], [137], [169], [170]; Captain Scammon’s soundings, [138]
Captain Scammon’s soundings, [138]
Bermuda, [i. 187]: view from Gibbs’ Hill, [188]; convicts, ib.; the North Rock, [189], [191]; potato and onion orchards, [190]; the floating dock, [191]; its voyage out, [191], [194]
view from Gibbs’ Hill, [188];
convicts, ib.;
the North Rock, [189], [191];
potato and onion orchards, [190];
the floating dock, [191];
its voyage out, [191], [194]
Berrio: Spanish expedition to El Dorado, [ii. 9]
Biblical allusions to the Sea, [iv. 290]
Bideford: Avery, the pirate, living at, [iii. 61]
Bideford Bar: wreck of the Woolpacket, [ii. 224]; hovellers, [251]
hovellers, [251]
“Birkenhead,” loss of the, [i. 73–75]; [iv. 283]
Bishop Rock Lighthouse, [ii. 269]
Black Beard (John Theach), the pirate, [ii. 63]
Black Prince, [i. 18]; [ii. 143]
Bladder-wrack, [iv. 201]
Blake, Admiral, [ii. 30]
Blenheim, [i. 8]
Bligh, Captain: Mutiny of the Bounty, [i. 235]; seized by the mutineers, [237]; cast adrift, [240]
seized by the mutineers, [237];
cast adrift, [240]
Blind crustacean from the Atlantic voyage of the Challenger, [i. 31], [32]
Blindness: snow blindness, [iii. 182], [239]
Blood, Rev. William, survivor of the burning of the “Amazon”: his description of it, [ii. 285]
Blossom: Capt. Beechey’s visit to Pitcairn’s Island, [i. 249]
Boat, ancient, found at New Stoke, [iv. 230]
Boat improperly hung on board the “Amazon,” [ii. 279]
Boat voyages of Behrens in the Arctic Regions, [iii. 138–142]; of Captain Parry, [179]; of Dr. Kane, [251]
of Captain Parry, [179];
of Dr. Kane, [251]
Bobadilla: his arrest and ill-treatment of Columbus, [iii. 296], [297], [304]
Boers of South Africa, [i. 208]
Bombay, [i. 118]
Bonita, a tropical fish, [iv. 176]
“Bonne Homme Richard”: Paul Jones’s ship, [iii. 75]
Boobies and Noddies taken by Bligh, mutiny of the Bounty, [i. 243], [244]
Books found among the relics of Franklin’s expedition, [iii. 231]
Booth, Mr. Sheriff: Sir John Ross’s Arctic expedition fitted out by him, [iii. 186]; survey of Boothia Felix, [187]
survey of Boothia Felix, [187]
Boston (U.S.): the obnoxious tax on tea, [ii. 67], [68]; Boston port bill; the port closed, [70], [71]
Boston port bill; the port closed, [70], [71]
Botallack Mine, Cornwall, [iv. 207], [209]
Botany of Ceylon, [i. 119]; Cornwall, [iv. 213], [216]; Juan Fernandez, [i. 34]; Malta, [i. 99]; St. Helena, [i. 212]; Singapore, [i. 144]; South Australia, [i. 154]; Trinidad, [i. 182]; West Indies, [182], [186], [188]
Cornwall, [iv. 213], [216];
Juan Fernandez, [i. 34];
Malta, [i. 99];
St. Helena, [i. 212];
Singapore, [i. 144];
South Australia, [i. 154];
Trinidad, [i. 182];
West Indies, [182], [186], [188]
Botany, Marine. (See [Challenger, Cruise of the].)
Botany Bay discovered, [i. 151]; as a convict settlement, [152]
as a convict settlement, [152]
Bounty: History of the mutiny, [i. 235–249]; discovery of survivors on Pitcairn Island, [247]
discovery of survivors on Pitcairn Island, [247]
Boyle, Frederick: Cape Town, [i. 204], [208]; diamond fields, [210]; ostrich farming, [210]
diamond fields, [210];
ostrich farming, [210]
Boyton, Captain Paul: his floating dress, [iv. 261]
Brand, Mr., lost in the “Northfleet,” [ii. 263], [264]
Brande’s analysis of crimson snow, [iii. 164]
Brasiliano, Roche, the pirate, [iii. 3], [14], [15], [16]; his escape, [15]
his escape, [15]
Brassey, Mrs.: Yokohama, [iv. 40]; a Japanese dinner, [42]; the “Sunbeam” in a gale, [61]; a wreck encountered, [62]; a ship on fire: fifteen lives saved by the “Sunbeam,” [iv. 63]; coral fields of the South Pacific, [75]
a Japanese dinner, [42];
the “Sunbeam” in a gale, [61];
a wreck encountered, [62];
a ship on fire: fifteen lives saved by the “Sunbeam,” [iv. 63];
coral fields of the South Pacific, [75]
Bread-fruit in Otaheite: expedition of the Bounty, history of the mutiny, [i. 235]
Breakwater: The Cherbourg Breakwater and fortifications, its origin and history, [ii. 188]; progress of the works, [189]; view, [192]; Plymouth Breakwater, [190]; Portland Breakwater, [192]; Holyhead, [196]; breakwater at Venice, view, [188]
progress of the works, [189];
view, [192];
Plymouth Breakwater, [190];
Portland Breakwater, [192];
Holyhead, [196];
breakwater at Venice, view, [188]
Brialmont on ships and forts, [i. 14]
Bridport, Lord: mutiny at Spithead, [i. 250]
Brierly, Oswald W., Cruise of the Galatea, [i. 205]
Brighton, [iv. 229], [232]
Brighton Aquarium, [iv. 114]
Brilliant: the boatswain’s mate at Trafalgar, [i. 227]; action with French ships, [228]
action with French ships, [228]
Britannia, [i. 5]
“Britannia” training ship, [i. 47]
“Britannia”: Dickens’s first trip to America, [iv. 5]
British Columbia, [i. 163]; Cariboo Mines, ib.; cedar canoes, [i. 167]
Cariboo Mines, ib.;
cedar canoes, [i. 167]
Briton at Pitcairn Island: survivors of the mutiny of the Bounty, [i. 248]
Brooke, G. V., lost in the “London,” [ii. 294]
Brooklyn, New York, [i. 195], [198]; Brooklyn Bridge, [196], [198]
Brooklyn Bridge, [196], [198]
