Arabians. 



[GENERAL 



»732 yf»f««j made a free port - . iii, iSi 



1784 Anderfon, Dr. appointed by Government to fiir- 

 vey the «eft coall of Scotland, and illands — 

 Publiihes an account of them - iv, 65 



T650 yfn^!(///<7 occupied by Enplifli fettlers . ii, 441 

 1787 Trade of Anguilla with all countries iv, 158 



178s Exports ro Great Britain 1787-8S - 17.9 



Annuities. — See Government Jccuritigs, Katienal 



debt. 

 Annuities on lives. 

 1281 An annuity on the life of the princefs of Scot- 

 land valued at ten years puichafe i, 448 

 1777 An aft to prevent frauds in fales of them iii, 606 

 1740 An/on, Commodore, iails on an expedition againft 



Spain, and circumnavigates the globe iii, 226 

 J632 Antigua occupied by the Englifh, and de- 

 fcrted ... . " 



1666 fettled by the Englifh 

 1769 Hitherto Hoiirifhing — diftrefled by fire 

 J772 A dreadful hurricane . . 



1787 Import and export of flaves 1783-87 

 •^^ Population, value of land, &c. 



• Exports to all countries, &c. 



17S8 Exports to Great Britain 1787-88 



1791 Import and export of flaves 1789-91 



J793 St. John's made a free port 



1798 Sugar and rum exported to Great Britain 



947 Aritioch has water led into the houfes i. 269, 335 

 Before 1321 Indian goods forwarded from Antioch 



to the Well - . . - 490 



i6o\[ Antoninc's Itinerary . . i^ iSi, 192 



1777 Ants almolt ruin the Welt Indies 

 1781 A premiLim given by pari, for a powder cap- 

 able of deftroying fmail parcels of them iii, 610 

 12O1 Antwtrp walled, and has a mint . i, 366 



13.13 Is the ftaple of the Englifh merchants - 47S 

 1496 The Enjlifh merchants return to Antwerp ii, 10 

 1504]! Profpers by its fairs, and the trade in fpices 



carried to it by the Portugiiefe 

 1514 The witll enlarged - ... 



• 516 Gets moft of the trade from Bruges 

 1531 Makes a canal to Bruffcls — builds an exchange 

 1541 Enlarged— new walls — 100,000 inhabit;mts 

 ISS° Said to be faved from the Inquifition by tlTt- 

 Englilh merchant-adventurers — vexy prof- - 

 perous . . . 106, 109 



»J53 The- perfecutions in Germany, France, and 

 England, drive many people to feek refuge 

 in Antwerp - - - - 



»56o General Hate of the trade of Antwerp with 



all nations .... 



— - Sliipping, houfes, &c-. - - 132, 



1579 Many of the citizens fly to Holland, Sec. 

 15S3 The trade of England four fifths of the whole 176 

 1585 Antwerp is taken, plundered, and ruined 176 



1041 Its decayed flate afcribed to impolitic duties 416 

 1648 River Scheldt (hut up by treaty - - 434 

 ».785 State of Antwerp after the lofs of its port — the 

 emperor obliges the Dutch to open tlie 

 navigation - . - iv, 92 



1766 Apprentices obliged to ferve out their time iii. 444 

 »77.7 Dyers near London, and hatmakers, relieved 



from the hardfhip of apprentice laws 607,608 

 '795 Woolcombers may exercife any trade without 



■ferving an Tipprenticefliip to it ■ - 350 



j-302r /^yKjVflmc, merchants of, licenced to imp. wine i, 469 



Arabians. — Ste Arabia Felix, Sabaans. 

