THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



Aspelia, see Cyprus. 



Asper, coin of Algiers and Constan- 

 tinople (1584) V. 270; of Alex- 

 andria, V. 273. 



Assan, see Hassan. 



Assani, see Roumanians. 



Assanus, land of, see Roumania. 



Assapana Island, in Orinoco river, 

 description, x. 395; Sir Walter 

 Raleigh's landing at (1595) x. 

 421. 



Assassini, see Musihet. 



Assawai Indians, and the gold of 

 Guiana, x. 366; inhabitants of 

 Say ma, x. 396. 



Assension, see Ascension. 



Asshindon, Sir John, knighted at 

 Cadiz (1596) IV. 259. 



Assi, King of, enemy to Portuguese, 

 V. 404; trade with Pegu, v. 428. 



Assi, see Alanians. 



Assuerus, see Ahasuerus. 



Assumption, City, mentioned in the 

 Ruttier, xi. loi. 



Assumption, Isles of, voyage 

 of English to (1527) viii. i ; 

 Jacques Cartier and (1534) viii. 

 144- (1535) vin. 214, 216; voyage 

 of the Grace to (1594) viii. 162, 

 164; river near, viii. 243. 



Assur, Baldwin, King of Jerusalem 

 in (1102) IV. 297; conquered by 

 King Baldwin (1107) iv. 304; 

 battle near, between Richard I. 

 and Saladin (1191) iv. 334. 



Assyria, Chrinisins or silk worms 

 bred in, iii. 401. 



Assyrius, sent to Asia by Nimrod, 

 m. 371. 



Asta, knight of, slain at Famagusta 

 (1571) v. 150. 



Astar, son of Vastacius, i. 231. 



Astatlan, in Western America, viii. 

 450. 



Astina, King, King Utina and (1565) 

 IX. 63. 



Astrakhan, iii. 248, 370, 373; sub- 

 dued by Russia, 11. 190; market, 

 406, 456; governor of, 450; old 

 and new, description of, 454; 

 Island at, 456; Anthony Jenkin- 

 son at, 477 ; latitude, 479 ; to Sera- 

 chick, ten days' journey by land, 

 480; fifteen days by sea, 481; to 



Turkomans by the Caspian, ten 

 days with barks, 480; Way to 

 Persia by, iii. 1 1 ; Anthony Jenkin- 

 son in, 18, 36; Thomas Alcock 

 in, 41 ; Arthur Edwards' Letter 

 from, 44-46; Moscow to, 69; 

 Yaroslavl to, 71 ; English Trade 

 in, 93. 95. ^09, iii, 112, 155, 156, 

 181, 182, 190, 245; English 

 and Tartars fight near, 150; 

 Ancient Market Town, 183, 217; 

 besieged by the Crims, 219; King- 

 dom of, conquered by Russia, 359, 

 387; salt made at, 368. 



Astraphen, Thomas Grolos, Bishop 

 of (1577) V. 166. 



Astrolabe, used for taking latitudes, 

 VII. 316. 



Astronomers, Chinese, vi. 362. 



Atabalipa, Prince of Peru, prisoner 

 of Francisco Pizarro (1533) viii. 

 125 ; son of the Emperor of Peru, 

 and Caxamalca, x. 340, 355 ; gold 

 and silver of, taken by Francisco 

 Pizarro, x. 358 ; King of Peru, xi. 

 282 ; imprisonment and murder of, 

 by Francisco Pizarro, xi. 283. 



Atacama, on the coast of Peru, xi. 

 279. 



Aterima, Indian chief, tortured by 

 Don Antonio de Berreo (1595) x. 



353- 

 Athanasius, Body of, on the gate of 



Trebizond, iv. 409; Bishop of 



Alexandria, and Frumentius, viii. 



105. 

 Athelard, of the Abbey of Bath (1130) 



IV. 306. 

 Athelstan, First King of Britain 



(895-940) I. 21. 

 Athelwold, Bishop of Winchester 



(908-984) I. 22. 

 Athens, John Erigena at (858) iv. 



281. 

 Atherton, Andrew, Release of (1569) 



III. 118. 

 Athole, Earl of, see Durward. 

 Athore, son of King Satourioua 



(1564) IX. 30; and Captain Vas- 



seur (1564) IX. 75; King, and 



Captain Gourgues (1567) ix. 102. 

 Athore, village in Florida, ix. 68. 

 Athule Island, in the Baraquan or 



Orinoco river, x. 408. 



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