Browning, Robert: his lines on passing through the Straits of Gibraltar, [i. 87]; his poem, “Hervé Riel,” [iv. 301]
his poem, “Hervé Riel,” [iv. 301]
Brunel, J. K.: portrait, [ii. 129]; designs for the “Great Eastern,” [130]; the launch, ib.; view and description of the ship, [130], [133]; Thames Tunnel: use of the diving-bell, [iv. 85]
designs for the “Great Eastern,” [130];
the launch, ib.;
view and description of the ship, [130], [133];
Thames Tunnel: use of the diving-bell, [iv. 85]
Bubble Companies: the South Sea Bubble, [ii. 43]
Bucaniers, The, [iii. 1–59]; origin of the term, [2]
origin of the term, [2]
Bucentaure, [i. 10], [11]
Buchan, Captain: Arctic voyage, [iii. 166], [167]
Buchanan, Captain, of the “Merrimac,” [i. 20]
“Buenos Ayrean,” steel steam-ship, [iv. 3]
Bulkley, Colonel, at Plover Bay, [i. 138], [143]
Bullata from the Atlantic, [i. 32]
Burgoyne, Captain, lost in the Captain, [i. 55]
Buxton, Sir Thomas Fowell: his heroism in saving life, [iv. 267]
Byron, Lord: his references to the Sea, [i. 2;] [iv. 296]; his swim across the Hellespont, [iv. 257]; lines on the Straits of Gibraltar, [97]; the bread-fruit; mutiny of the Bounty, [238]
his swim across the Hellespont, [iv. 257];
lines on the Straits of Gibraltar, [97];
the bread-fruit; mutiny of the Bounty, [238]
Byron, Hon. John: wreck of the Wager, [ii. 51–55]
“Bywell Castle”: collision with the “Princess Alice,” [iv. 284]

Cabot, John, attempts to discover the North-west Passage, [iii. 119], [122]
Cabot, Sebastian: his discoveries, [i. 278]; [iii. 119], [121]; rewarded by Edward VI., [121]
rewarded by Edward VI., [121]
“Cacafuego,” treasure ship, taken by Drake, [i. 311]
Cadiz, siege of, [ii. 18]; execution of De Soto, the pirate, [iii. 83]; view of the town, [81]
execution of De Soto, the pirate, [iii. 83];
view of the town, [81]
Cairns in the Polar Regions, [iii. 97]
“Calais-Douvres,” [iv. 6]
Calcutta, [i. 118]; the Black Hole, ib.; cyclones, [119], [120]
the Black Hole, ib.;
cyclones, [119], [120]
Calicut: arrival of Vasco da Gama, [iii. 299]; the city bombarded, ib.; view of Calicut in the sixteenth century, [300]
the city bombarded, ib.;
view of Calicut in the sixteenth century, [300]
California: discovery of gold, [i. 158]; Chinamen in, [161]; earthquakes, ib.; named “New Albion” by Drake, [313]; “roughing it,” camping out, cooking, [166]; forest fires, ib.; cedar canoes, [167]; Sacramento; Oakland, [iv. 28]; San Francisco, [29]
Chinamen in, [161];
earthquakes, ib.;
named “New Albion” by Drake, [313];
“roughing it,” camping out, cooking, [166];
forest fires, ib.;
cedar canoes, [167];
Sacramento; Oakland, [iv. 28];
San Francisco, [29]
Callao, [i. 172]; Drake at, [310]
Drake at, [310]
Calthorpe, Hon. S. J. G.: his “Letters” on the Crimean War, [i. 15]
Calvi, the Victory at, [i. 7]
Calypso’s Isle, [i. 98]
“Cambria,” its assistance in the burning of the “Kent,” [i. 69–74]
Cameron, John: “Our Possessions in Malayan India,” [i. 144], [146], [147]
Campbell, Lord George: cruise of the Challenger, [i. 28], [33], [34], [35], [39]
Canadian Voyageurs in Franklin’s expedition, [iii. 190], [191], [194]
Cannibalism, [i. 80]; [iii. 121]; [iv. 47], [52]
Canoes, river and sea: Vancouver Island and British Columbia, [i. 167]
Canton, [i. 119], [121], [124]
Canute’s ships, [i. 266]
Cape Alexander, Greenland, [iii. 249]
Cape Bounty discovered by Sir E. Parry, [iii. 170]
Cape Cod, Discovery of, [ii. 11]; view of, [ii. 64]
view of, [ii. 64]
Cape Chelyuskin, [iii. 274]
Cape Constitution, [iii. 239]
Cape Desolation, [iii. 88]
Cape Farewell, [iii. 93]
Cape Flattery, Vancouver Island, [i. 163]
Cape of Good Hope: its discovery; Cape Town, Table Mountain, [i. 203], [205]; [iii. 282]; Port Elizabeth, [i. 204]; Simon’s Bay, [205]; visit of the Duke of Edinburgh, [205–209]; Farmer Peck’s Inn, [206]; diamond fields: ostrich farming, [210]; mutiny suppressed, [256]; first named the Cape of Storms, [iii. 282]; Waves, [iv. 89]
Port Elizabeth, [i. 204];
Simon’s Bay, [205];
visit of the Duke of Edinburgh, [205–209];
Farmer Peck’s Inn, [206];
diamond fields: ostrich farming, [210];
mutiny suppressed, [256];
first named the Cape of Storms, [iii. 282];
Waves, [iv. 89]
Cape Horn, [i. 175], [176]; Sir F. Drake, [309]; Anson, [ii. 48], [49]; the pirate Sharp, [iii. 56]; view, [iii. 277]
Sir F. Drake, [309];
Anson, [ii. 48], [49];
the pirate Sharp, [iii. 56];
view, [iii. 277]
Cape Joseph Henry, sledging at, [iii. 112]
Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, [i. 203], [205]
Cape York: icebergs, [iii. 100]; view of Melville Bay, [iii. 228]
view of Melville Bay, [iii. 228]
Captain (Nelson’s ship), [i. 8]
Captain, Loss of the, [i. 54–59]; cause of the disaster, [i. 58]; [ii. 143]; [iv. 283]
cause of the disaster, [i. 58]; [ii. 143]; [iv. 283]
Caraccioli, the priest-pirate, [iii. 64], [65], [67]
Caribbee Islands discovered by Columbus, [iii. 294]; attacked by Ojeda, [302]
attacked by Ojeda, [302]
Cariboo Gold Mines, British Columbia, [i. 163]
