| Galatea,
Cruise of the, [i. 205] |
|---|
| “Gallia,” Atlantic steamer, [iv. 3] |
| “Gamo,”
Spanish frigate, taken by Admiral Cochrane, [i. 219] |
| Gann, John: his diving apparatus,
[iv. 87] |
| Garry Island: Franklin’s flag
unfurled, [iii. 194] |
| Gasparin, Madame de; her reminiscences
of a thunderstorm, [iv.
193] |
| Gasteropoda, [iv. 139] |
| Gems in Ceylon, [i. 119] |
|
George II.’s navy, [i. 232];
laws against wrecking,
[ii. 237]
|
| laws against wrecking,
[ii. 237] |
| George IV.; Lukin’s life-boat,
[ii. 210] |
| Georgia, Gulf of, [i. 166], [167] |
| Géricault’s painting of the raft of
the “Medusa,” [i. 81], [82] |
| German Arctic expeditions, [iii. 258] |
| “Germania,” Arctic exploring ship, [iii. 258], [267] |
| Gerritz, Dirk, discovery of Southern
Polar land, [iii. 277], [278] |
|
Gibraltar, Siege of: red-hot shot, [i. 16], [17], [18];
view from the mainland,
[65];
Browning’s lines on the
Straits, [87];
history of the rock, [88];
sieges, ib.;
view of the Neutral Ground,
[89];
Stephens’s “History of the Place and its
Sieges,” [90];
first taken by England,
[93], [94];
Moorish tower, [93];
Spanish attempts to regain the
place, [94], [95];
Sayer’s “History of Gibraltar,” [95], [96];
the great siege, ib.;
the rock described, [96];
monkeys, [97];
Morgan’s attack on, [iii. 33], [39]
|
| view from the mainland,
[65]; |
| Browning’s lines on the
Straits, [87]; |
| history of the rock, [88]; |
| sieges, ib.; |
| view of the Neutral Ground,
[89]; |
| Stephens’s “History of the Place and its
Sieges,” [90]; |
| first taken by England,
[93], [94]; |
| Moorish tower, [93]; |
| Spanish attempts to regain the
place, [94], [95]; |
| Sayer’s “History of Gibraltar,” [95], [96]; |
| the great siege, ib.; |
| the rock described, [96]; |
| monkeys, [97]; |
| Morgan’s attack on, [iii. 33], [39] |
|
Gibraltar, a town in Venezuela, [iii. 20];
taken by pirates, [21], [22], [23], [25]
|
| taken by pirates, [21], [22], [23], [25] |
| Gilbert, W. S.: his operettas,
[iv. 303] |
|
Gilbert, Sir Humphrey: colonisation and trade with America,
[i. 315];
Queen Elizabeth’s patronage
and present, [315], [316];
voyage to Newfoundland,
[316];
possession taken, [318];
Gilbert’s fate, [317], [319];
his advocacy of the discovery
of the North-west Passage, [iii. 123], [126]
|
| Queen Elizabeth’s patronage
and present, [315], [316]; |
| voyage to Newfoundland,
[316]; |
| possession taken, [318]; |
| Gilbert’s fate, [317], [319]; |
| his advocacy of the discovery
of the North-west Passage, [iii. 123], [126] |
|
Gilmore, Rev. W.: “Storm Warriors;
or, Lifeboat Work,” [ii. 217];
hovellers and wreckers,
[ii. 245], [247], [253]
|
| hovellers and wreckers,
[ii. 245], [247], [253] |
| Girvan, Private, a diver: his
submarine combat with Corporal Jones, [iv. 88] |
| Glaciers, [iii. 155], [166] |
| Globe-fish, [iv. 162], [164] |
| Globigerina, from the Atlantic,
[i. 32] |
| Gloucester,
Commodore Anson’s ship, [ii. 46], [50], [56], [57] |
| Goats in Malta, [i. 99] |
| Goat Island, San Francisco, [i. 157] |
| Goggles worn in Arctic exploration,
[iii. 110] |
| Going aloft, [i. 97] |
|
Gold: in Australia, discovered by Hargreaves, [i. 151]; iv. 55;
in California, [i. 158];
miners’ vicissitudes, [164];
Cariboo mines, British
Columbia, [i. 163], [164];
search for El Dorado, [ii. 4], [6];
Frobisher’s voyage in search
of, [iii. 125], [126];
voyages of Columbus, [iii. 291], [293], [294], [295];
of Ojeda, Nino, and De
Bastides, [303], [306];
taken from Indians by Nicuesa,
[311];
by Enisco, [314]
|
| in California, [i. 158]; |
| miners’ vicissitudes, [164]; |
| Cariboo mines, British
Columbia, [i. 163], [164]; |
| search for El Dorado, [ii. 4], [6]; |
| Frobisher’s voyage in search
of, [iii. 125], [126]; |
| voyages of Columbus, [iii. 291], [293], [294], [295]; |
| of Ojeda, Nino, and De
Bastides, [303], [306]; |
| taken from Indians by Nicuesa,
[311]; |
| by Enisco, [314] |
| Gold-washing, Ancient, at St. Domingo,
[iii. 293] |
| Golden State and City. (See
[California],
[San
Francisco].) |
|
Golden Hinde: Drake’s
circumnavigating ship, [i. 308–314];
Sir Humphrey Gilbert’s
expedition, [318]
|
| Sir Humphrey Gilbert’s
expedition, [318] |
|
Goodwin Sands and Life-boats, [ii. 198], [215];
wreck of the “Samaritano,” [217–223];
“Violet,” [224];
“Fusileer,” ib.;
Portuguese brig, [225];
other wrecks, [229], [230];
loss of the “Effort,” [247];
“Albion” lugger-hovelling: the
lugger lost, [248], [249];
the sands described,
ib.;
map, at low water, [252];
rescue of “La Marguerite,” [253];
the Sands mentioned by
Shakespeare, [iv.
