Admiralty Island, [cxxxviii], [13], [90], [218]

Afgoden Hoeck, see Idol Cape

Alert, one of the ships of the English expedition of 1875, [i]

Alferius (or Oliver), opinions as to his identity with Oliver Brunel, [vii], [viii], [xlii], [l];
the bearer of a letter from John Balak to Gerard Mercator, [xci];
a captive in Russia sent by Yacovius and Unekius to Antwerp, ib.;
had visited the river Ob, ib.;
his proposal for a voyage of discovery to the north-east, [xciii]

Alpha, schooner, commanded by F. Torkildsen, [xliii]

Ameckers, Russian merchants, release Brunel, who enters their service, [viii], [x];
their identity with the brothers Anikiew, [viii]

Amsterdam (the city of), sends out an expedition to the North Pole in 1611, [xxxiv];
on the first expedition sends Barents round by the north of Novaya Zemlya, [cv];
on the second expedition sends two ships in company with the others through the Strait of Nassau, [cxii];
alone equips two ships for the third expedition, [70]

Amsterdam Island, [xxvii]

Andriesz. (Claes), one of the third expedition, dies, [198]

Anian (Strait of), [xxxvi], [149]