THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



Mecallawlch, Weskawate, Ivan, 

 Emperor of Russia's secretary, ii. 

 296. 



Mecameca, Miles Phillips at (1580) 



IX. 435- 



Mecca, 11. 457; offering to Mahomet 

 sent to, III. 152 ; Persian pilgrims 

 to, 161, 162; trade with Diu, 377; 

 trade with Chaul, 470; trade with 

 Cairo (1584) v. 273, 344; pilgrim- 

 age of the Mahometans to, 329- 

 365; ginger found in, vi. 25; 

 senna found in, 27; port of, in 

 Arabia Felix, viii. 128. 



Mechuacan, Indians of, and Friar 

 John de Padilla (1540) ix. 166; 

 John Chilton at (1572) 374; 

 copper mines in, 374; hot springs 

 in, 384; Friar Alonso, bishop of 

 (1590) X. 168. 



Mecka, see Mecca. 



Mecklenburg, Albert, prince of, 11. 

 68. 



Medelin river, mentioned in the Rut- 

 tier, X. 297. 



Media, see Shirvan. 



Medices, John, and the Armada 

 (1588) IV. 205. 



Medicine, art of, in China, vi. 353. 



Medina, Duke of, and John de 

 Trexeda (1590) x. 160. 



Medina, John Lopez de, and the 

 Armada (1588) iv. 200. 



Medina, Pedro de, ' Arte de Nave- 

 gar ' by (1545) XII. 80 



Medina, Mahomet's tomb in, v. 

 361 ; mosque in, 362. 



Medina-Sidonia, Duke of, and the 

 intended English voyage to Guinea 

 (c. 1481) VI. 123. 



Medina-Sidonia, Duke of, general of 

 the Armada (1588) iv. 199, 203, 

 209; and Hugo de Moncada, 215; 

 and the Prince of Parma, 219, 231 ; 

 letters from Lord Howard to 

 (1596) 263. 



Medine, money of Babylon, vi. 10; 

 of Ormuz, 14. 



Mediterranean Sea, ffi. 144; sailing 

 chart of the, engraving of, v. 512 ; 

 Levant Company's privileges to 

 trade in (1592) vi. 181 ; Contarenus 

 on the, vii. 167; and its tributaries, 

 176. 



Mediterraneum, see Mediterranean. 



Medkerk, Colonel, his regiment at 

 the taking of Puente de Burgos 

 (1589) VI. 492, 493; at the taking 

 of Lisbon, 497, 501. 



Medlars, found in Virginia (1586) 



VIII. 366; in Florida, 451. 

 Medon, Ralph Fitch in (c. 1583) v. 



486. 

 Medus sent to Asia by Nimrod, in. 



371- 



Medusa, Queen of the Amazons of 

 Africa, x. 367. 



Meere, Wolstan and, i. 15. 



Meg, the, of the Earl of Cumber- 

 land's fleet (1589) VII. I, 2. 



Megalandra, Solyman's pavilion at, 

 in Rhodes (1522) v. 21. 



Megastenes on the Mandri, a people 

 of India, iv. 84, 189. 



Mehemet Khan, son of Murad 

 Khan, vi. 116. 



Meidenburg, Burgrave of, 11. 2. 



Mekleburg, see Mecklenburg. 



Melanogetuli, wandering tribe of 

 Africa, vi. 167. 



Melaz, John, mentioned by Vasquez 

 de Coronado (1540) ix. 157. 



Melchisedech, tomb of, in Jerusalem, 

 v. 211. 



Meleda Island, under the govern- 

 ment of Ragusa, v. 79, 104 ; John 

 Locke at (1553) 103. 



Melegettes, discovered by the Portu- 

 guese, VIII. 127. 



Melendez, Don Pedro, and his ex- 

 pedition to New France (1565) ix. 

 91 ; enters Fort Caroline (1565) 

 95 ; and the French slain in 

 Florida (1568) 109; Roger Boden- 

 ham's voyage to New Spain with 



(1564) 359- 

 Melendez, Pedro, admiral, and Sir 

 John Hawkins in Mexico Bay, x. 



131- 

 Melendez, Pedro, governor of 



Florida, nephew of Admiral Pedro 



Melendez, ix. 1 13 ; governor of S. 



Helena, in Florida (1586) x. 131. 

 Melgosa, Paul de, in Cevola (1540) 



IX. I53-. . 



Melic, legitimate son of the King of 



Georgia, i. 86, 140. 

 Melick Zamba, King, south of Sene- 



312 