294]
|
| wreck of the “Samaritano,” [217–223]; |
| “Violet,” [224]; |
| “Fusileer,” ib.; |
| Portuguese brig, [225]; |
| other wrecks, [229], [230]; |
| loss of the “Effort,” [247]; |
| “Albion” lugger-hovelling: the
lugger lost, [248], [249]; |
| the sands described,
ib.; |
| map, at low water, [252]; |
| rescue of “La Marguerite,” [253]; |
| the Sands mentioned by
Shakespeare, [iv.
294] |
| Gosnold, Captain: first direct voyage
to America, [ii. 10] |
|
Gosse, P. H.: growth of echinoderms, [iv. 126];
hermit crabs, [154];
attractions of the sea-shore,
[191];
on the sea coast, [194];
enormous Medusæ, [195];
sea anemones, [196], [198];
rapid influx of the tide,
[197];
Devonshire coast scenery,
[199];
spinous cockle, [204]
|
| hermit crabs, [154]; |
| attractions of the sea-shore,
[191]; |
| on the sea coast, [194]; |
| enormous Medusæ, [195]; |
| sea anemones, [196], [198]; |
| rapid influx of the tide,
[197]; |
| Devonshire coast scenery,
[199]; |
| spinous cockle, [204] |
|
Granada: the Moors in Spain, [i. 88], [90];
at Gibraltar, [94]
|
| at Gibraltar, [94] |
| Great American Desert, [iv. 22] |
| “Great
Britain,” [ii. 102] |
|
“Great Eastern,” [i. 13];
its tonnage, [232];
contrasted with the
Great Harry,
[232], [233];
first and subsequent voyages,
[ii. 134–137];
arrival at New York, [136];
gale off Cape Clear, [128], [137];
its history, ib.;
Brunel and Scott Russell,
[130];
their portraits, [129];
view and launch of the ship,
[130–133];
laying the Submarine Atlantic
Telegraph Cable, [iv. 3], [102–110]
|
| its tonnage, [232]; |
| contrasted with the
Great Harry,
[232], [233]; |
| first and subsequent voyages,
[ii. 134–137]; |
| arrival at New York, [136]; |
| gale off Cape Clear, [128], [137]; |
| its history, ib.; |
| Brunel and Scott Russell,
[130]; |
| their portraits, [129]; |
| view and launch of the ship,
[130–133]; |
| laying the Submarine Atlantic
Telegraph Cable, [iv. 3], [102–110] |
| Great Fish River, [iii. 217] |
|
Great Harry, [i. 275], [282];
contrasted with the
“Great Eastern,”
[233]
|
| contrasted with the
“Great Eastern,”
[233] |
| Greathead’s Life-boats, [ii. 209], [210], [211] |
| “Great
Michael,” James IV. of Scotland, [i. 281] |
| Great Mogul’s ship taken by Avery, the
pirate, [iii. 60], [61] |
| “Great
Queensland,” blown up, [ii. 122] |
| “Great
Western” steam-ship, [ii. 101], [106] |
| Grecian ships, [i. 261] |
|
Greene, Henry: his mutiny against Hudson, [iii. 147];
killed by natives of Labrador,
[148]
|
| killed by natives of Labrador,
[148] |
|
Greenland, [iii. 95];
its colonisation, [116], [117];
James Hall at, [143];
Henry Hudson at, [146];
William Baffin at, [149];
icebergs, [ib.];
change in the ice-fields,
[162];
Sir John Ross at, [163];
portraits of Esquimaux,
[172];
a snow village, [173], [174];
view of Whale Sound, [233];
of Cape Alexander, [249]
|
| its colonisation, [116], [117]; |
| James Hall at, [143]; |
| Henry Hudson at, [146]; |
| William Baffin at, [149]; |
| icebergs, [ib.]; |
| change in the ice-fields,
[162]; |
| Sir John Ross at, [163]; |
| portraits of Esquimaux,
[172]; |
| a snow village, [173], [174]; |
| view of Whale Sound, [233]; |
| of Cape Alexander, [249] |
| Greenwich: Peter the Great and Halley,
[ii. 40] |
|
Grinnell, H.: American expedition in
search of Franklin, [iii. 214];
the “Advance” fitted out by him; Dr.
Kane’s search for Franklin, [233];
Dr. Hayes’s Arctic expedition
in the “United States,”
[iii. 255]
|
| the “Advance” fitted out by him; Dr.
Kane’s search for Franklin, [233]; |
| Dr. Hayes’s Arctic expedition
in the “United States,”
[iii. 255] |
| Griper:
Arctic voyages, [iii. 168], [169], [176] |
| Grippe, or mistral, [i. 107] |
| Grog, Admiral Vernon (“Old Grog”): his grogram tunic, [i. 51] |
| Grog on ship-board, [i. 44] |
| “Grosser
Kurfürst,” Loss of the, [iv. 238] |
| Grylls, Lieut. R.N., a survivor of the
burning of the “Amazon,”
[ii. 282], [287], [288] |
| Guadaloupe discovered by Columbus,
[iii. 294] |
| Guano ships, [ii. 122], [123] |
| Guard ships, [i. 44] |
| Guiana, Raleigh’s expeditions to,
[ii. 8] |
| Guillemard’s “Over Land and Sea”: Honolulu, Fiji,
[iv. 47] |
| Gulf Stream, [iv. 91] |
| Gulf Stream light-vessel on the
Goodwin Sands, [iv.
245] |
| Gulf of Georgia, [i. 166], [167] |
| Guns: gunnery of war-ships.
