THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



on Madoc, son of Owen Gwynedd 

 (c. 1447) VII. 135. 



Merick, Andrew, captain of the De- 

 light in John Chidley's voyage 

 (1589) XI. 381. 



Mericke, Sir Gilly, see Meyrick. 



Mericke, Sir William, see Meyrick. 



Merida, birth-place of Francis 

 d'UUoa, IX. 374. 



Merida, in Campeachy, on the Tal- 

 asco river, ix. 374. 



Merida, in Nuevo Reyno de Gran- 

 ada, X. 363. 



Merike, see Meyrick. 



Merkat, a tribe of Tartary, i. 68, 

 86, 142 ; vanquished by Jenghiz 

 Khan, 143. 



Merkiti, see Merkat. 



Merlin, the, and proposed voyage to 

 Guinea (1564) vi. 262, x. 9; voy- 

 age to West Indies (1564) vi. 263 ; 

 loss, 264, X. 10. 



Merlowe, Richard, English ambas- 

 sador, II. 98, 106. 



Mermaid, the, ship of Sir Anthony 

 Sherley, left to the Earl of Essex 

 ^1596) X. 266. 



Mermaid of Dartmouth, the, John 

 Davys 's second voyage in, for the 

 discovery of the north-west pass- 

 age (1586) VII. 393; forsakes 

 John Davys (1586) 442. 



Meroe island, in the Nile, vi. 168. 



Meropius, philosopher of Tyre, viii. 

 104; death of, in India, 104. 



Merosro, gulf of, iii. 280. 



Merrick, Hugh, captain of the 

 Prudence (1591) x. 184. 



Merrimoth, Emme, settler in Vir- 

 ginia (1587) viii. 403. 



Mersalquiber, port of Oram, vi. 



143- 

 Mersey, ships from, in Edward 



III.'s fleet, I. 299. 

 Mersh, John, esquire, 11. 362. 

 Mersh, John, granted Russian 



license (1569) iii. 109. 

 Mersh, Thomas, and Prussian 



pirates, 11. 63. 

 Mervin, Master, in the Earl of 



Cumberland's voyage (1589) vii. 



I. 

 Meschora, province of Russia, iii. 



359- 



Meskit, Ismael Sophi's burial-place, 



III. 26. 



Mesquinez, fruit of New Spain, de- 

 scription, IX. 382. 

 Messana, see Messina, 

 Messania, sweet-smelling pond in, 



IV. 39. 134- 



Messenger of the Admiral of Jaffa 

 and Prince Edward (1270) iv. 363; 

 Portuguese and Captain Sampson 

 at S. lago Island (1585) x. 106. 



Messenger, the, at Liberty Island 

 (1591) VII. 92. 



Messina, rising in, against the Eng- 

 lish (1190) IV. 323; taken by the 

 English, 324 ; the Matthew Gon- 

 son at (1535) v. 68, 117; Roger 

 Bodenham at (1551) 72, 76; port 

 for Tripolis, 212. 



Mestizo or half caste, ix. 431; com- 

 panion of Friar Augustin Ruiz 

 (1581) IX. 187. 



Mestizos of De la Paz town and the 

 smallpox (1590) X. 171. 



Mestiso, Mestisa, see Mestizo. 



Mestitlan, Indian city of Panuco, ix. 

 ■ 370 ; Anthony Godard and his men 

 at (1568) 417. 



Mestre, Henry Austell at (1585) v. 

 322. 



Mestre Alvaro, Sierra de, mentioned 

 in the Ruttier, xi. 81. 



Mesureur, killed in the Indians' am- 

 bush (1565) IX. 94. 



Meta river, x. 408; tributary of the 

 Baraquan, in Guiana, x. 365, 407; 

 source of, 368. 



Metackweni, native town in Virginia 

 (1585) VIII. 322. 



Meta Incognita, or North-west, 

 English voyages to (1495) vii. 141, 

 143 ; Captain Frobisher's first 

 voyage to (1576) 204-211, 279-283; 

 second voyage (1577) 211-230, 284- 

 319; third voyage (1578) 231-242, 

 243-244; vocabulary (1576) 211; 

 people, 262 ; inhabited, 277 ; Cap- 

 tain Frobisher takes possession of, 

 in Queen Elizabeth's name (1577) 

 282; products (1577) 291, 298; 

 winter houses of, 300 ; named by 

 Queen Elizabeth, 320, viii. 2 ; 

 map of, engraving of, vii. 336; 

 description (1578) vii. 367-375; 



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