A GENERAL 



CHRONOLOGICAL INDEX. 



Tiie numbers prefixed are the dates. The addition of* fignifies that the date is fo mar.y years before the Chrif- 

 tian a;ra ; § that the date is unknown ; and [| that the event happened near the date affixed, or coHlinued 

 for fome lime before and after it. 



Of the fubjoiued numbers, tiic Roman numerals indicate the volumes, and the Arabic ones the pages. 



Some few contractions, ufed to fave room, will, it is prefumed, need no explanation. 



K. B. Some obfolete words, the meaning of which is explained or attempted, will be found coUeded under th* 



title. Obsolete J fords. 



iiji i'lLBERDEEN, a trading town, pillaged by 



Noiwegians . - . . . i, 332 



1281 An eftablinicd market for fifli . . 436 



1357 A. Edinburgh, Perth, chief towns in Scotland 559 

 1414 A. bound for the king in 50,000 marks 638 



1800 Ai5t of parliament for two new ftreets iv, 501 



l%^()*Abraliam makes fome purchafes . . i, 4 

 73 AhyJfinia—\\\^ trade of it - . . i» '59 



52a Oriental trade of Egypt transferred to A. 225 — 232 

 877 Abyffinia appears to have loft the trade - 257 

 iigoll/icr?, St. John de, or Ptolemais, a general empo- 

 rium after the expullion of the Chriftians from 

 Jerufalem ...... i, 450 



1291 Taken by the Saracens .... 451 



1391 Aden, believed the antient Arabia Kelix, now 



the ftation of moft of tlie oriental trade i, 490 



1487 Still tlie center of commercial intercourfe 709 



1294 Admiral — firft appearance of the office in Eng. i, 453 

 1416 The commander of a merchant fleet fo called 



— one fuch tak^n, by the fleet deferting him C30 



73 AduU — imports and exports »f it - - i, 159 



522 Is the feat of the oriental trade - 225, 230 



But unable to compete with the Perfians 232 



%(>%* Maina — coinage of money faid to be invented 



in it - - - - - - - '» 29 



^og'Said to have the command of the fea - 57 



. 497 'Subdued by Athens - .... 63 



Africa. — See African Company, Guinea. 

 6o7*Circuninavigated bv the Phccnicians at the de. 



(Ire of the king of Egypt . - - i> 35 



§*Carthaginians trade to the interior parts 51 



— — The well coaft colonized by them - - 53 



14 Trade of Africa - • - - - 127 



73 Open fea at tbe fouth end known . - 158 



947 Dcfcribed by Malfondi .... 268 



1408 Reprefented, with open fea at the fouth end, in 



a map faid to be drawn now . . 630 n 



1487 A memorial of a pafTagc round Africa found 

 by the geographers of Portugal, and the prac. 

 ticability of it known to the Moorilh mer. 

 chants . . .... 709 



Vol. IV. 



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1776 

 1789 

 '795 

 '797 



I 890 



1588 

 1588- 



i6i8 



1631 



i66z 

 1664 

 I '■.65 

 1672 



"573 

 1688 



1693 

 1698 



1709 

 .7.1 



Afi'ican company. 



etfcq. Difcoveries in the interior of Africa re- 

 commended by Mr. Barnes, General O'Hara, 

 and Mr. Frafer . - - iii, 375, 438, \(i\ 

 An Auftrian colony, fettled by Mr. Bolts, at 

 Delagoa, on the eaft coaft — deftroyed . 594 



A trade to Africa without flaving - iv, 154 

 An alTociation for promoting difcoveries in the 



interior of Africa eftablilhed - . 191 



Account fent to them by Mr. Lucas - 19a 



Money granted by parliament to Mr. Willis 

 for opening a commercial intercourfe with 

 the interior of Africa ... - 345 

 Mr. Park returns from a journey in the inte. 

 rior of Africa — Account of his difcoveries 430 

 Difcoveries in Africa n\adc by Mr. Browne 43a 

 Account of Fezzan, by Mr. Horneman • 517 

 African Company, See Slave Trade, Guinea. 

 An cxclufive company cliartered fortenyrs. ii, 189 

 90-91 Their voyages . - 1S9, 193, 200 



A jeint-ftock company chartered — feparate trad- 



291 



erMtill soon — comjiany dilfolved 

 A Royal African company incorporated 

 Private traders IHII difrcgard the monopoly 

 A new exelufive company eftabliftied 

 Tliey attack the Dutcli, and build J.ames Fort 

 Fort Cormanteen taken from thon 

 A new exclulivc company (the king, d. of 

 York, Sec.) chartered — buy tlie old company's 

 fortb — introduce new manufafturcs in England 

 They import gold, and coin guineas - ii. 

 Charter annulled by the declaration of rights 

 Company taxed/ i on every fliare 

 Ruined by interlopers, who are now ordered 

 by parliament to pay the company 10 per cent 

 on their cargoes, except redwood and ne- 

 groes, for maintaining the foris — Company 

 enlarge their ftock - - . . - 

 Propofal in pari, for laying the trade open iii, 

 Company feek cxclufive privileges — oppofed 

 Their ftock at ^4 10 for /"too . . - 

 Parliament endeavour to fettle their aff.^irs 



389 

 370 

 508 

 5'7 

 5'9 



j68 

 569 



65* 



701 



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