Carlisle, A. D., B.A.: “Round the World in 1870,” [iv. 29], [31]
Carlsen, Captain: relics of Barents’s expedition discovered by him at Nova Zembla, [iii. 142]
“Caroline:” its assistance in the burning of the “Kent,” [i. 72]
Carrageen: or Irish moss, [iv. 202]
Carthage, Ships of, [i. 259]
Cat, The, as a punishment, [i. 51], [52]
Catacombs at Citta Vecchia, Malta, [i. 101], [103]
Catoptric lights for lighthouses, [ii. 186]
Cavalli (fish) of Juan Fernandez, [i. 34]
Cavendish, Thomas: his circumnavigation of the globe, [ii. 11]
Caverns of the sea-shore, [iv. 195], [200]
Cedar canoes of Vancouver Island, [i. 167]
Centaur at the Diamond Rock, Martinique, [i. 161], [187]
Centipedes, cockroaches, and spiders in ships, [i. 221]
Centurion: Anson’s voyage round the world, [ii. 45–62]
Cephalopoda, [iv. 139], [142]
Cerberus, monitor, at Sydney, [iv. 54]
Cerimbra Roads, Monson’s action at, [ii. 21]
Ceuta, Spanish fortress of, [i. 97]
Ceylon, [i. 119], [144]; pearl fishery, [iv. 67]
pearl fishery, [iv. 67]
Challenger, Cruise of the, [i. 28]; deep sea soundings, ib.; work of the expedition, and how it was done, [29]; Captain Sir George S. Nares, ib.; Prof. Wyville Thomson, ib.; sponges, zoophytes, star-fish, crustacea, cuttle-fish; island of Juan Fernandez, [33], [36]; the ship in Antarctic ice, ib.; Kerguelen’s Land; Heard Island; sea elephants, [34]; icebergs, [35]; naturalist’s room in the ship, [37]; dredging instruments, [38]; Inaccessible Island: rescue of two voluntary Crusoes, [39]
deep sea soundings, ib.;
work of the expedition, and how it was done, [29];
Captain Sir George S. Nares, ib.;
Prof. Wyville Thomson, ib.;
sponges, zoophytes, star-fish, crustacea, cuttle-fish; island of Juan Fernandez, [33], [36];
the ship in Antarctic ice, ib.;
Kerguelen’s Land; Heard Island; sea elephants, [34];
icebergs, [35];
naturalist’s room in the ship, [37];
dredging instruments, [38];
Inaccessible Island: rescue of two voluntary Crusoes, [39]
Chancelor, Richard: his journey to Moscow, [iii. 122], [123]
Chaplains on board ship, [i. 222]; trials of Joseph Primrose, [223]
trials of Joseph Primrose, [223]
Chard, Joseph: his exertions in saving life from shipwrecks, [iv. 248]
Charles I. and ship-money, [ii. 28]; his navy, [29], [30]
his navy, [29], [30]
Chaucer’s description of the British sailor, [i. 272]
Cherbourg Breakwater, history and progress, [ii. 188]; view, [192]
view, [192]
Chesil Bank, [ii. 193], [195]
Chicago, [iv. 15]; view in Madison Street, [17]
view in Madison Street, [17]
Chichester training ship, [i. 45], [47]
Chili, [i. 172]
“Chimborazo” in a gale, [iv. 13]
China: Hong Kong, [iv. 43]; Shanghai, [44]
Shanghai, [44]
China: John Chinaman in San Francisco, [i. 161]; [iv. 31]
“China” in a cyclone in the Pacific, [iv. 39]; destroyed by fire, [ib.]
destroyed by fire, [ib.]
China Naval Station, [i. 119], [137]
“China,” steam ship, [iv. 31]
Chinese junks at Singapore, [i. 147], [148]
Chinese obstructions to foreign travel, [iv. 5]
Chinese paintings, [i. 126], [147]
Chinese phrases: “Pigeon English,” [i. 126]; customs and costume, [127]
customs and costume, [127]
Chinese waiters on board ship, [iv. 38]
Chinese Merchants’ Steam-ship Company, [iv. 31]
“Chinook jargon,” “Pigeon English,” [i. 167]
Christian IV. of Denmark: his encouragement of Arctic exploration, [iii. 150]; his ill-treatment of Munk, [151]
his ill-treatment of Munk, [151]
Christian, Fletcher: the mutiny of the Bounty, [i. 239–247]; shot by an Otaheitan, [249]
shot by an Otaheitan, [249]
Christian, Thursday October, son of Fletcher Christian, discovered on Pitcairn Island, [i. 247]
Christmas in the Arctic regions, [iii. 103], [222], [224], [263]
“Cinco Chagas” (the Five Wounds) burnt by the Earl of Cumberland, [i. 294]
Cinque Ports, [i. 267]
“City of Berlin,” Atlantic steamer, [iv. 3]
“City of Brussels,” Atlantic steamer, [iv. 3]
“City of Richmond,” Atlantic steamer, [iv. 3]
Cleodora, a univalve shell, [iv. 145]
“Clermont,” steam vessel, built by Fulton and Livingston, [ii. 93]
Clocks: The “Mother Clock” at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, [iv. 282]
Clyde and its ship-building yards, The, [ii. 97]
Coal: early trade in “sea-coal,” [i. 271]
Coal in the Arctic regions, [iii. 107]; in Vancouver Island, [i. 168]
in Vancouver Island, [i. 168]
Coast-guardsmen and their cottages, [iv. 232], [234]
Cobb, Captain: burning of the “Kent,” [i. 69–74]
Cobden, Richard: his support of M. de Lesseps and the Suez Canal, [i. 107]
Cochrane, Admiral: his description of Lieutenant Larmour and the naval service, [i. 216]
Cockles, [iv. 204], [205]
Cockroaches in ships, [i. 221]
Cocoa-nut oil manufactories at Sierra Leone, [i. 203]
Cocos, or Keeling Coral Island: Darwin’s description, [iv. 75], [76]
Cod: the Newfoundland and English fisheries, [iv. 175], [176]
Cod-liver oil a protection to swimmers, [iv. 264]
Cœlenterata: Hydrozoa and Actinozoa, [iv. 115]
Coffin-ships, [i. 3]; [ii. 112]
Cold in the Arctic regions, [iii. 171], [225], [236], [237], [276]. (See [Temperature].)
