de Mendoça, André Furtado: in 1601 is in command of a large Portuguese fleet besieging Bantam, [128]; when he is attacked by a puny Dutch fleet under Wolfert Hermanszoon, ib.; which forces him to raise the blockade, [129]; he causes great destruction at Amboina, ib.; successfully defends Malacca against Cornelis Matelief, [138]
Historical Sketches.
Michelburne, Sir Edward: in 1605 visits Table Bay, [155]
Middelburg: in February 1574 after a long siege is surrendered to the patriots by Colonel Christopher Mondragon, [73]
Mondragon, a French corsair: in 1507 seizes a Portuguese ship in the Mozambique channel, [36]; in 1509 he is captured by the Portuguese and is taken as a prisoner to Lisbon, ib.; where he manages to make his peace with the king, ib.
Montigny, Baron; murder of, [60]
Mookerheyde: disastrous battle of in April 1574, [74]
Mossel Bay: is touched at by the first Dutch expedition to India, [122]; in 1601 receives its present name from Paulus van Caerden, [126]
Motley’s Rise of the Dutch Republic, and History of the United Netherlands to the Twelve Years’ Truce, 1609: references to, 41 and [78]
Mozambique: description of in 1583, [120]; is coveted by the Dutch, owing to rumours of the great quantity of gold to be had on the mainland, [135]; in June 1604 is attacked by Steven van der Hagen, [136]; but in August he is obliged to leave without success, [137]; in March 1607 is attacked by Paulus van Caerden, [139]; Fort São Sebastião is bravely defended by Dom Estevão d’Ataide, [141]; and in May Van Caerden is obliged to abandon the effort to take it, [143]; in July 1608 it is attacked for the third time by the Dutch under Pieter Willemszoon Verhoeff, [144]; but in August the siege is abandoned, [147]