(See [Artillery]) |
| Guy Fawkes burnt in the Arctic
regions, [iii. 219] |
|
“Gwenissa” wrecked near
Tramore, [ii. 258];
Ronayne’s bravery in saving
life, [257–261]
|
| Ronayne’s bravery in saving
life, [257–261] |
| Haddock: “Finnan haddies”; fishing in Scotland,
[iv. 175] |
|---|
|
Hakluyt’s lines on the British navy, [i. 273];
on the execution of Doughtie
by Drake for mutiny, [307];
defeat of the Spanish Armada,
[289];
slave-trade, [297];
on early voyages of discovery,
[iii. 119]
|
| on the execution of Doughtie
by Drake for mutiny, [307]; |
| defeat of the Spanish Armada,
[289]; |
| slave-trade, [297]; |
| on early voyages of discovery,
[iii. 119] |
| Haliburton, Judge: erection and
history of the town of Halifax, [i. 199] |
| Halibut, or Holibut, [iv. 175] |
|
Halifax, Nova Scotia, [i. 198];
the town, harbour,
lighthouses, ib.;
history, [199];
“Blue
Noses,” ib.
|
| the town, harbour,
lighthouses, ib.; |
| history, [199]; |
| “Blue
Noses,” ib. |
|
Hall, Captain Basil, R.N.: “Life in
Chili,” [i. 174];
electrical phenomenon at Cape
Horn, [176];
sharks, [iv. 160]
|
| electrical phenomenon at Cape
Horn, [176]; |
| sharks, [iv. 160] |
|
Hall, Captain C. F., his Arctic expedition in the
“Polaris,” [iii. 268];
his death and funeral,
[268], [269]
|
| his death and funeral,
[268], [269] |
| Hall, James: attempt to discover the
North-west Passage, [iii. 143], [149] |
| Halley’s diving-bell, [iv. 81] |
| Hamilton, Bermuda, [i. 187], [188] |
| Hammerhead, [iv. 162] |
| Hannay, James, on wasteful expenditure
in naval construction, [i. 47] |
| Hanno’s voyage to Africa, [i. 259] |
|
“Hansa,” Arctic exploring
ship, [iii. 258], [260];
sinking of the ship, [261], [262];
the crew in a coal-house on an
ice-raft, [257], [260], [263];
breaking up of the floe,
[265];
eight months on the ice-raft,
[266]
|
| sinking of the ship, [261], [262]; |
| the crew in a coal-house on an
ice-raft, [257], [260], [263]; |
| breaking up of the floe,
[265]; |
| eight months on the ice-raft,
[266] |
| Hardy, Captain, at the Battle of
Trafalgar, [i. 10] |
| Hargreave, E. H.: his discovery of
gold in Australia, [i. 151], [153] |
| Harpa, a univalve shell, [iv. 145] |
| Harris, Corporal: his diving exploits,
[iv. 87] |
| Hartstene, Captain: his search for and
meeting with Dr. Kane, [iii. 254] |
| Harvey, Captain, of the Téméraire, at Trafalgar,
[i. 10] |
| Harvey, Captain: his torpedo, [ii. 153], [155] |
| Harwich, [iv. 247], [248] |
|
Hastings, [iv. 236];
battle of Hastings, [ib.]
|
| battle of Hastings, [ib.] |
|
Havana, [i. 184];
slave labour, [185]
|
| slave labour, [185] |
| Hawaian Islands. (See
[Sandwich
Islands].) |
|
Hawkins, Sir John: the Spanish Armada, [i. 284];
his ships; capture of slaves,
[295–301];
his high-handed trading,
[297];
coat of arms, [298];
portrait, [300];
action at St. Juan de Ulloa,
[301]
|
| his ships; capture of slaves,
[295–301]; |
| his high-handed trading,
[297]; |
| coat of arms, [298]; |
| portrait, [300]; |
| action at St. Juan de Ulloa,
[301] |
|
Hayes, Dr.: his sufferings in Dr. Kane’s expedition, [iii. 240], [241];
his Arctic expedition in the
“United States,”
[iii. 255]
|
| his Arctic expedition in the
“United States,”
[iii. 255] |
|
Hayti discovered by Columbus, [iii. 291];
its early history, [205]
|
| its early history, [205] |
| Heard Island, [i. 34] |
| Hecla:
Arctic voyages, [iii.
169], [170] |
| Heemskirk, Gibraltar attacked by,
[i. 92] |
| Hegemann, Captain: Arctic expedition
of the “Hansa,” [iii. 257], [259], [267] |
| Héhaux, Brittany, Lighthouse, [ii. 178] |
|
Hemans, Mrs.: lines on shipwrecks, [ii. 296];
her “Casabianca,” [iv. 299]
|
| her “Casabianca,” [iv. 299] |
| Henri Grace de
Dieu. (See [Great Harry].) |
| Henry V., his fleet, [i. 273] |
| Henry VII.: Acts for regulating the
Navy, [i. 277] |
|
Henry VIII.’s navy, [i. 232], [273], [282];
royal navy first established,
[275];
encouragement of voyages of
discovery, [iii. 119], [120]; [iv. 288]
|
| royal navy first established,
[275]; |
| encouragement of voyages of
discovery, [iii. 119], [120]; [iv. 288] |
| Hepburn, a sailor in Richardson’s
Arctic expedition; his heroism, [iii. 189], [193] |
| Herald
sent in search of Franklin, [iii. 207], [211] |
| Hermit crab, [iv. 154], [156] |
| Hero of the Humber, John Ellerthorpe,
[iv. 267] |
| “Héros,” [i. 7] |
|
Herrings and the Herring Fishery, [iv. 168–171];
supposed cabalistic markings
of the herring, [168];
mode of curing, [169];
fisheries of Yarmouth, Wick,
and Holland, [ib.];
inexhaustible supplies,
[170], [171], [250]
|
| supposed cabalistic markings
of the herring, [168]; |
| mode of curing, [169]; |
| fisheries of Yarmouth, Wick,
and Holland, [ib.]; |
| inexhaustible supplies,
[170], [171], [250] |
| Hickley, Captain, of the Iron
Duke: loss of the Vanguard, [i. 63] |
| Hiero’s floating palace, [i. 260] |
| Hirst, Robert: his escape from the
Captain, [i. 55], [57] |
| Hispaniola discovered by Columbus,
[iii. 291] |
| History of the sea, [i. 1] |
| Hoboken, New York, [i. 195] |
|
Hobson, Captain W. R.: “Fox”
expedition in search of Franklin, [iii. 216], [226];
his discovery of a record of
the expedition, [226], [229], [230]
|
| his discovery of a record of
the expedition, [226], [229], [230] |
| Hodder, Edwin, “Heroes of Britain in Peace and War,”
[iv. 267] |
| Hogg, James, the Ettrick shepherd;
growth, changes, and migration of the salmon, [iv. 165], [166] |
| Holothuria: trepang fisheries,
[iv. 127], [128] |
| Holyhead Breakwater, [ii. 197] |
| Holystoning a ship’s deck, [i. 49] |
| Home for Disabled and Worn-out
Merchant Seamen, Belvedere, Kent, [iv. 273] |
| Honduras discovered by Columbus,
[iii. 296] |
|
Hong Kong, [i. 119].
