THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



(1554) 155; description of, 155 f. ; 

 William Towerson at (1555) 178, 

 (1556) 212; Sir John Hawkins 

 near (1564) 264, x. 11; George 

 Fenner near (1566) vi, 266; the 

 Dolphin at (1524) viii. 424; 

 Portuguese garrison at, 445 ; dis- 

 tance from Spain, x. 93 ; Sir 

 Anthony Sherley and (1596) 266; 

 latitude of, 332 ; discovered by 

 Prince Henry the Navigator (14 17) 

 XII. 3. 



Madera Bomba, a shoal, Sir 

 Anthony Sherley at (1596) x. 268; 

 soundings, xi. 352. 



Madera Island, see Madeira. 



Madewini, town of the Wapari, x. 

 494. 



Madher promontory, in Iceland, iv. 

 II, 99. 



Madianites, see Midianites. 



Madoc. son of Owen Gwynedd, 

 prince of North Wales, discovery 

 of West Indies by (1170) vii. 133; 

 verses on, 135. 



Madoc, Laurence, narrative of, sent 

 to Anthony Dassel (1594) vii. 99- 

 100. 



Madoni, king of Colombo, de- 

 throned by his son Ragine, v. 



3Q9- 



Madrabomba, see Madera Bomba. 



Madrabumba Islands, see Cape 

 Verde Islands. 



Madrabumba river, Thomas Greg- 

 ory privileged to traffic in the 

 (1592) VII. 102. 



Madre de Dios, the, vi. 443, x. 190; 

 carrack of the Spanish fleet taken 

 by Sir Walter Raleigh's fleet 

 (1592) VII. 105- 1 18; captured by 

 Sir Robert Crosse, xii. 84. 



Madre del Oro, found in Guiana, x. 



405- 



Maelstrom, in Arctic Ocean, i. 303 ; 

 Anthony Jenkinson's description 

 of, II. 415. 



Maeotis, see Azov, sea of. 



Maestro del Campo, Isla del, lati- 

 tude of, IX. 330. 



Maffeius, Petrus, * De rebus Japon- 

 icis,' by, vi. 332. 



Magaraxiaibi, or Jethro's river, be- 

 tween Acba and Biritem, v. 347. 



Magdalena, river of, in New King- 

 dom of Granada, xi. 235, 237. 



Magdalena river, in Peru, descrip- 

 tion of caymans in, x. 175. 



Magdalene, the, Richard Uscombe 

 in (1571) III. 169. 



Magdeburg, Henry Austell at (1585) 

 V. 327. 



Magelan, see Magellan. 



Magelane, see Magellan. 



Magellan, Fernando, at Port S. 

 Julian, XI. 109; at Baya de las 

 Islas, 134; his discoveries, 255; 

 death, 257 ; and the execution of 

 his captain, xii. 56. 



Magellan, Strait of, 11. 163, vii. 

 167, 169, 178, 191, 195; Chris- 

 topher Lister's voyage to, vi. 

 294; Pedro Sarmiento, gover- 

 nor of, 435, XI. 92, 93; sea 

 currents in, vii. 202, xi. 158; 

 latitude of, x. 93, xi. 158, 256; 

 the Delight in, x. 170; Benjamin 

 Wood bound for (1596) xi. 2 ; Sir 

 Francis Drake's description of, 

 no- III ; chart of, engraving of, 

 112; description of, 135-136, 

 355. 357. 371; Cape Victory at 

 the entrance of, 158 ; Spanish 

 fleet at (1582) 183; English and 

 Spanish ships in (1582) 254; ships 

 wrecked in, 257, 260 ; Sir Francis 

 Drake in, 260, xii. 59 ; Spanish 

 forts ordered to be built in, xi. 267; 

 Thomas Cavendish at (1586) 367, 

 (1592) 392, 397; John Chidley's 

 voyage to (1589) 381, 382; dis- 

 covery of, by Magellan, xii. 9. 



Magellenes, see Magellan. 



Maggio, knight, engineer, of Fama- 

 gusta (1571) V. 135, 136, 138; 

 made slave, 152. 



Maggiore Mare, see Black Sea. 



Magistrates, Chinese, magnificence 

 of, VI. 364 f. ; selection, 366. 



Magnus III., King of Norway (1098) 

 I. 28; King of Man, 28-29. 



Magnus, fourth bishop of Schalholt, 

 in Iceland (1134) iv. 54, 153. 



Magnus, eighth bishop of Schalholt, 

 in Iceland (12 16) iv. 55, 153. 



Magnus, son of Olaf, King of Man 

 (1252) knighted by the King of 

 England (1256) i. 40; death, 40. 



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