 »8oo' Their fci'ence, raamifaftiires, and commerce i, 6 

 i728*Th«y trade to India aud Egypt . . 7 



6o7»Trade to Egypt, ftill only by caravans - 35 



ji88*The South Arabians the only weftern people 

 who trade to India • . , 



120 



127 



177 

 163 



Jloute of the trade with'Phoenicia 



38 

 3S n 



166 



'74 

 182 



3J4*StilI the 'only traders between India and the 



weflern world . - . i) 78 



28o*Supply the Eg. Greeks witli oriental goods 85 

 23* Are invaded by the Romans . - no 



14 Their trade very profperous by means of the 



Roman wealth poured into Egypt - 141 



73 Trade witli Aduli, Avalitcs, &c. - j6o 



— Trading ports of Arabia - . 164-16$ 



— Arabian merchants have tributaries in Africa 16 j 

 . — Many Arabian colonies in Africa - 165, 



— Great fiim paid to Arabia by Rome 



— Arabians the belt navigators on tlie ocean 180, 

 636, etfeq. Their commerce extended far beyond 



its foriner limits by their conquefts 240,241, 

 851 Their 01 iental trade transferred to their Periiau 

 dominions, and extended to China, &c. 

 ^ Eftablifh themfelves in the oriental iflands 

 ■ (N. B. They are now mure generally called 

 Saracens, when out of their original coun- 

 try. — See Saracens.) 

 1497 Arabians fettled at Mozambique— trade to 

 Quiloa, &c. — have large ships, charts, qua- 

 drants, compaffes, &c. - ii, 14, 21 

 324*1 Arabia Felix, a city of great trade with Indi.t, 

 280* / Egypt, &c. - - i, 79, 85, 165 

 73 Having been dcfhoyed by the Romans, is now 



only a watering place - . 



161 Again a trading emporium 

 345 Suppofed to be now the (lation of trade with 

 tlie fu bjefts of Rome 

 Believed to be the city afterwards called 



Aden (See Aden) ... 



Arabian horfes. — See Horfes. 

 2^0* Aradiis, or Arvcd, a Phoenician ifland, is a 

 fitiall commercial kingdom - - i 

 e,o6' Aradus, an illand in the i^cx'ad^n g\\\fh,ful>poJcd 

 a Phoenician colony . . i 



Aragon. — See Barcelona. 

 '333 Agreeswitli France to give no letters of marque, 

 but gives one againft England . i 



137S Aragonefe hav^ free trade in E^ngland, and Ii 



berty to export wool 

 1418 Treaty with Eiigland for mtitiial free trada 

 1443 Arsgonefe in England relieved from the con. 



"troul of hofts 

 1^98 Arbitration fettlements rendered elfeflual 

 parliament 

 Archangel. — See Ruffia. 

 2ig' Arclnmedes altifis Hiero with liis fliip 

 211' His wonderful engines 

 i226*Argonavtic expedition - - - i> '7 



324*/i7'7/?o//t's fyftem of the univerfe — he fuppofes 



India not far weft from Spain - i, 75 



Defcribes filk-worms pretty truely - 177 n 



iZoo* Arithmetic known in Ar.ibia 



550* Conveyed from Phoenicia to Greece 

 324*Modern fyftem apparently from India 

 And by the medium of the Arabians 

 1292 Well imderftood by Roger Bacon 

 i6oo|| Decimal aritlmietic invented by S. Stevin ii, 

 Arkwrighl, Sir Richard, invents machinery for 

 fpinning cotton — his dueeulogium iv, 77, 134 



1780 Armed Neutrality eftablidied by Ruflia, &c. iii, 668 



1781 On the aeeefTion of PrulHa; the Baltic is de- 



clared free for all nations - - 686 



Emperor of Germany aifo accedes - 698 



1800 A fecond one proje(::t«d by Northern powers iv, 522 



947 Armenians make excellent carpets, &c. i, 269 



Aromatics produced in Aral ia - - i, 103 



The moll pretlous bruugiit from the Eaft 141 



Arrack. — Se- Spirituous Liquors, 



324*Made by the Indians - " - - i> 7^ 



And by the Chinefe - - aj6, 457 



J 66 

 '94 



209 

 490 



93 

 59 



509 



587 

 632 



660 

 by 

 ii, 704. 



i, 98 



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41 



77 



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