(See [Victoria].)
|
| (See [Victoria].) |
| Honolulu, View and account of,
[iv. 33], [45], [46] |
| Hood, Admiral Lord, [i. 4], [6] |
| Hood, Captain: Arctic exploration,
[iii. 189], [193] |
| Hood, Thomas: his poem, “The Demon Ship,” [iv. 303] |
| Horace: on the Sea, [iv. 290], [291] |
| Hore’s voyage of discovery encouraged
by Henry VIII., [iii. 120] |
| Horses, Wild, at Tortuga, [iii. 7] |
| Hotham, Admiral, [i. 7] |
|
Hovellers: at the Goodwin Sands,
[ii. 199];
hovelling v. wrecking,
[245];
services of hovellers,
ib.;
hovellers associated with
wreckers, [247];
dangers of the hoveller’s
life, [249];
wreck of the “Woolpacket,” [251]
|
| hovelling v. wrecking,
[245]; |
| services of hovellers,
ib.; |
| hovellers associated with
wreckers, [247]; |
| dangers of the hoveller’s
life, [249]; |
| wreck of the “Woolpacket,” [251] |
| Howard of Effingham, Lord: defeat of
the Spanish Armada, [i. 284] |
| Howe, Admiral Lord: mutiny at
Spithead, [i. 250], [251] |
| “Huascar” and “Shah”: action between them, [i. 26] |
|
Hubner, Baron: the passage from San Francisco to Japan,
[iv. 35–37];
Yokohama, [40]
|
| Yokohama, [40] |
|
Hudson, Henry: his Polar voyages, [iii. 144], [146];
mutiny, cast adrift and lost,
[147], [148];
Hudson River, Bay and Strait,
[iii. 144], [146]
|
| mutiny, cast adrift and lost,
[147], [148]; |
| Hudson River, Bay and Strait,
[iii. 144], [146] |
|
Hudson River, [i. 195]; [iii. 144];
its discovery, [146]
|
| its discovery, [146] |
|
Hudson’s Bay Company and the Californian currency, [i. 165], [167]; [iii. 151], [154];
the search for Franklin,
[207]
|
| the search for Franklin,
[207] |
| Huer, or watcher, in pilchard fishing,
[iv. 173] |
| Hull, E. W.: his device for saving
life at the wreck of the “Killarney,” [ii. 315] |
| Hummocks in the Polar Seas, [iii. 97], [137], [181] |
| Hunt, Mr. Ward: on the loss of the
Vanguard, [i. 67] |
| Hurricanes, [iv. 95] |
| Hydrozoa, [iv. 115] |
| Hyères, naval fight off, [i. 7] |
|
La Cosa, Juan de: his expeditions to America, [iii. 303], [304], [307], [308], [309], [310];
his character and death,
[309], [310], [311]
|
|---|
| his character and death,
[309], [310], [311] |
| Lacquer-work in Japan, [iv. 40] |
| “Lady
Franklin”: the search for Franklin, [iii. 207] |
| La Hogue, battle of, [ii. 32] |
| Lake Menzaleh, on the Suez Canal;
catching pelicans, [i. 112], [116] |
| “La
Marguerite,” on the Goodwin Sands, [ii. 253] |
| Lambert, James, a blind native of
Calton, a suburb of Glasgow: his heroism in saving life from
drowning, [iv. 268] |
| Land crabs, [iv. 152], [153] |
| Land’s End, [iv. 207] |
| Lapland, Dutch Expedition to, [iii. 142] |
| La Perouse: his monument in
Petropaulovski, [i. 132] |
| Lardner, Dr.: steam navigation,
[ii. 106] |
| Lascars, as sailors, [i. 43] |
| Las Casas: his account of Spaniards in
America, [iii. 312], [313] |
| Laube, Dr.: Arctic voyage of the
“Hansa,” [iii. 259], [263] |
| Laudanum stew given to treacherous
Esquimaux, [iii. 243] |
| La Valette: his defence of Malta,
[i. 102] |
| Lay’s torpedo, [ii. 151], [153] |
| Leake, Sir John: his defence of
Gibraltar, [i. 94] |
| Leeuw, Hannequin, the pirate, [i. 275] |
| Leigh, Amyas, the hero of Kingsley’s
“Westward Ho!” [i. 43] |
| Lentzé, Herr: his co-operation with M.
de Lesseps, [i. 111] |
| Lesseps, F. M. de: the Suez Canal,
[i. 107] |
| Letters of Marque, [i. 270]; [iii. 2] |
| Lewis, Richard: “The Life-boat and its Work,” [ii. 210] |
| Lewson, Admiral Sir Richard, [ii. 19] |
| Liessou, M.: his co-operation with M.
