THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



Birca, caravans at, v. 340, 343, 347, 



365. 

 Bird, John, and the first voyage to 



Benin (1588) vi. 450-458, 458-461 ; 



second voyage to Benin (1590) 



461-467. 

 Bird, John, friend of John Whithall 



(1580) XI. 31; adventurer for 



Brazil, xi. 33. 

 Bird, William, son of John Bird, 



death of, in Benin (1588) vi. 



460. 

 Birde, Master, owner of the Golden 



Nohle (1586) VI. 46. 

 Birds, wild, in Iceland, iv. 44, 141 ; 



in Teneriffe, vi. 130; in the 



Western Planting (1583) viii. 115; 



in Newfoundland, described by 



Jacques Cartier (1534) viii, 195, 



228, 244 ; by Xanctoigne, viii. 282 ; 



in Tortugas Islands, x. 46; in 



Guiana, x. 426. 

 Birds, Islands of, Charles Leigh at 



(1597) viii. 167; description, viii. 



181; birds in, viii. 184; great 



numbers of Godetz in, 184, 187; 



the Great Hermina at (1535) viii. 



211. 

 Biritem on the Red Sea, v. 347. 

 Biron, voyage of, in the Trinity 



(1536) VIII. 3. 



Birra, on the Euphrates, Ralph 

 Fitch at (1583) V. 465; John Eld- 

 red at, VI. 3. 



Birrah, see Birra. 



Bisante, Antonio, interpreter of 

 Domingo de Vera (1593) x. 436. 



Bisapor, city in the country of Dial- 

 can, V. 381, 471; Ralph Fitch at 



US^3) V. 472. 



Biscaine, the, Spanish ship taken 

 by Thomas White (1592) vii. 103. 



Biscaino, Sebastian, letter from, to 

 Antonio Biscaino (1590) x. 164. 



Biscay, and the Armada (1588) iv. 

 200 ; Captain Cross and the ship 

 of, IV. 226; the Armada's return 

 to, IV. 230; Charles Leigh and 

 (1597) VII. 4, VIII. 174; ships from, 

 and John Davis's fleet (1587) vii. 

 422, 437- 



Biscay, New (Nueva Viscaia), ix. 

 115; Las Quatro Cienegas, town 

 in, IX. 188; discovered by Diego 



de Guiara, ix. 364; John Chilton 



in (1568) 364. 

 Biscombe, Robert, in Virginia (1585) 



viii. 318. 

 Bisermini, Tartars and, i. 86; visit- 

 ed by John de Piano Carpini, i. 



94 ; Bathy and the, 76, 152 ; speak 



Comanian language, 167. 

 Bishop, of Calais, sea captain, 11. 



104. 

 Bishop and his Clerks, rocks near 



Scilly, VII. 21, 30, XI. 201. 

 Bishop, Michael, settler in Virginia 



(1587) VIII. 403. 

 Bishoprics in Peru, xi. 284. 

 Bishops, influence of, in Iceland 



(1592) IV. 75, 178. 

 Bisnagar, diamonds found in, v. 



504. 

 Bissas, see Bromas. 

 Bitfield, captain of the Swallow 



(1585) x. 99. 

 Bithat, Jenghiz Khan's grandson, i. 



150. 

 Bitom, in Silesia (1585) v. 326. 

 Bizerta, port of Tunis (1553) vi. 



113- 



Blac, see Roumanians. 



Blacians, see Roumanians. 



Black Sea, and its tributaries, i. 

 163, 229, 230, II. 477, VII. 183, 194; 

 and the Don, 259; and the 

 Dnieper, 11. 252 ; Henry Austell 

 on (1585) V. 324. 



Black Pinnace, the, Thomas Caven- 

 dish's ship (1591) XI. 389, 394, 

 397 ; engraving of, 400 ; lost in 

 the South Sea (1592) xi. 405. 



Blackcoller, in Edward Fenton's 

 voyage (1582) xi. 179; M., Luke 

 Ward and (1583) xi. 202. 



Blackenals, Henry, of the Hugh 

 Gallant, killed by Indians (1587) 

 XI. 306. 



Blackeney, see Blakeney. 



Blackheath, Henry IV. receives 

 Emperor of Constantinople at 

 (1400) IV. 454. 



Blackney, see Blakeney. 



Blacknie, see Blakeney. 



Blackwall, Willoughby's fleet at 

 (1553) II. 217; the Searchthrift at, 

 II. 322 ; the Holy Cross at (1535) 

 V. 67; William Harborne's de- 



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