African Company. 



1713 Parliament make another ineffefliuil attempt iii, 34 



Alexandria. 



[GENERAL 



y 

 120 

 136 

 154 



'93 



26.3 

 2S0 



289 



33' 

 •;6o 



48 + 



547 



574 



603 

 638 

 640 



1720 South. fea plirenzy vailcs tlieu- ftock to 200 



J 7 22 They call on tlieir proprietors for 5 per cent 



J729 Reduce their ftock to lootbrSoo 



1730 Get /"lo, 000 from government annually 



1733 Notwithftanding, tliey ftill decline; 



1748 Propofe to parliament to create a joint-rtock 



conip. outof themCelvcs and their creditors 

 X750 A new regulated company eftablilhed 

 1752 Old company dilfol^ed, and paid for their lands, 



forts, &c. by parliament 

 1760 Their governor's complain of the Dutch - 



1762 Sums given by government for forts 



1763 Senegal delivered to thecomp. — they complain 



of tlie allowance for the forts being loofmall 374 



1764 Allowance for clerks, &rc. enlarged • 399 



1765 1 heir forts, &c. in great diforder - - 411 

 1768 Governor complains of tlie Dutch— Number of 



Negroes carried from Africa tliis year 



«773 Their officers have difputcs with the Dutch 



'775 Petition agamft the duty impofed on Negroes in 

 Jamaica .-.-.- 



' Gun-powder, arms, &c. reprefented by the 



board of trade as eflfential in the African trade 580 



•777 Conduct of governors, &c. in Africa inquired 

 into - - . - - - . 



'779 A flaving captain profecuted for carrying off a 

 f!=ee Negro . - - . - . 



•— Outlay of the fum granted by parliament re- 

 gulated by the board of trade 



1783 Gambia, Sec. veiled in the company — regula- 

 tions for their fervants on the coall, &c. iv, 21 



1795 Grant enlarged to jT 20,000 - - . 349 

 1800 /'20,ooo granted now . . . _ joi 

 J717 Agt^reiratefund applied to the redu51ion of the 



national debt - - - - iii, 53 



2H* Agriculture protefled in India - - i, 76 



Much ne;;lefled in England m the Saxon times 287 



156i||More vigoroully profecuted in England ii, 136 



1796 Lime and other manures exempted from 



cliarges - iv, 376 



596 Alchymy, firft notice of, in Egypt . - i, 205 

 1329 Two profefTors of it in England 

 1404 Acl of pari, againfl multiplying gold, S;c. 

 1456 Henry VI commilTions three men to make gold 

 iOQ\\Akuin, a learned Northumbrian, the teacher of 

 Charlemagne and the Fr. people i, 24911 

 Aldcrvian, 

 Sometimes the title of the chief magirtrate of 

 London - . . . i 



The chief magirtrate of feveral towns in Scotl 



446, 559> <539. ''41. 672 

 1285 Required to fearch for malefaftors iii his ward 443 

 1327 The office in London now appears in tlie king's 



writs - - - - - 



1394 The office, hitherto annual in London, now 



for life - - . . . 607 



li8» Aldtrir.an — the chief of the German merchants 



in England fo called - - i> 437)438 



140s The title equivalent to governor of the mer- 

 chants .... 619, 625 

 Ale — See Malt Liquor. 

 333-324*/i/fjro«i/fr's conquefts, &c. 



Alexandria — See Egypt. 

 33i*Founded by Alexander - - - . 

 30 2 "Favoured and improved by Ptolemy 

 '4-73 Flourifhing - - - 126, 140, 



Has large fhips— the Ills defcribed 

 JI6 The people matTacred by Caracalla 

 196 Almoll depopulated by Diocletian 

 61S Taken b)' the Perlians - ... 