de Lesseps in the Suez Canal, [i. 110] |
| Life saved from shipwrecks; statistics,
[ii. 320]; [iv. 262], [267] |
|
Lifeboat, The, [ii. 209–235];
its origin and history,
[210];
Lionel Lukin, ib.;
Wouldhave and Greathead,
ib.;
George IV., ib.;
Duke of Northumberland,
[211];
Viscount Stratford de
Redcliffe, ib.;
National Life-boat
Institution, ib.;
Sir William Hillary, [212];
saving life on the
“St. George,” [213];
“self-righting,” [214];
“Aid,” steam-tug, Ramsgate, [215–234];
“Ann,” loss of a lifeboat, [212], [216];
“Samaritano” wrecked; saving of
life, [217–223];
loss of a Portuguese brig,
[225–228];
lifeboat and carriage,
[217];
group of lifeboat men,
[229];
“Providentia,” [230–236];
at Penzance, [iv. 219];
at Padstow, [221];
Deal, [242]
|
| its origin and history,
[210]; |
| Lionel Lukin, ib.; |
| Wouldhave and Greathead,
ib.; |
| George IV., ib.; |
| Duke of Northumberland,
[211]; |
| Viscount Stratford de
Redcliffe, ib.; |
| National Life-boat
Institution, ib.; |
| Sir William Hillary, [212]; |
| saving life on the
“St. George,” [213]; |
| “self-righting,” [214]; |
| “Aid,” steam-tug, Ramsgate, [215–234]; |
| “Ann,” loss of a lifeboat, [212], [216]; |
| “Samaritano” wrecked; saving of
life, [217–223]; |
| loss of a Portuguese brig,
[225–228]; |
| lifeboat and carriage,
[217]; |
| group of lifeboat men,
[229]; |
| “Providentia,” [230–236]; |
| at Penzance, [iv. 219]; |
| at Padstow, [221]; |
| Deal, [242] |
|
Lighthouse, The, and its history, [ii. 156];
Pharos of Alexandria, [158];
Roman Pharos, Dover,
ib.;
Tower of Cordouan, [157];
the Eddystone, its history and
construction, [156], [159–171];
lighthouses of the British
Channel, [171];
the “Bell Rock” lighthouse on the
Inchcape Rock, [173];
lighthouse on the Skerryvore
Rocks, [175–178];
lighthouse of Héhaux,
Brittany, [178–181];
lighthouses on land; Maplin
Sands light, [182];
Port Fleetwood, ib.;
iron lighthouses, ib.;
the lanterns, [183], [187];
tallow candles, ib.;
coal fires, ib.;
Argand burner, [184];
reflectors, ib.;
electric light at sea,
[185];
flashing, revolving, and
coloured lights, [184], [186];
lanterns obscured by moths,
bees, and birds, [187];
St. Anthony’s Point, Falmouth,
[iv. 222];
Bishop Rock Lighthouse,
[ii. 269], [270];
Lizard light, [iv. 208];
Wolf lighthouse, [210]
|
| Pharos of Alexandria, [158]; |
| Roman Pharos, Dover,
ib.; |
| Tower of Cordouan, [157]; |
| the Eddystone, its history and
construction, [156], [159–171]; |
| lighthouses of the British
Channel, [171]; |
| the “Bell Rock” lighthouse on the
Inchcape Rock, [173]; |
| lighthouse on the Skerryvore
Rocks, [175–178]; |
| lighthouse of Héhaux,
Brittany, [178–181]; |
| lighthouses on land; Maplin
Sands light, [182]; |
| Port Fleetwood, ib.; |
| iron lighthouses, ib.; |
| the lanterns, [183], [187]; |
| tallow candles, ib.; |
| coal fires, ib.; |
| Argand burner, [184]; |
| reflectors, ib.; |
| electric light at sea,
[185]; |
| flashing, revolving, and
coloured lights, [184], [186]; |
| lanterns obscured by moths,
bees, and birds, [187]; |
| St. Anthony’s Point, Falmouth,
[iv. 222]; |
| Bishop Rock Lighthouse,
[ii. 269], [270]; |
| Lizard light, [iv. 208]; |
| Wolf lighthouse, [210] |
| Light vessel on the Goodwin Sands,
[iv. 244] |
| Lightning,
Scientific cruise of the, [i. 30] |
|
Lima, [i. 172];
Sir F. Drake at, [310]
|
| Sir F. Drake at, [310] |
| Limpets, [iv. 40] |
| Lindsay, W. S., his “History of Merchant Shipping,” [i. 3], [266]; [ii. 11], [14], [99], [117], [119]; [iv. 10] |
| Lisbon, view in the 16th century,
[iii. 281] |
|
Liverpool: statistics of shipping, [ii. 198];
“Liverpool,” tugboat at the wreck of
the “Deutschland,”
[ii. 273], [274]
|
| “Liverpool,” tugboat at the wreck of
the “Deutschland,”
[ii. 273], [274] |
|
Livingston, Robert R.: his association with Fulton; early
steam vessels, [ii. 90–93];
“Clermont,” [93]
|
| “Clermont,” [93] |
| Living wonders of the ocean, [iv. 160] |
|
Lizard Rock and Lizard Light, [iv. 208], [223];
shipwreck, [224]
|
| shipwreck, [224] |
|
Lloyd’s: classification of ships, [ii. 123];
interior and exterior of
Lloyd’s, [124], [125];
history of Lloyd’s, [125], [126];
Underwriter’s room, [128]
|
| interior and exterior of
Lloyd’s, [124], [125]; |
| history of Lloyd’s, [125], [126]; |
| Underwriter’s room, [128] |
| Lobsters, [iv. 151], [154], [157] |
| Lobster fishing, [iv. 156] |
| Lobster, blind, from the Atlantic,
[i. 31], [32] |
| “Locker,” the word; “Davy Jones’s Locker and its Treasures;”
pearls, corals, sponges, diving, [iv. 66–90] |
| Loggan Stone, [iv. 208] |
| Lolonois, Francis, the Pirate,
[iii. 16–28] |
|
London: statistics of shipping, [ii. 198];
Great Storm of 1703, [207]
|
| Great Storm of 1703, [207] |
| “London,” swamped at sea, [ii. 289–297] |
| Longfellow’s “Wreck of the Hesperus,” [iv. 299], [300] |
| Longitude, first taken by observation
of heavenly bodies, [iii. 149] |
| Longwood, St. Helena, residence of
Napoleon, [i. 213] |
|
Looe, Cornwall, [iv.
