THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



Basain, see Bassein. 



Basan, Caesar Frederick's descrip- 

 tion of (1563) V. 378. 



Basan, see Basin. 



Basanier, Martin, Richard Hak- 

 luyt's friend, vni. 439. 



Basaruchi, money of Goa, vi. 18. 



Bascart, see Hungary the Greater. 



Bascha, see under Hungary the 

 Greater. 



Baschare, see Hungary the Greater. 



Base River, discovered by Captain 

 Ribault (1562) vni. 473. 



Basil HI., son of Demetrius, n. 188. 



Basil IV., Cziemnox, son of Basil 

 ni., and the dukedom of Moscow, 

 n. 188. 



Basil v., or Gabriel, Emperor of 

 Russia, III. 371 ; conquests of, 11. 

 190, III. 386-387; and the Tartar 

 Khan, 391 ; attempted conquest of 

 northern regions, iii. 411. 



Basilius, see Basil. 



Basilisks, used at the siege of 

 Rhodes (1522) v. 19; of Fama- 

 gusta (1571) V. 132. 



Basins, trade in, in Guinea (1555) 

 VI. 184, 197, (1577) VI. 252. 



Baskerville, Captain Nicholas, 

 wounded at Panama (1596) x. 

 238. 



Baskerville, Sir Thomas, on the 

 Hope (1595) X. 226; in the Gar- 

 land, in Sir Francis Drake's fleet 

 (1595) X. 230; lands at Puerto Rico 

 (1595) X. 232; burns Tapia, Sal- 

 lamca, etc. (1595) x. 235; attacks 

 Panama (1595) x. 238, 239; new 

 general of Drake's fleet (1596) x. 

 240; approves Savile's confutation 

 of Spanish lies (1596) x. 264; at 

 the fight of Pinos (1596) x. 262. 



Bason, see Basin. 



Basora, see Bussorah. 



Basques of S. John de Luz, voyages 

 of, VIII. 161. 



Basquo, mentioned in the Ruttier, x. 



304- 



Bassa, see Pasha. 



Bassein, Ralph Fitch in, v. 470; 

 and Monsoons, vi. 28. 



Bassendine, James, and the expedi- 

 tion on the Pechora (1588) iii. 

 119. 



Basset, Gilbert, Baron of Wy- 

 combe (d. 1241), witness to Henry 

 ni.'s charter, i. 324. 



Basset, William, his voyage to 

 Syria (1240) iv. 352. 



Bastarci, see Hungary the Greater, 

 people of. 



Bastimentos, Isla de los, near Car- 

 tagena, X. 144; at Nombre de 

 Dios, mentioned in the Ruttier, x. 

 291. 



Batag, Vologda to, iii. 69. 



Batansas, see Betanzos. 



Bate, Anthony, English consul at 

 Aleppo (1584) VI. 9. 



Bate, Robert, of the Levant Com- 

 pany (1592) VI. 76, 78. 



Bateman, William, on the Content 

 (1591) X. 183. 



Bates, John, English agent in 

 Levant (1584) v. 275. 



Bath, Thomas Buts and Rastall at, 

 VIII. 7. 



Bath, Abbey of, Athelard of the 

 (1130) IV. 306. 



Baths, Russian, 11. 448 ; hot spring, 

 IV. 35, 129; in Dominica (1595) 

 X. 215. 



Bathy, grandson of Jenghiz Khan, 

 I. 60 f., 74, 76, 77, 84, 150, 152, 

 162, 164, 178, 232, 234; and 

 Andrew, Duke of Russia, i. 139 f. ; 

 his expeditions, i. 152-153 ; visited 

 by papal legates, i. 162-165, ^^• 

 187; their return to his court, i. 

 178; his wives, i. 232, 234, 235; 

 and their houses, i. 235 f. ; tri- 

 bute of mare's milk, i. 241 ; Rub- 

 ruquis at his court, i. 266, 

 272-276; and Ban, i. 283; 

 courtesy of his people, i. 283 ; 

 conquers Muscovy for Tartary 

 (1237) II. 186; conquers Hungary, 

 187. 



Bati, see Bathy. 



Batman, Persian weight, iii. 50. 

 Batochina, Cape, latitude of, xi. 351 ; 

 Island, near Gilolo, latitude of, xi. 

 336. 



Bats, William, master of the Castle 

 of Comfort (1567) vi. 270; hostage 

 at Cape Verde, vi. 271, 272. 



Bats, large, in an island near 

 Celebes, xi. 128. 



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