INDEX 



White Cape, see Blanco, Cape. 

 White river, the, latitude of, xi. 



349- 

 White Dove, the, flyboat, wreck of 



(1591) VII. 84. 



Whitehall, tilt at, on Queen's day, 



VII. 21; reception of the King of 

 Brazil by Henry VIII. at, xi. 24, 



White Isle, or Lisle Blanch, or 

 Blanca Island, the Bonaventure at 

 ^1591) VIII. 152; Charles Leigh at 

 (1597) 171 ; description of, 181 ; 

 fruitfulness of, 182 ; John White 

 at (1590) 407. 



White Lion, the, James Erizo, cap- 

 tain of (1585) x. 98. 



White Lion, the, John Chidley's 

 ship (1589) XI. 381. 



Whiteman, Andrew, alias Leu- 

 cander, travels of (1020) iv. 282. 



White Sands, or Blanc Sablon, de- 

 scription of, viii. 186; isles of, 

 Jacques Cartier at (1534) viii. 208, 

 211; in the Grand Bay of New- 

 foundland, 275 ; latitude of, 276. 



Whithall, James, brother of John 

 Whithall (1580) XI. 31. 



Whithall, John, his letter to Richard 

 Staper (1578) xi. 26-30; letter from 

 the adventurers for Brazil to (1580) 

 31-33; son-in-law of Joffo Dore 

 (1583) 191 ; and Edward Fenton, 

 193 ; dwelling at S. Vincent (1586) 



295- 

 Whiting, John, distress of, at Port 



Desire (1592) xi. 399. 

 Whiting, Thomas, survivor of the 



Toby (1593) VII. 129. 

 Whittingdon, Richard of, praise of, 



II. 127 f. 

 Whitton, Francis, in Virginia (1585) 



VIII. 318. 



Why not I? the, see Violet. 



Wia river, x. 490 ; mentioned by 



Laurence Keymis (1596) 454. 

 Wiaco, nation of the Wia river, x. 



490. 

 Wiana, gold market at, xi. 13 ; coast 



of, Sir Walter Raleigh at the 



(1597) 3- 

 Wiapassa, medicinal herb found in 



Guiana, x. 458. 

 Wiapo river, x. 492. 

 Wiapoco river, Laurence Keymis at 



(1596) X. 454; distance from, to 

 Manoa, 464 ; the Discoverer in 



(1596) 477; Sir Walter Raleigh at 



(1597) XI. 5. 

 Wiapoucou, see Wiapoco. 



Wiars, Thomas, passenger in Cap- 

 tain Frobisher's third voyage 

 (1578) VII. 243. 



Wias, Caribs of. Sir Walter Raleigh 

 and (1597) XI. 6. 



Wiawiami river, Guiana, x. 459, 

 492. 



Wichida, iron mines at, open to 

 English merchants (569) iii. 



113- 



Wichida river, tributary of Volga, 

 III. 363 ; salt pit at, 368. 



Wickney, William, of Portsmouth, 

 Christian slave (1579) v. 157. 



Widows, burning of, see Suttee. 



Wiggleworth, Nicholas, mariner on 

 the Bona Confldentia (1553) n. 

 214. 



Wight, John, voyage of, to Con- 

 stantinople (1575) V. 168. 



Wight, Robert, of Colchester, and 

 Prussian pirates, 11. 62. 



Wight, Isle of, ships from, in Ed- 

 ward III.'s fleet, I. 297; fight 

 between the English fleet and the 

 Armada near (1588) iv. 218; Wil- 

 liam Harborne at (1583) v. 243; 

 John Evesham at (1586) vi. 35; 

 William Towerson's return to 

 (1577) 252 ; the Sunshine at (1586) 



VII. 413; Charles Leigh at (1597) 



VIII. 180. 



Wignol, captain of the Francis, 

 taken prisoner by the Spanish 

 (1595) X. 229. 



Wijmi, mouth of the Orinoco river, 

 X. 420. 



Wikeri, see Wikiri. 



Wikiri, Indians, x. 207, 375 ; and 

 Pedro Hernandez de Serpa, 364; 

 inhabitants of Sayma, 396 ; in- 

 habitants of the Areo river, 423, 

 424. 



Wilde of Bristol, in Andrew Barker's 

 company, killed by the Spanish 

 at S. Francisco Island (1576) x. 

 86. 



Wild Man, the, John Chidley's ship 

 (1589) XI. 381. 



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