212];
Looe Island, [214]
|
| Looe Island, [214] |
| Lord, Major, on lobsters, [iv. 151], [155] |
| Lord
Warden, [i. 59] |
| Lost at Sea: ships never heard of,
[iv. 283] |
| Low, Captain Edward, a ferocious
pirate, [iii. 71] |
| Lucas, Captain of the Redoubtable at Trafalgar,
[i. 10], [11] |
| Lunar halo, [iii. 221] |
|
Lyon, Capt.: Arctic exploration, [iii. 175], [176];
extreme danger of the
Griper, his prayers
for preservation, [177]
|
| extreme danger of the
Griper, his prayers
for preservation, [177] |
| Macao, [i. 121] |
|---|
| Macartney, Lord: suppression of mutiny
at the Cape, [i. 256] |
| MacClean, Mr., C. E., his co-operation
in the Suez Canal, [i. 110] |
|
McClintock, Sir F. Leopold: the “Fox” expedition in search of Franklin,
[iii. 216];
relics of Franklin obtained
from Esquimaux, [227];
portrait, [224]
|
| relics of Franklin obtained
from Esquimaux, [227]; |
| portrait, [224] |
| MacGahan, J. A., of the New York
Herald: his account of the cruise of the
“Pandora,” [iii. 92] |
| MacGregor, Lt.-General Sir Duncan,
K.C.B., burning of the “Kent,”
[i. 68], [69], [71] |
| Mackay’s “Popular Delusions”: the South Sea Bubble,
[ii. 43] |
| Mackerel and Mackerel Fishing,
[iv. 176] |
|
Maclure, Capt.: Search for Sir John Franklin in the
Investigator, [iii. 211];
North-west passage found,
[212];
portrait, [213]
|
| North-west passage found,
[212]; |
| portrait, [213] |
| Macquarie, Governor: on the population
of Australia, [i. 153] |
| McQuhæ, Capt., his account of the
sea-serpent, [iv.
186] |
| Madagascar, English pirates at,
[iii. 62] |
| “Madre de
Dios,” taken by the Earl of Cumberland, [i. 293] |
| Madrepores, [iv. 122], [124] |
| Magdalena Bay, Spitzbergen, [iii. 166], [167] |
|
Magellan, Ferdinand de: discovery of Magellan’s Straits,
[iii. 316];
of the Philippine Islands,
[317];
battle with Indians, Magellan
killed, [ib.]
|
| of the Philippine Islands,
[317]; |
| battle with Indians, Magellan
killed, [ib.] |
| Magnetic Pole discovered by Sir James
Ross, [iii. 187] |
| Mahoney, Gunner, his swim across the
Hellespont, [iv.
258] |
| Major, R. H., F.S.A. Arctic
exploration by the brothers Zeni, [iii. 47] |
|
Malacca, Islands in the Straits, [i. 129];
view in the Straits, [145]
|
| view in the Straits, [145] |
| Malay population of the Cape of Good
Hope, [i. 206] |
| Malay prahus, [i. 149] |
| Malay sailors, [i. 43] |
|
Malta, [i. 96], [98];
view, [96];
Valetta, [98];
climate, fruits, inhabitants,
[99];
buildings, history of the
island, ib.;
defended by the Knights of St.
John, [100];
catacombs at Citta Vecchia,
[101], [103];
Maltese cross, ib.;
sieges, [102];
taken by Napoleon,
ib.;
won by England, ib.;
scene of St. Paul’s shipwreck,
[103];
garrison, [104]
|
| view, [96]; |
| Valetta, [98]; |
| climate, fruits, inhabitants,
[99]; |
| buildings, history of the
island, ib.; |
| defended by the Knights of St.
John, [100]; |
| catacombs at Citta Vecchia,
[101], [103]; |
| Maltese cross, ib.; |
| sieges, [102]; |
| taken by Napoleon,
ib.; |
| won by England, ib.; |
| scene of St. Paul’s shipwreck,
[103]; |
| garrison, [104] |
| Mammoth: Bones of the, fossil ivory,
[iii. 162] |
| Mangosteen, the apple of the East,
[i. 150] |
| Mansvelt, the pirate, [iii. 30] |
| Manure ships, [ii. 122] |
| Maories of New Zealand, [iv. 51], [52] |
| Maplin Sands lighthouse, [ii. 182] |
|
Maracaibo: Lolonois the pirate at, [iii. 19];
the town attacked, [21], [22], [24];
taken by the pirate Morgan,
[37];
letter from the Spanish
admiral, [iii. 39];
fire ship, [40];
Morgan’s escape, [43], [44]
|
| the town attacked, [21], [22], [24]; |
| taken by the pirate Morgan,
[37]; |
| letter from the Spanish
admiral, [iii. 39]; |
| fire ship, [40]; |
| Morgan’s escape, [43], [44] |
| Margate life-boats, [ii. 254], [255] |
| Marigold,
Drake’s vessel, lost, [i. 308] |
| Marine artillery. (See
[Artillery]) |
| Markham, Commander, A. H.:
Alert and Discovery expedition,
[iii. 92], [102], [107], [108], [110] |
| Marquesite, supposed to contain gold,
[iii. 125], [126] |
|
Marryat, Captain, on sailors, [i. 42], [44];
ceremonies on crossing the
line, [230];
old war ships, [215]
|
| ceremonies on crossing the
line, [230]; |
| old war ships, [215] |
| Marshall: his discovery of gold in
California, [i. 158] |
| Martin, Frederick: “History of Lloyd’s and Marine Insurance,”
[ii. 126] |
| Martin, John Bohun, Captain, lost in
the “London,” [ii. 291–295] |
| Martinique: the Diamond Rock; the
Centaur, [i. 161], [187] |
| Masquerade on board the Terror, [iii. 200] |
| Matamana, Cuba; Lolonois the pirate
at, [iii. 25] |
| Matavia Bay: mutiny of the
Bounty, [i. 244] |
| Mauna Kea, a Japanese volcano,
[iv. 47], [49] |
| Mauna Loa, a Japanese volcano,
[iv. 47] |
| Maxwell, Sir Murray, captain of the
Alceste; wreck of the ship,
[i. 82] |
| May, gunner of the Captain; his escape,
[i. 57], [58] |
| “Medical Life
in the Navy,” by Dr. Stables, [i. 220] |
| Medina Sidonia, Duke of, commander of
the Spanish Armada, [i. 288] |
|
Mediterranean: Round the World in a Man-of-war, [i. 87-214;]
“The
Mediterranean,” by Rear-Admiral Smyth,
ib.;
ancient and modern names of
the Mediterranean, ib.,
[88];
history and description of