628 Recovered by Heraclius .... 

 640 Tai^eu b)' tlje Arabs - ^ . . 



5°2 

 614 

 672 



250 



443 



498 



1, 71 



72 



84 



174 

 184 

 201 

 205 

 239 

 240 

 240 



S13 French traders fail to Alexandria - i, 250 



82S And Italian traders alfo - . - jiji 



947 Has 300 marble houfea (no trade noted) . 269 

 i»no||No trade mentioned by Benjamin or Vitry 336, 397 n 

 1227-1321 A place of trade 387, 491, 493 



1365 Burnt and plundered by the king ofCyprua 571 

 S71-900 Alfrid the Great, the father of tlie Englifli 

 navy, his literature, fcience, and pilnotic 

 exertions for the ha^'pinefs of his fubjefts 



i, 239, 265 

 32 v*-J/,Tc/)ra known in India . . . . i, 77 

 I494 Known in Europe -.-._. ji 7 

 Alj^ier — See Barhary. 

 Almeria, while fubject to the Saracens, famous 



for the manufactvire of filk . . i, 321 

 1 147 Reduced by the Genoele . - . 3jj 



Hiz\\Al.um, a great article of Genoefe trade - i, 637 

 1450 A quantity imp. into Engl, and monopolized 667 

 1550 Another monopoly of it in England - ii, 29 



1608 The manufacture of it-introduced in England, 



and the fale monopolized by the king 249 



1624 A patent (before now) for making it, exempted 



from the law againll monopolies - 325 



1625 Importation of it prohibited ... 332 

 1765 Exported to Holland . - . iii, 429 

 After 82S Amatfi has tiade with Alexandria i, 253 



849 Shipping of Anialfi protei:! Rome - - 254. 

 969 Commerce of Amalti very extenlive - 271 



io;S Merclunis have faiitorics at Jerufalem, &c. 2S1 

 1 136-1 138 Xwice taken by Plfans — Recover, and 



compile a code of maritime laws - 320 



1302 or 1320 Tlie compafs/rtii/ to be difcovercd by 



a citizen of Amalfi, called Goia or Gioia 36J 



§ • Amber found in the Baltic by Pytheas i. So 



14 Great prices given for it - - - 137 



America— See IVinland, IVeJl Indies, UnitedStaleu 



1000 Dilcovered and colonized by Norwegians i, 279 



117 I Said to be difcovered by iVIadoc, a WelHi prince 340 



1428 The foutliern extiemity laid down in a map 



Jaid to be drawn now ... 630 



1428 Brazilyi(c/ to be difcovered by M. Behem 705 



1492 Some of the illands difcovered by C. Colon ii, 2, 3 

 Natural productions ..... j. 



1493 Granted to Spain by the pope — A fettlement 



between Spain and Portugal divides the 

 world between tliem - - '■4 



1497 North America difcovered by the Englifh 11 



1 he natives niallacred by the Spaniards 120 



■585l|Spanini iettlements plundered by Drake, &c. 178 



1637 Other nations take advantage of Spain's pre. 

 tenlions to all America to feize what they 

 can of it - . • - - 399 



1639 Trade of the colonies not confined to the mo- 

 ther countiy — Dutch trade to Englilh colo- 

 nies, and fettle as fatlois - 439, 484»» 



1646 Engl, colonies exempted from cuftom on goods 

 exp. to tliem, and allowed to carry their 

 produce to foreign markets in Engl, velfels 430 



1649 A corporation for converting the Am. Indians 439 



1667 By treaty between England and Spain, both to 



retain what they now polllfs . - 531 



1670 This treaty confirmed and explained . 541 



Englilh American colonies employ two thirds 



of the Eivli'h ihipping - • - 551 



Remarks onDittcli, I'rencli, Spanilh, and Por- 



tuguelV, colonies in America . 422, 553 

 1676 Trade of Englilh America and Guinea employs 



40,000 tons of Ihipping - - 580 



1686 Poirellioris and trade of England and France 



fettled by treaty . - . 625 



1696 Trade of colonies confined to veirels built in 



the Englilh dominions — Land not to be 



trans[erre(i to fotpigners, &c, . - 6S3 



