INDEX 



tured at Veragua by Andrew- 

 Barker, X. 85 ; captured at S. 

 Domingo by Sir Francis Drake 

 (1585) no; treasure, engraving of , 

 160; Thomas Cavendish and 

 the, of Manila Island (1588) 



,xi. 334. 



Frigates, Spanish, taken by Sir 

 Richard Grenville (1585) viii. 312; 

 new, for the Spanish fleet (1590) x. 

 158. 



Frio Cape, mentioned in the Rut- 

 tiers, XI. 82, 349, 352 ; in Brazil, 

 Thomas Cavendish at (1586) 294, 

 367, (1591) 389; the Desire at 



(1593) 415- 



Frisius, Gemma, on Iceland, iv. 10, 

 99; mistake of, 14, 16, 103, 105; 

 on the fire of Hecla, 21, 27, 112, 

 120; on the fountains in Iceland, 

 33, 128; description of petrifying 

 fountain in Iceland, 36, 131; on 

 deadly fountains, 39, 135 ; on Ice- 

 land houses, 61, 160; and the 

 north-west passage, vii. 162, 172; 

 maps and globes by, 194; his 

 account of three brothers in the 

 north-west passage, 196 ; map by, 

 197, 203 ; on cold regions, 268. 



Frisking, the, pinnace of Sir Robert 

 Dudley (1594) x. 204. 



Frisland, discovered by Nicolo and 

 Antonio Zeno (1380) vii. 445, 447; 

 large fish trade with foreign 

 countries, 450 ; death of Nicolo 

 Zeno in (c. 1380) 454 ; return of 

 the fishermen of, from Estoti- 

 land and Drogio, 458; King 

 Zichmni leaves, 458 ; Antonio Zeno 

 returns to, 462. 



Frisland, West, or West England, 

 VII. 326 ; latitude, vii. 206 ; ice 

 round, 210; Captain Frobisher in 

 (1577) 214, (1578) 232, 279, 288; 

 Bridgwater Busse in, 243 ; de- 

 scription, 288. 



Frisones, nation in Britain, iv. 278. 



Friuli, Friar Odoric of (1330) iv. 

 408. 



Frobisher, Sir Martin (1535-94), ^^^ 

 the north-w^est passage, i. xxviii. ; 

 his men, 136; observations of the 

 sea demanded of, iii. 280 ; com- 

 mander of the fourth squadron of 



the fleet (1588) iv. 218; prize taken 

 by (1589) VII. 30; exploits of, 

 written by John Huighen van 

 Linschoten (1589-91) 62-87 ; general 

 of the English fleet (1590) 74; and 

 Sir Walter Raleigh's fleet (1592) 

 106-107; voyages of, etc., to North 

 America, etc. (1495) 141, 143; on 

 the Portuguese explorer of Fretum 

 trium Fratrum, 196 ; voyage to 

 the north, 198 ; account of the 

 depth of the sea in the north-west 

 passage, 200 ; first voyage to 

 north-west, by Christopher Hall 

 (1576) 204-211; portrait of, 208; 

 by George Best, 250, 279-283 ; 

 another account of the same 

 voyage, 277-283 ; second voyage 

 to the west and north-west 

 by Dionise Settle (1577) 211-230; 

 another account of the same voy- 

 age, 284-319; third voyage of, to 

 Meta Incognita, by Thomas Ellis 

 (1578) 231-242 ; by Thomas Wiars 

 (1578) 243-244; another account 

 of the same voyage (1578) 319- 

 367; discoveries (1576-1583) 214- 

 375 » Frobisher 's Strait discovered, 

 215, 280; and the natives, 293, 

 308, 312 ; his letter to English cap- 

 tive sailors, 309 ; his departure 

 from Countess's Island (1577) 315; 

 Queen Elizabeth's gift to, 321; 

 captain of the Aid, 322 ; directions 

 to the fleet, 322-325 ; and the 

 Canon of S. Paul's, viii. 2; 

 natives of Meta Incognita brought 

 to England by, ix. 167 ; vice- 

 admiral in the Primrose (1585) x. 

 98; voyages by, xii. 23-27; vice- 

 admiral in Drake's fleet (1585) 62 ; 

 death of (1594) 67. 



Frobisher 's Straits, discovered by 

 Captain Frobisher, xii. 27. 



Froes, Aloisius, letter from, on 

 Japan, vi. 332. 



Frois, Friar Luis, quotations from 

 the epistles of (1590) xi, 422-424; 

 (1591-1592) 424-438, (1596) 441. 



Froissart, Jean, i. 308, iv. 445 ; 

 Richard II. and the Genoese by, 

 451 ; Earl of Huntington's voyage 



by, 453. 



Frolle, see Frollo. 



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