Gibraltar, [88];
saltness of the water,
[97];
gales and storms, [104]
|
| “The
Mediterranean,” by Rear-Admiral Smyth,
ib.; |
| ancient and modern names of
the Mediterranean, ib.,
[88]; |
| history and description of
Gibraltar, [88]; |
| saltness of the water,
[97]; |
| gales and storms, [104] |
| Medusæ, [iv. 116], [195] |
|
“Medusa,” Wreck of the,
[i. 75];
the raft, [76], [77], [78];
starvation and illusions of
the sufferers, [79];
combats, cannibalism, and
murder, [80], [81];
Géricault’s painting of the
raft, [81]
|
| the raft, [76], [77], [78]; |
| starvation and illusions of
the sufferers, [79]; |
| combats, cannibalism, and
murder, [80], [81]; |
| Géricault’s painting of the
raft, [81] |
| Mehemet Ali and M. de Lesseps,
[i. 108] |
| Melbourne, South Australia, [i. 155]; [iv. 53], [54] |
|
Melville Bay, [iii. 97];
view of Cape York, [iii. 228]
|
| view of Cape York, [iii. 228] |
| Menai Straits, [ii. 300] |
| Mendoza, Don Fernando de: his ship,
“Madre de Dios,” taken by the
Earl of Cumberland, [i. 293] |
| Men of Peace: naval life in peace
times: the cruise of the Challenger,
[i. 28] |
| Men of the Sea: how boys become
sailors; Amyas Leigh; training ships; old guard ships; routine
and work on board; “watches” and
“bells;” grog; the cat, [i. 42–54] |
|
Men of War: The Victory, [i. 4];
Siege of Toulon, [6];
Battle of St. Vincent,
[7–9];
Nelson’s bridge, [8];
Trafalgar, [10–13];
iron and wooden ships,
[9], [13];
Crimean War, [15];
Bombardment of Sebastopol,
[14], [15];
red-hot shot and Gibraltar,
[16], [18];
Ironclads, [13], [14];
the Warrior and
“La Gloire,” [18];
the “Merrimac,” its history, [19];
the “Cumberland” sunk, [20], [21], [22];
the “Congress” burned, ib.;
the first “Monitor,” its engagement with the
“Merrimac,” [23], [24], [25];
the “Shah” and “Huascar” engagement, [26];
the “Vesta” (Russian) and the
“Assari Tefvik”
(Turkish) ships, action between them, [27];
instruction on board, [49];
officer’s life on board,
[214];
ward-room, captain’s cabin,
[215];
between decks in the
eighteenth century, [217];
doctors, [220];
officers and seamen of the
eighteenth century, [221];
chaplains, [222];
engineers, [224];
American, English, and French
sailors, [226];
ceremonies on “crossing the line,” [229];
ward-room, meals and music,
[231];
mess and wine-caterers,
ib.;
present force of the Navy,
ib.;
cost of ironclads, [231];
history of the Navy, [232];
naval volunteers, [232];
rapid firing, ib.;
artillery volunteers, [233];
drills, [234];
Royal Naval Reserve, [234];
pursers, their dishonesty,
mutiny of the Nore, [250]
(see [Mutinies and]);
Round the World on a
Man-of-War, [87]
|
| Siege of Toulon, [6]; |
| Battle of St. Vincent,
[7–9]; |
| Nelson’s bridge, [8]; |
| Trafalgar, [10–13]; |
| iron and wooden ships,
[9], [13]; |
| Crimean War, [15]; |
| Bombardment of Sebastopol,
[14], [15]; |
| red-hot shot and Gibraltar,
[16], [18]; |
| Ironclads, [13], [14]; |
| the Warrior and
“La Gloire,” [18]; |
| the “Merrimac,” its history, [19]; |
| the “Cumberland” sunk, [20], [21], [22]; |
| the “Congress” burned, ib.; |
| the first “Monitor,” its engagement with the
“Merrimac,” [23], [24], [25]; |
| the “Shah” and “Huascar” engagement, [26]; |
| the “Vesta” (Russian) and the
“Assari Tefvik”
(Turkish) ships, action between them, [27]; |
| instruction on board, [49]; |
| officer’s life on board,
[214]; |
| ward-room, captain’s cabin,
[215]; |
| between decks in the
eighteenth century, [217]; |
| doctors, [220]; |
| officers and seamen of the
eighteenth century, [221]; |
| chaplains, [222]; |
| engineers, [224]; |
| American, English, and French
sailors, [226]; |
| ceremonies on “crossing the line,” [229]; |
| ward-room, meals and music,
[231]; |
| mess and wine-caterers,
ib.; |
| present force of the Navy,
ib.; |
| cost of ironclads, [231]; |
| history of the Navy, [232]; |
| naval volunteers, [232]; |
| rapid firing, ib.; |
| artillery volunteers, [233]; |
| drills, [234]; |
| Royal Naval Reserve, [234]; |
| pursers, their dishonesty,
mutiny of the Nore, [250] |
| (see [Mutinies and]); |
| Round the World on a
Man-of-War, [87] |
| Menzaleh, Lake: on the Suez Canal,
catching pelicans, [i. 112], [116] |
| Mermaids, [iii. 146] |
|
“Merrimac:” its work of
destruction in Hampton Roads, [i. 20–22];
engagement with the
“Monitor,” [23–25];
its history, [18]; [ii. 139]
|
| engagement with the
“Monitor,” [23–25]; |
| its history, [18]; [ii. 139] |
|
“Miantonoma:” monitor steamer,
[ii. 139], [140];
its circumnavigation of the
world, [142]
|
| its circumnavigation of the
world, [142] |
|
Michelet: his references to the sea, [i. 2]; [iv. 290];
Infusoria, [iv. 112];
Medusa, [117];
Echinoderms, [126];
Cephalopoda, cuttle-fish,
octopus, [143]
|
| Infusoria, [iv. 112]; |
| Medusa, [117]; |
| Echinoderms, [126]; |
| Cephalopoda, cuttle-fish,
octopus, [143] |
| Microscope: “the sixth sense of man,” [iv. 112] |
| Middleton, Sir Henry: East India
trade, [ii. 13] |
| Midshipmen, [i. 47] |
| Miller, Patrick: propulsion of ships
by steam, [ii. 81–83] |
| Milne, Admiral: his report on the loss
of the Captain, [i. 59] |
| Milne-Edwards, Dr.: his diving
apparatus, [iv.
