THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



Rama, King Baldwin besieged at 

 (1102) IV. 296; Laurence Alder- 

 sey at, description of (1581) v. 

 208; John Eldred at (c. 1587) vi. 9. 



Ramaragio, usurper of the throne of 

 Bezeneger, v. 382. 



Ramazaco, Pascha di, Mahometan 

 feast, V. 354. 



Ramble, the, hill in Teneriffe, vi. 



131- 



Rame, kingdom of, v. 483. 



Ramea, Isles of, voyage of English 

 to (1527) VIII. I ; discovery of 

 (1591) 150; Thomas James' letter 

 concerning the discovery of, 155 ; 

 discovered by Jacques Cartier 

 (1534) 156; natives' name for, 

 157; George Drake's voyage to 

 (1593) 161 ; Charles Leigh at 

 (1597) 167, 171; description of, 

 181, 182. 



Rame Head, Cape, English fleet at 

 (1589) VII. 30; Luke Warde at, xi. 

 201. 



Rames, King Baldwin at (1107) iv. 

 302. 



Ramires, Alonso, Peru merchant, 

 builds a ship to go back to Spain, 

 XI. 43. 



Ramsey, Isle of Man, i. 30; battle 

 of, 25 f., (11 64) 32; Andrew Leu- 

 cander, third abbot of the abbey 

 of (1020) IV. 282. 



Ramsie, see Ramsey. 



Ramusio, John Baptista, and the 

 Arabian Geography, iii. 412; 

 secretary to the State of Venice 

 (1557) 458; on the bridges of 

 Hang-chow, iv. 425 ; voyages of, 

 VII. 147, 149 ; and the discovery of 

 the north-west passage, 189; 

 quotations from the voyages 

 gathered by, ix. 115, 207-278; 

 quotation from a translation 

 of Gonsalvo de Oviedo by, x. 4, 

 416. 



Ramusius, see Ramusio. 



Ranas Island, latitude of, x. 334. ^ 



Rancheria, pearl fishing near, Sir 

 John Hawkins at (1565) x. 37; 

 taken by Sir Francis Drake (1595) 

 234 ; burnt by Sir Francis Drake, 

 235 ; Spanish village at Topia- 

 wari's Port, 466. 



Randacchi, governor, killed at the J 

 defence of Famagusta (1571) v. I 



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Randal, Captain, of the Solomon of 

 Weymouth (1578) vii. 322. 



Randolph, Thomas (1523-1590), am- 

 bassador, in Russia, i. xlvi. ; Eng- 

 lish ambassador to Russia (1568) 

 III. 102, (1567) 336; his arrival at 

 Moscow, 105 ; received by the 

 Emperor of Russia, 106, 107 ; and 

 the privileges (1569) 108, 118; and 

 the voyage of discovery (1588) 119; 

 and the Emperor of Russia (1572) 



i74> 177- 



Range of Dartmouth, the Solomon 

 damaged at (1596) xi. 44. 



Rangifa, Francisco Gomez, Spanish 

 merchants' factor in Aguatulco 

 (1570) IX. 365. 



Rangiferi, see Reindeer. 



Ransoms, of Richard I. (1193) iv. 

 337; Hubert Walter, bishop of 

 Salisbury, and the (12 18) 347; of 

 William Bats, and Nicholas Day, 

 prisoners at Cape Verde (1567) vi. 

 273; of Atabalipa (1533) vm. 125; 

 of Cartagena (1586) x. 125; of 

 Cumana, 217; of S. lago de Leon 

 refused by Sir Amyas de Preston 

 (1595) 221; of Riohacha (1595) 

 234, 235. 



Ranulphus Cestrensis, on Edgar's 

 navy, i. 19. 



Raonoak, see Roanoke. 



Rapamat, in Turkey, English am- 

 bassador's house at, v. 263, 275, 

 VI. 96. 



Raparo Island, in the haven of 

 Biaza, xi. 96. 



Raquelle. Isle of, latitude of, vm. 

 278. 



Rasalgate, Cape, and the monsoons, 

 VI. 29, 30. 



Rastall, voyage of, in the Trinity 

 (1536) VIII. 3; return of, 7. 



Rastwold, Anthony, pilgrim (1553) 

 V. 77. 



Rasus Isle, see R^. 



Ratcliffe, Anthony, of the Levant 

 Company (1592) vi. 88. 



Ratcliffe, John, letter-bearer of 

 Henry VIII. (1531) v. 66. 



Ratcliffe, Willoughby's departure 



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