(See [Temperature].)
Colden, C. D.: his “Life of Fulton,” [ii. 94], [150]
Coles, Captain Cowper Phipps: his invention of revolving turrets, [i. 54]; loss of the Captain, ib.
loss of the Captain, ib.
Collins, Wilkie: the pilchard fishery, [iv. 173]; Botallack Mine, [207], [209]; Looe, [212]; Cornish hospitality, [216]; pedestrianism, [218]
Botallack Mine, [207], [209];
Looe, [212];
Cornish hospitality, [216];
pedestrianism, [218]
Collins line of steam-ships, [ii. 106–108]
Collinson, Captain: Search of Franklin in the Enterprise, [iii. 211], [214]
Collodon, Dr., on the diving-bell, [iv. 83]
Colorado: newspapers at George Town and Central City, [iv. 27]
Colour of the sea, [i. 35], [87]; iv. 96
Colpoys, Admiral: mutiny at Spithead, [i. 251]
Columbus, Bartholomew, brother of Christopher Columbus: [iii. 285], [295]; his visit to England, [285]; imprisoned, [296]
his visit to England, [285];
imprisoned, [296]
Columbus, Christopher: his landing at Trinidad, [i. 177]; history of his life and discoveries, by his son, [iii. 283]; his personal character and appearance, ib.; voyage to Iceland, ib.; first application to Ferdinand and Isabella, [285;] portrait, ib.; first voyage, [286]; land discovered, [288], [289;] his caravels, [288]; at Cuba and Hispaniola, gold and tobacco, [290], [291]; is shipwrecked, [291]; return to Spain, royal reception, [289], [293]; second voyage, [294]; disaffection and mutiny in Hispaniola, ib.; return and third voyage, [295]; general mutiny, ib.; his arrest and subsequent ill-treatment, [296], [297]; fourth voyage, ib.; his death, [297]; burial and final interment at Havana, [298]; his voyage to Greenland and Iceland, [118]
history of his life and discoveries, by his son, [iii. 283];
his personal character and appearance, ib.;
voyage to Iceland, ib.;
first application to Ferdinand and Isabella, [285;]
portrait, ib.;
first voyage, [286];
land discovered, [288], [289;]
his caravels, [288];
at Cuba and Hispaniola, gold and tobacco, [290], [291];
is shipwrecked, [291];
return to Spain, royal reception, [289], [293];
second voyage, [294];
disaffection and mutiny in Hispaniola, ib.;
return and third voyage, [295];
general mutiny, ib.;
his arrest and subsequent ill-treatment, [296], [297];
fourth voyage, ib.;
his death, [297];
burial and final interment at Havana, [298];
his voyage to Greenland and Iceland, [118]
Columbus, Diego, brother of Christopher Columbus: imprisoned by Bobadillo, [iii. 296]; made Governor of San Domingo, [308]
made Governor of San Domingo, [308]
Columbus, Ferdinand, son of Christopher Columbus: his history of his father and his discoveries, [iii. 283]
Concerts on board ship, [iv. 35]
“Congress” burnt in action with the “Merrimac,” [i. 20], [22], [23]
Conrad, Chevalier: his co-operation with M. de Lesseps, [i. 111]
Conus, a univalve shell, [iv. 141]
Coode: construction of Portland Breakwater, [ii. 194]
Cook, Captain James: his discovery of Botany Bay, [i. 151]; his Arctic voyage, [iii. 155], [158]; voyage of the Resolution and Adventure, [277]; discoveries, [278]; his career, [318]; his tragical death, ib.
his Arctic voyage, [iii. 155], [158];
voyage of the Resolution and Adventure, [277];
discoveries, [278];
his career, [318];
his tragical death, ib.