113] |
| Milner, Rev. John: Duke of Edinburgh’s
visit to the Cape, [i. 205] |
| Milton: his reference to the sea,
[i. 2]; [iv. 290] |
| Mindry, Robert: his “Chips from the Log of an Old Salt,”
[i. 44] |
| Mines of Cornwall, [iv. 215] |
| Minion,
Sir John Hawkins’s ship, [i. 299] |
| “Minnesota,” [i. 20], [24] |
| Mirage in the Straits of Fuca,
[i. 163] |
| Mississippi scheme, [ii. 42] |
| Misson, Captain: the pirate, [iii. 64–67] |
| Missouri river, [iv. 16] |
| Mistral, or Grippe, [i. 107] |
| Mocha, [i. 117] |
| Mocha fleet attacked by Captain Kidd,
[iii. 56] |
| Mock suns (parahelia), [iii. 132], [150], [152] |
| Mock moons, [iii. 221] |
| Molluscs: phosphorescence of the sea
produced by, [iv.
97] |
|
Monitors: the first engagement with the
“Merrimac,” [i. 22–26];
a “dummy” monitor, [ii. 138];
the first “Monitor,” [139]
|
| a “dummy” monitor, [ii. 138]; |
| the first “Monitor,” [139] |
|
Monkeys: at Gibraltar, [i. 88], [97];
in Trinidad, [182];
eaten at Singapore, [150]
|
| in Trinidad, [182]; |
| eaten at Singapore, [150] |
|
Monson, Sir William: his “Naval
Tracts,” his daring deeds, [ii. 15];
his captivity, [17];
at the Siege of Cadiz,
ib.;
destruction of the Spanish
fleet, [18];
action at Cerimbra Roads,
[19], [21];
on Dutch fisheries, [23];
expedition against pirates,
[24];
adventure at Broad Haven,
[25]
|
| his captivity, [17]; |
| at the Siege of Cadiz,
ib.; |
| destruction of the Spanish
fleet, [18]; |
| action at Cerimbra Roads,
[19], [21]; |
| on Dutch fisheries, [23]; |
| expedition against pirates,
[24]; |
| adventure at Broad Haven,
[25] |
| Monsoon, [i. 129]; [iv. 95] |
| Montesino, M. de: his co-operation
with M. de Lesseps, [i. 111] |
| Moon, the. (See
[Mock Moons].) |
| Moore, Captain: search for Franklin in
the Plover, [iii. 207], [211] |
| Moore, Lieutenant: his swim across the
Hellespont, [iv.
258] |
| Moore, Frank: his “Rebellion Record;” the “Merrimac;” and the “Monitor,” [i. 19] |
| Moors in Spain, [i. 88], [90], [93], [94] |
|
Morgan, Captain Henry: the pirate, [iii. 29–51];
portrait, [41]
|
| portrait, [41] |
| Mormondom; town of Echo, Utah, Salt
Lake City, [iv. 23] |
| “Morning
Star” chased by De Soto the pirate, [iii. 80] |
| Morrison, R. J., R.N.: loss of the
“Rothsay Castle,” [ii. 298] |
|
Morton’s sledge journey; in Dr. Kane’s expedition, [iii. 239];
the open sea discovered,
[239], [241];
with Captain Hall in the
“Polaris,” [iii. 268]
|
| the open sea discovered,
[239], [241]; |
| with Captain Hall in the
“Polaris,” [iii. 268] |
| Mounts Erebus and Terror, [iii. 280] |
| Mount St. Elias, Alaska, [i. 170] |
| Mount’s Bay and Mount St. Michael,
Cornwall, [iv. 223] |
| Müller, S.: his “Life of Vitus Behring,” [iii. 160] |
| Mundy, Colonel: on Sydney, Australia,
[i. 154] |
| Munk, Jens: his Arctic voyage,
[iii. 150] |
| Murchison, Sir Roderick J.: his
advocacy of Polar exploration, [iii. 92] |
| Murex, a univalve shell, [iv. 144] |
| “Murillo,” the “Northfleet” wrecked by her, [ii. 263–267] |
|
Murphy, J. M.: American railways, [iv. 18];
salmon of American rivers,
[166]
|
| salmon of American rivers,
[166] |
| Murray, Mrs. William, shipwrecked;
“Ten Terrible Days,” [iv. 56] |
| Musquitoes, [i. 222] |
| Mussels, [iv. 129], [132] |
|
Mutiny: on the raft of the “Medusa,” [i. 79];
at Portsmouth, [225];
of the Nore, [249];
the “Lennie” mutineers, [235];
of the Bounty, [235–249];
the crew at Otaheite, [236];
mutineers seizing Captain
Bligh, [237];
Bligh cast adrift, [240];
on the Wager, [ii. 52]
|
| at Portsmouth, [225]; |
| of the Nore, [249]; |
| the “Lennie” mutineers, [235]; |
| of the Bounty, [235–249]; |
| the crew at Otaheite, [236]; |
| mutineers seizing Captain
Bligh, [237]; |
| Bligh cast adrift, [240]; |
| on the Wager, [ii. 52] |