L. 182. There were no German vessels in the Armada. ourque, more usually written bourque, is a small Dutch or Flemish cargo-boat with two masts. It is something between the modern ketch and the old Flemish 'bilander'.
moço, Spanish word for 'cabin-boy'.
Pausilippe, a promontory near Naples.
LES RAISONS DU MOMOTOMBO.
Placed by itself under the heading L'Inquisition in the series of 1859, and preceded by the following note:—'Le baptême des volcans est un ancien usage qui remonte aux premiers temps de la conquête. Tous les cratères du Nicaragua furent alors sanctifiés, à l'exception du Momotombo, d'où l'on ne vit jamais revenir les religieux qui s'étaient chargés d'aller y planter la croix.' (SQUIER, Voyage dans l'Amérique du Sud.)
Momotombo is a volcano in the state of Nicaragua. E.G.Squier was an American antiquarian and author who was appointed chargé d'affaires to all the Central American States in 1849. He does not appear to have written any work with the title quoted by Hugo. The passage quoted occurs in his Nicaragua, its people, scenery, and monuments, published in 1852. He relates in this book an instance of a bishop being asked to baptize a volcanic vent which had suddenly opened in a mountain!
Torquemada (1420-1489) was the notorious inquisitor-general of Castile and Aragon, whose name has become a by-word for relentless persecution and cruelty.
LA CHANSON DES AVENTURIERS DE LA MER. (Page 101)
le golfe d'Otrante, between Italy and Albania.
au Phare: it is not clear what lighthouse is intended.