Antwerp citadel: is constructed by the duke of Alva to overawe the townspeople, [57]
Artois, count of: before 1544 admits the precedence in rank of the kings of France, [44]
Artois, province of: in 1544 comes under the government of the emperor Charles V, [48]; after taking part in the resistance to Spanish tyranny, on the 17th of May 1579, with Hainaut and Lille, is reconciled to Philippe II, and for ever lost to the patriot cause, [88]
d’Ataide, Dom Estevão: in 1607 successfully defends Fort São Sebastião at Mozambique against the Dutch under Paulus van Caerden, [139]; and also in 1608 against a stronger Dutch force under Pieter Willemszoon Verhoeff, [146]
Atlas of Mercator and Hondius: reference to, [50]
Atlas of Ortelius: reference to, [50]
d’Avila, Don Juan Alvarez, Spanish admiral: on the 25th of April 1607 is killed in the great battle in Gibraltar Bay, [151]
Azores, the: in 1466 are presented by Affonso V of Portugal to his aunt the duchess of Burgundy, [46]; they are thereafter termed the Flemish islands until 1640, when they revert to Portugal, ib.
Baffin, William, the famous Arctic navigator: in 1620 visits Table Valley, [159]
Bali: is visited by the first Dutch expedition to India, [123]