Cook, captain of the “Cambria:” his assistance at the burning of the “Kent,” [i. 74]
Cook, Eliza, her verses on the Sea, [iv. 299]
“Comet,” Bell’s passenger steamer, [ii. 95], [96]
Comet, naval steam-tug, [ii. 98]
Compass on iron ships, [ii. 102]
Comrie, Dr. Peter, R.N.: on the discipline in training-ships, [i. 46]
Copenhagen, Nelson at, [ii. 65], [75]
Coracles, or basket-boats, [i. 258]
Coral-islands and coral-fishing, [iv. 72], [73]
Coral-reefs in the Red Sea, [i. 117]
Corals of Singapore, [i. 150]
Coralline, [iv. 201]
Cordouan, Tower of, lighthouse, [ii. 157]
Cordova, Spanish admiral: battle of St. Vincent, [i. 7], [10]
Cork Harbour, [ii. 308]
Cornelison: his voyage of discovery, [iii. 129], [133], [142]
Cornwall: view on the coast of, [i. 297]; sketches of the coast, [iv. 207–225]; population, [215]; mines and fisheries, [215], [216]; religion, [223]
sketches of the coast, [iv. 207–225];
population, [215];
mines and fisheries, [215], [216];
religion, [223]
Corsairs, Gibraltar attacked by, [i. 92]
Cost of ironclad ships of war, [i. 14], [231]; [ii. 146]
Costa Rica: towns and villages pillaged by pirates, [iii. 30]
Coudin, midshipman of the “Medusa,” [i. 78], [80]
Coupang Bay, Lieutenant Bligh at; mutiny of the Bounty, [i. 244]
“Coupland” wrecked at Scarborough, [iv. 254]
“Courageux” taken by the Bellona, [i. 229]
Cowries, [iv. 140], [141]
Crabs, [iv. 129], [151], [154]
Crayfish, [iv. 158]
Cricket-match on board ship, [iv. 33]
Crimean War, its lessons, [i. 15], [19]
Crimson snow, [iii. 164]
Croatoan Island, Virginia, [ii. 2]
Croker Mountains, an imaginary discovery by Sir John Ross, [iii. 166], [170]
Cromwell’s Navy, [i. 232]
Cromwell’s Navigation Act, [ii. 30]
Crossing the Line: old ceremonies, [i. 229]
Crozier, Captain: Arctic exploration, [iii. 179], [230]
Crusaders: their ships, [i. 267], [269]
Crusoe, Robinson: Alexander Selkirk; Defoe and the island of Juan Fernandez, [i. 33], [36]
Crusoe’s Island (Tobago), [i. 179]; [ii. 50]
Crustaceans, [iv. 150]
Crystal Palace Aquarium, [iv. 114]
Cuba, [i. 183]; Havana, [184]; the pirate Morgan, [iii. 30], [31]; discovered by Columbus, [290]
Havana, [184];
the pirate Morgan, [iii. 30], [31];
discovered by Columbus, [290]
Culloden, [i. 8]
Cumberland, Earl of, as a pirate, [i. 291], [295], [ii. 16]; rich prizes, [292]; action with the “Madre de Dios,” [293]; Scourge of Malice, [i. 295]; voyage with Sir William Morison, [ii. 17], [18]
rich prizes, [292];
action with the “Madre de Dios,” [293];
Scourge of Malice, [i. 295];
voyage with Sir William Morison, [ii. 17], [18]
“Cumberland” sunk in action with the “Merrimac,” [i. 20], [21], [22]
Cunard steamers: the first, [ii. 105], [106]; “Scotia,” “Bothnia,” [109]; success of the Cunard Company, [110]
“Scotia,” “Bothnia,” [109];
success of the Cunard Company, [110]
Cushing, Lieutenant: his attack on the “Albemarle,” [ii. 149]
Cust, Hon. Sir Edward, D.C.L.: his “Annals of the Wars of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries,” [i. 11], [16]
Cuttle-fish, Gigantic, [i. 31]; [iv. 147]
Dædalus: Captain McQuhæ’s account of the sea-serpent, [iv. 186]
Da Gama, Vasco: the Cape of Good Hope doubled by him, [i. 203]; discovery of Natal, [i. 211]
discovery of Natal, [i. 211]
Dahlgren guns on the first “Monitor,” [i. 23]
Dampier: on the bread-fruit, [i. 238]; his re-discovery of Australia, [i. 151]
his re-discovery of Australia, [i. 151]
Dana’s “Seaman’s Manual,” [i. 51]; “Two Years Before the Mast,” [i. 48], [158]
“Two Years Before the Mast,” [i. 48], [158]
Dancing on board ship, [iv. 34]
Danes, Dr. Kane’s meeting with, [iii. 253]
Danish ships, [i. 263], [265]
Danites at Utah and Salt Lake City, [iv. 25]
Darien, the Indians of: Lolonois, the pirate, killed by them, [iii. 28]
Darling, Grace: wreck of the “Forfarshire,” [iv. 64]
Darling, Maggie and Jessie: their rescue of sailors in the St. Lawrence River, [iv. 64]
Dartmouth, [iv. 224]
Dartmouth in Boston Harbour, [ii. 65–69]; tea thrown overboard, [69], [72]
tea thrown overboard, [69], [72]
Darwin: on coral reefs, [iv. 74], [76]; on Infusoria, [113]
on Infusoria, [113]
D’Avila, Alvares: his defence of Gibraltar, [i. 92]
Dawkins, Captain, of the Vanguard: loss of the ship, [i. 63], [65]
De Veer, Gerrit: map of Nova Zembla, [iii. 131]
Davis, John, the pirate, [iii. 16]
Davis, John: his Arctic explorations, [iii. 127], [128]
Davy, Sir Humphry: fecundity of the salmon, [iv. 164]
Davy Jones’s Locker and its Treasures: pearls, corals, sponges, diving, [iv. 66–90]
“Dead-heads” on American railways, [iv. 26]
Deal: view on the coast; life-boats, [ii. 229], [232]
Deal, [iv. 242]; life-boat, [ib.]
life-boat, [ib.]
