Muscovy Company, the, and passage to the East by the White Sea, [6]; oppose Frobisher, [10].
Nansen, Dr, attempts to reach the Pole by drifting, [140-3].
North-West Company founded, [72].
North-West Passage, as a road to Asia, [5-8]; advantages of, [9]; Sir Humphrey Gilbert on, [8-10]; voyages in search of, [11-21], [23-32]; the passage nearly completed, [110-11], [114-115]; the passage made, [126], [145].
Norton, Moses, governor of the Hudson's Bay Company, and expeditions to Coppermine river, [39], [42], [50], [51].
Orkneys, the, savage state of the inhabitants of, [15].
Parry, Sir William, and the North-West Passage, [109], [113].
Peace river, course of, [71], [76].
Peary, Commander R. E., attempts to reach the North Pole, [140]; succeeds, [143-6].
Penny, Captain, finds traces of the Franklin expedition, [122].