Cartier, Jacques, in the Gulf, [16], [46]; compared with modern hydrographers, [47], [177]; his ship, [48-9].
Champlain, Samuel de, [30]; first to advocate the Panama Canal, [54]; his record voyage, [55], [101-2], [177].
Chanties, the seaman's working songs, [110-13], [128].
'Charlotte Dundas,' pioneer steamer, [130].
'Clermont,' an early steamer, [130].
Clippers, a race with, from China to London, [102-3].
Colbert, Jean Baptiste, the great French minister, [57], [59], [60].
Conquest, importance of the Navy in the, [13].
Cook, Captain, British navigator, [14]; makes a survey of the St Lawrence and Gulf, [177-8].
Coureurs de bois, the, [32].