Deal hovellers, [ii. 247], [248]
Decisive voyages in history: Diaz, Columbus, Vasco da Gama, companions and followers of Columbus; Captain Cook, [iii. 281]
Deep-sea soundings: cruise of the Challenger, [i. 28], [30]; the accumulator and other apparatus, [29], [30], [35]
the accumulator and other apparatus, [29], [30], [35]
“Defensor de Pedro,” the ship of De Soto, the pirate, [iii. 79]
Defoe’s “Robinson Crusoe:” the island of Juan Fernandez, [i. 33]
De Gusman: Gibraltar besieged by him, [i. 91], [92]
Delorme, Dupuy: “Napoleon” constructed by, [i. 226]
Deptford: old Deptford dockyard, [i. 280]; [ii. 37]; Peter the Great, [38]; Saye’s Court, [39]
Peter the Great, [38];
Saye’s Court, [39]
De Quiros, Pedro Fernandez: discovery of the New Hebrides, [i. 151]; his discoveries in the southern hemisphere, [iii. 277]
his discoveries in the southern hemisphere, [iii. 277]
De Ruyter, Admiral, on the Medway, [ii. 31]
Desertion: from the navy; mutiny of the Bounty, [i. 235], [239]; mutiny of the Nore, [254]; the Wager, [ii. 53]
mutiny of the Nore, [254];
the Wager, [ii. 53]
Desolation Island, [iii. 279]
De Soto Benito, the pirate: his cruelty, [iii. 78–84]; executed, [83]
executed, [83]
“Deutschland,” Wreck of the, [ii. 114], [273]
De Veer: narrative of Barents’s voyage of discovery, [iii. 134], [138]
Devil-fish, [iv. 146]
Devil’s Frying-pan, Cornwall, [iv. 225]
Devonshire coast scenery, [iv. 199]
Devonshire boys on training-ships, [i. 46]
Diamond fields of South Africa, [i. 210]
Diamond Rock, Martinique: the Centaur, [i. 161], [187]
Diaz, Bartholomew de: his discovery of the Cape of Good Hope, [i. 203]; [iii. 282], [284]; sea passage from Portugal to India, [iii. 281]
sea passage from Portugal to India, [iii. 281]
Dibdin, Charles, and his two sons; their sea-songs, [iv. 298]
Dickens, Charles: his first trip to America, [iv. 3–12]
Dip of the magnetic needle, [iii. 187]
Discipline, Value of; the Vanguard, [i. 65]; “Kent,” East Indiaman, [64], [68], [69], [71], [74]; wreck of the Alceste, [i. 82], [83]; loss of the “Birkenhead,” [i. 74], [75]; want of discipline in the wreck of the “Medusa,” [i. 75–82]
“Kent,” East Indiaman, [64], [68], [69], [71], [74];
wreck of the Alceste, [i. 82], [83];
loss of the “Birkenhead,” [i. 74], [75];
want of discipline in the wreck of the “Medusa,” [i. 75–82]
Disco, Alert and Discovery at, [iii. 92], [93]; “Pandora” at, [iii. 95]; entrance to music-hall, [96]
“Pandora” at, [iii. 95];
entrance to music-hall, [96]
Discovery, Henry Hudson’s ship, [iii. 146]
Discovery, Captain Cook’s ship, [iii. 155], [318]
Discovery: departure from Portsmouth with the Alert, [iii. 84]; narrative of the expedition, [99–114]
narrative of the expedition, [99–114]
Divers at work, [iv. 85]
Divers attacked by a sword-fish, [iv. 84]
Diving for pearls, [iv. 69]
Diving for wreckage: the diving-bell, [iv. 79]
Diving dress, [iv. 86]. (See Swimming.)
(See Swimming.)
Dobb’s Galley: its expedition to the Arctic regions, [iii. 154]
Dogs in M‘Clintock’s Arctic expedition, [iii. 219], [225]
Dogs, Edible, [iii. 220]
Dogs, Wild, at Tortuga, [iii. 7]
Dog-fish, [iv. 162], [164], [262]
Dominica, [i. 187]
Dorothea in the ice, [iii. 165], [166], [167]
Doughtie, Master, executed by Drake for mutiny, [i. 307]
Douglas Pines of British Columbia used for canoes, [i. 167]
Dover, [iv. 239], [240]
Drake, Sir Francis: the Spanish Armada, [i. 284], [286], [288]; his first view of the Pacific, [289], [302]; his ships, Judith, Pascha, Swan; his attack on Nombre de Dios, [302]; at the Isthmus of Panama, [303]; passes the Straits of Magellan, [305]; his circumnavigation of the globe, ib.; natives of Seal Bay, [306]; execution of a mutineer, [307]; his ship, the Golden Hinde, [308]; portrait, [309]; treasure ship, “Cacafuego” taken by him, [311]; arrival at Ternate, [312]; at San Francisco, ib.; at Celebes, [313]; death, funeral, and character, [314]
his first view of the Pacific, [289], [302];
his ships, Judith, Pascha, Swan; his attack on Nombre de Dios, [302];
at the Isthmus of Panama, [303];
passes the Straits of Magellan, [305];
his circumnavigation of the globe, ib.;
natives of Seal Bay, [306];
execution of a mutineer, [307];
his ship, the Golden Hinde, [308];
portrait, [309];
treasure ship, “Cacafuego” taken by him, [311];
arrival at Ternate, [312];
at San Francisco, ib.;
at Celebes, [313];
death, funeral, and character, [314]
Drake taken by Paul Jones, [iii. 75]
Draper, Rev. Mr., lost in the “London,” [ii. 294]
Dreadnought, [i. 5]
Dreadnought, hospital ship, [ii. 120]; [iv. 285]
Dredges at work on the Suez Canal, [i. 112], [113]
Dredging in the deep sea, [i. 30], [31]
Dredging instruments on board the Challenger, [i. 38]
Drinkwater’s “Siege of Gibraltar,” [i. 16], [91], [97]
Drowning. (See Swimming.)
