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wrought, In Persia, 147, 161 ; Per- 

 sian dyeing of, 250 ; plentiful in 

 China, vi. 355, x. 165; wrought, 

 in New Spain (1572) ix. 390; 

 market, at Arrash, iii. 24; in 

 Georgia, 50; at Ardouill and 

 Tiflis, 51; in Gilan, 61; in Persia, 

 63; at Gilgat, 147; at Kazvin, 

 154; in Sumakoto, iv. 429. 

 Silk grass, found in Virginia, viii. 



353. 

 Silkworms, round in Virginia (1586) 



VIII. 353 ; in Shemakha, iii. 400. 

 Silland (PSeeland), Octher and, i. 



14 f. ; Englishmen there, 15. 

 Silleum, Richard, witness to the 



Bishop of Rome's letter on behalf 



of John Foxe (1577) v. 166. 

 Sillie, see Scilly. 

 Silva, Don Pedro da, Portuguese, of 



the family of Ruy Gomez, his 



attempt to discover Guiana, x. 



363- 



Silva, Nuno da, Portuguese pilot, 

 voyage of (1577-1579) xi. 133-147; 

 taken prisoner by Sir Francis 

 Drake at Brava Island, 134, 152, 

 260; set free at Aguatulco (1579) 

 146. 



Silva, Vasquez da, prisoner in Eng- 

 land (1588) IV. 213, 231. 



Silvanus, abbot, and King Godred, 

 I. 32 f. 



Silver, pound of, duty on, in Edward 

 I.'s charter, i. 337; arbitrary in- 

 crease of duty per pound of, 11. 

 74; mines of, in Japan, vi. 328, 

 333; stores of, in China, 354; 

 found in captured ships, vii. 66; 

 Spanish ships loaded with (1589) 

 68; mines of, in Orkney Islands, 

 286; mine of, in Smith's Island, 

 discovered by Captain Frobisher 

 (1577) 296; in Saguenay river, 



VIII. 237 ; in Canada, 282 ; found 

 in Virginia (1586) 356; in Florida, 

 452, 482, IX. 12, 79, x. 57; trade 

 in, between the Indians of Florida 

 and Captain Laudonniere (1564) 



IX. 21; in the kingdom of Calos 

 (1565) 50; found in Cevola, 163; 

 found in the Passaguates country 

 (1582) 190; mines in California, 

 318; mines in Nova Albion, 325; 



found in Japan, 335; mines in 

 Mexico, 358, (1572) 382; mines in 

 Tamascaltepec, 364; mines in 

 Tomaangua, 367; mark of, 

 value of, 376; mines in Pac- 

 huca, 418; ornaments of, made 

 and worn by Indians, x. 58 ; mines 

 in Hispaniola, 115; brought from 

 Panama City to Nombre de Dios 

 (1587) 143; mines in China, 165; 

 mines in Marequita (1590) 175; in 

 Peru, 177; found in Paria, 207; 

 mine near the Caroli river, 403 ; 

 mines of, at S. Vincent, xi. 26; 

 mine found at Copaoba by Daur- 

 migas (1597) 67; captured by Sir 

 Francis Drake (1579) 115; at 

 Arica, 115; in Nova Albion, 123. 



Silvester, Daniel, Anthony Jenkin- 

 son's interpreter (1571) m. 170, 

 192, 193. 



Simerons, see Maroons. 



Simkinson of Hull, bearer of 

 Thomas Garland's letter to John 

 Dee (1586) III. 445. 



Simoltra, see Sumatra. 



Simon de Sanct-Quentin, Friar, re- 

 lation of his voyage among Tar- 

 tars, I. 134. 



Simons, Thomas, of the Levant 

 Company (1592) vi. 76, 78. 



' Simples,' found in Florida, viii. 

 462. 



Simplicity of the Icelanders, iv. 67, 

 168. 



Simpson, Thomas, quartermaster on 

 the Bona Esperanza (1553)11. 212. 



Sinaboyarskey, or Russian soldiers, 

 III. 377. 



Sinai, Mount, Moses and, viii. 102. 



Sinamome, see Cinnamon. 



Sinan, Pasha, letter of, to Queen 

 Elizabeth (1590) vi. 69, 71 ; war in 

 Hungary (1593) 96; general of the 

 Turkish army sent to Hungary 

 (1594) 104. 



Sinaus or Sinees, ruler in North 

 Russia, III. 357 ; and the civilisa- 

 tion of Russia, II. 183. 



Sin fondo Baia, mentioned in Rut- 

 tier to Magellan Strait, xi. 86. 



Singonina, Island of, Laurence 

 Aldersey at (1586) vi. 42. 



Sinnamon, see Cinnamon. 



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