Duel of English and French ships, [i. 271]
Duncan, Admiral, addressing his crew on the Venerable, mutiny of the Nore, [i. 253]
Dundas, Lord: Symington’s steam vessel, “Charlotte Dundas,” [ii. 84]
Dundonald, Earl of: his “Autobiography of a Seaman,” [i. 216]
Dunmore, Lord: life saved by him from shipwreck, [iv. 243]
D’Urville, Admiral: discovery of South Polar Land, [iii. 279]
D’Urville, Dumont: Trepang fishery at Raffles’ Bay, [iv. 127]
Dust falling at Shanghai, [i. 125]
Dutch East India Company, [ii. 13]
Dutch fisheries, [ii. 23]
Dutch naval war, [ii. 30]; Martin Tromp, ib.; Admiral Van Tromp, [31]
Martin Tromp, ib.;
Admiral Van Tromp, [31]
Dutch shipping and English compared by Raleigh, [ii. 10]
Dutch voyages of discovery, [iii. 129]
Dyke Sand: the Goodwins, [ii. 255]
Dynamite, its explosive power, [ii. 152]
“Earl of Balcarras,” East Indiaman, [ii. 15]
Earthquakes: at Shanghai, [i. 123]; California, [162]; West Indies, [186]
California, [162];
West Indies, [186]
Eastbourne, [iv. 235]
East India Company; its history, [ii. 11]
East India Station, [i. 119]
Echinoderms, [iv. 126]
Edinburgh, His Royal Highness the Duke of: the Galatea at the Cape, [i. 205], [209]
Edward III.: his fleet, [i. 271], [272]
Edwards, Captain Edward: expedition of the Pandora to find the mutineers of the Bounty, [i. 244–246]
Eddystone Lighthouse, [ii. 156]; its history, [159]; Winstanley’s lighthouse, ib.; Rudyerd’s, [161–163]; Smeaton’s, [164–171]; views of former and present lighthouses, [160], [161], [168]; interior of the light chamber, [171]; portrait of Smeaton, [170]
its history, [159];
Winstanley’s lighthouse, ib.;
Rudyerd’s, [161–163];
Smeaton’s, [164–171];
views of former and present lighthouses, [160], [161], [168];
interior of the light chamber, [171];
portrait of Smeaton, [170]
“Effort” on the Goodwin Sands, [ii. 247]
Egerton, Sub-lieutenant, in Arctic exploration, [iii. 105], [106]
Egyptian galleys, [i. 259]
Eider ducks and their eggs, [iii. 167], [251], [252]
El Dorado, The search for, [ii. 4]
Electrical phenomenon at Cape Horn, [i. 176]
Electricity employed to remove the Royal George, [i. 62]
Ekenhead, Lieutenant: his swim with Byron across the Hellespont, [iv. 257]
Electric light for lighthouses, [ii. 187]
Elephant-hunting in South Africa, [i. 208]
Elizabeth, Queen: her navy, [i. 232], [282]; the Spanish Armada, [283–291]; Drake’s circumnavigation of the globe, [314]; her patronage of Gilbert and Raleigh; present to Gilbert, [316]; encouragement of Frobisher, [iii. 123], [124]
the Spanish Armada, [283–291];
Drake’s circumnavigation of the globe, [314];
her patronage of Gilbert and Raleigh; present to Gilbert, [316];
encouragement of Frobisher, [iii. 123], [124]
Elliott, General: his defence of Gibraltar, [i. 16–18]
El Puerto del Santa Maria, Cuba: taken by the pirate Morgan, [iii. 30]
“Ely”: rescue of the “Woolpacket,” Bideford Bay, [ii. 251], [252]
Emigration of Chinese to California, [i. 162]
Emigration: to Australia, [i. 154]; Cape of Good Hope, [210]; America, [ii. 62], [69]; Melbourne, [iv. 54], [55]
Cape of Good Hope, [210];
America, [ii. 62], [69];
Melbourne, [iv. 54], [55]
Engineers on board ship, [i. 224–226]; engine room of the Warrior, [225]; rank and pay of engineers, ib.
engine room of the Warrior, [225];
rank and pay of engineers, ib.
English sailors, [i. 226]
Enisco, M. F. de: his generosity to Nicuesa, [iii. 309]; his expeditions, capture of gold, [iii. 314]
his expeditions, capture of gold, [iii. 314]
Enterprise: search for Franklin, [iii. 211], [214]
Erebus, Franklin’s ship in his last voyage, [iii. 207]
Erebus and Terror among the icebergs, [iii. 193]; discovery of relics, [227]
discovery of relics, [227]
Ericsson, Captain John: his battery in the first “Monitor,” [i. 23]; portrait, [ii. 97]; introduction of the screw-propeller, [102]
portrait, [ii. 97];
introduction of the screw-propeller, [102]
Espinosa, Spanish admiral: his letter to the pirate Morgan, [iii. 39]
Esquemeling, Joseph, a bucanier: his account of them, [iii. 3], [6]
Esquimalt, Vancouver Island, [i. 163], [165]
Esquimaux, The, [iii. 117]; described by Frobisher, [123]; portraits, [172]; snow village, [173], [174]; Franklin’s fight with Esquimaux, [195]; kaiyacks and boat, [196]; Dr. Kane at Etah, [238], [251]; relics of Franklin, [225]; plot against Dr. [pg 310]Hayes in Dr. Kane’s expedition, [241]; a laudanum stew, [243]; snow-houses, [244]; portrait of Kalutunah, [245]; sledges and team of dogs, [163], [225]
described by Frobisher, [123];
portraits, [172];
snow village, [173], [174];
Franklin’s fight with Esquimaux, [195];
kaiyacks and boat, [196];
Dr. Kane at Etah, [238], [251];
relics of Franklin, [225];
plot against Dr. [pg 310]Hayes in Dr. Kane’s expedition, [241];
a laudanum stew, [243];
snow-houses, [244];
portrait of Kalutunah, [245];
sledges and team of dogs, [163], [225]
Esquiros, Alphonse: on “English Seamen and Divers,” [i. 42]; on street arabs, [47]; on Lloyd’s, [ii. 125–128]; on the diving-bell, [iv. 81], [83]
on street arabs, [47];
on Lloyd’s, [ii. 125–128];
on the diving-bell, [iv. 81], [83]
Etah, Esquimaux at, [iii. 251]
Eugénie, Empress of the French, at the inauguration of the Suez Canal, [i. 115]
Euplectella (Venus’s flower-basket,), [i. 30], [32]
Eurydice training-ship: lost off the Isle of Wight, [iv. 227], [228]
Falconer, James; his poem “The Shipwreck,” [iv. 297]; his Marine Dictionary, [ib.]
his Marine Dictionary, [ib.]
Falkland Islands, [i. 176]
Falmouth: its history, [iv. 222]; lighthouse, [ib.]; harbour, [i. 72]
lighthouse, [ib.];
harbour, [i. 72]
Farmer Peck’s Inn, Simon’s Bay, [i. 206]
Fat: its influence on longevity, [iv. 168]
Faulkner, Captain R., in the Bellona takes the “Courageux,” [i. 228]
Fearney, William, Nelson’s bargeman at the battle of St. Vincent, [i. 8]
Fearon, Colonel: burning of the “Kent,” [i. 69]
Female pirates: Mary Read and Anne Bonney, [iii. 67], [68]
Ferdinand and Isabella: surrender of Gibraltar to, [i. 92]; their negotiations with and support of Columbus, [ii. 286]; reception of him after his first voyage, [289], [293]; his second and third voyages, [295]; his arrest and subsequent treatment, [296], [297]; their conduct to Ojèda and Nicuesa, [307]
their negotiations with and support of Columbus, [ii. 286];
reception of him after his first voyage, [289], [293];
his second and third voyages, [295];
his arrest and subsequent treatment, [296], [297];
their conduct to Ojèda and Nicuesa, [307]
Fernandez, Juan: his supposed Antarctic voyage, [iii. 276]
Ferry-boats at New York, [i. 196], [197]
Field, Cyrus W.: his promotion of submarine telegraphy, [iv. 98–100]
Figuier: on sea-monsters, [i. 31]; foraminifera, [iv. 112]; mussels, [130]; oysters, [131]; pteropoda, [142]
foraminifera, [iv. 112];
mussels, [130];
oysters, [131];
pteropoda, [142]
Fiji Islands, [iv. 47]
Filey, [iv. 252]
Fins of fish as organs of locomotion, [iv. 159]
Fire: The Ship on Fire; burning of the “Amazon,” [ii. 256], [278–290]
Fires in Californian forests, [i. 166]
Fire-ships attacking the Spanish Armada, [i. 288]
Fish-life: voices of fish; Do fish sleep? [iv. 178]
Fish, Anatomy of, [iv. 159]
Fish-bladder, [iv. 159]
Fish: salmon in British Columbia, [i. 164], [168], [170], [171]; cod in Behring Sea, [170]
cod in Behring Sea, [170]
Fish: Dutch fisheries, [ii. 23]
Fisheries of Cornwall, [iv. 215], [216]
Fish at Juan Fernandez, [i. 34]
Fiskernæs, South Greenland, [iii. 164]
Fitch’s improvements in steam vessels, [ii. 85], [89]
Fitzjames, Captain, of the Erebus, [iii. 230]
Flags of the World, Naval, [ii. 1]
Flamborough Head, [iv. 251]
Floating ice, [iii. 125], [130]
Floating light-ships, [iv. 244]
Flogging in the Navy, [i. 51–53]
Flying-fish, [i. 80]; [iv. 162], [164]
Fogs: loss of the Vanguard, [i. 63–67]
Fog in the Polar regions, [iii. 111], [166], [182], [183], [259]
Fog-horns, or Siren signals, [iv. 280]
Foraminifera, [iv. 111]
Forecastle pest-houses, [ii. 121]
Forest, Submerged, [iv. 199]
“Forfarshire,” Wreck of the, [iv. 64]
Fortifications of Cherbourg, [ii. 189]; of Portland, [195]
of Portland, [195]
Fort Enterprise, Franklin at, [iii. 188], [190], [193]
Forts and ships of war at Sebastopol, [i. 14], [15]
Fossil ivory, [iii. 162]
“Fougueux” taken at Trafalgar, [i. 11]
“Fox”: the search for Franklin, [iii. 215]
Franklin, Sir John: his tombstone, [iii. 98]; Arctic voyages, [166], [168], [178], [189], [190], [191], [193], [195]; his last voyage, [204]; portrait, [205]; memoir, [206]; the search for, [207–232]; relics found by Dr. Rae, [215]; other relics, [227], [229], [231]
Arctic voyages, [166], [168], [178], [189], [190], [191], [193], [195];
his last voyage, [204];
portrait, [205];
memoir, [206];
the search for, [207–232];
relics found by Dr. Rae, [215];
other relics, [227], [229], [231]
Franklin, Lady: her advocacy and support of Polar exploration, [iii. 92], [93], [98]; search for Sir John Franklin, [207], [215], [222]
search for Sir John Franklin, [207], [215], [222]
Franz Josef Land, discovered by Lieutenant Payer, [iii. 272]
Frederick William, Emperor of Germany: Arctic expedition of the “Germania” and “Hansa,” [iii. 259]
Free-board of the Captain, [i. 54]
Free Town, Sierra Leone, [i. 202], [204]
Freezing, The sleepy comfort of: Dr. Kane’s experience, [iii. 237]
French ironclads, [i. 83]
French sailors, [i. 226]
Frobisher, Sir Martin: the Spanish Armada, [i. 284], [287]; his voyages of discovery, [iii. 123], [124], [126]; portrait, [128]
his voyages of discovery, [iii. 123], [124], [126];
portrait, [128]
Frobisher’s Strait, [iii. 146]
Frost-bite, [iii. 171]
Fruit at Shanghai, [i. 123]; in South Australia, [154]
in South Australia, [154]
Fulton, Robert: steam navigation, [ii. 87–95]; submarine boat, [88]; “Clermont,” [93]; portrait, [95]; his torpedoes and torpedo boat, [ii. 149], [153]
submarine boat, [88];
“Clermont,” [93];
portrait, [95];
his torpedoes and torpedo boat, [ii. 149], [153]
Funeral at sea, [ii. 153]
Fur-sealing: Alaska and San Francisco, [i. 170], [171]
Fury: Arctic voyage, [iii. 172], [176]
Fusaro, Lake: its oysters, [iv. 136]