INDEX.] 



Carthage. 



. 9* 

 92 

 9+ 

 95 



9y 



loo 



i4i*End of the firft, or Sicilian, war, and lofs of the 

 Sicilian territory — are almoft ruined by 

 their mercenaries - . - . i 



i40*Sardinia fraudulently torn from them 

 229* Are obliged to become a military people 



They make conquells in Spain ... 



atg* War again with Rome, Hmnibal the general 

 201 'After many viftoriesare finally defeated 

 lOo'But their commerce revives - - i, 103 



i46"*The citv dcftroyed and people butcliered by 



the Romans . - . - 105 



44.*City rebuilt by Csefar, becomes populous 119 



1+ Some of their African oceanic pofisftill occupied 127 

 455 Rome pillage.', by a ficet from Carthage - 21) 

 698 City utterly defiroycd by tiie Saracens . 243 

 1763 A civilized white nation faid to be in the heart 

 of Afiica — A night Ihadow of a poliibility 

 that tliey may be Carthaginians - iii, 371; 

 i29*C«ri^ao^fn2 in Spain founded - - 1,95 



14 Trade of Carthagcna - . - 128 



947 Ca/hmcri fuppofed to be furrounded with mouji- 



tains . . . i, 3,$% 



Cojpian Sea truely defcribed by Herodotus, and 

 falfely by later writers . - - 1,671 

 947 Many vefiels trading upon it - 269 



947 Cajpteridcs, apparently SiUey or Cornwall, or 



both, and alfo called Oeftrymnides 1,43^,52 



Their pofition unknown to Herodotus - £S 



Ca/lilt—See Spain. 



Catalonia— See Barcelona, the capital 



1251 Caurjini, money-lenders, odioua in England i, 399 



1272 The king indebted to them - 424 



1474 Caxton, William, introduces printing in Engl, i, 688 



1635II Ccjfcnne fettled by the French - . 11,390 



1701 Population and produce - . . 711 



Cedar excellent for fhipbuilding . - {,3 



716 Ufed by the Saracens - - 244 



Cent, A term apparently firft ufed in Venice for 



reckoning intereft, &:c. - i, 341, 393,491 



2Z6*Ceylon fTaprobanej de(c\\hed by Oneficritiis i, 147 



41 Becomes know., to tlic Romans by accident 148 



73 Called Palaefimundi — | roduce, manufactures 172 



522 The chief feat of oriental tiade - - 225 



1295 Noted only forpearlsby M. Polo . 458 



Before 1505 the Hrade in the h;i,^ds of the Arabians ii, 28 



1505 The Portuguefe engrofi. ihe trade . 2S 



1603 1 he Dutch land in Ceylon - - 233 



1612 They make a treaty wiih the king . 266 



1620 The Danes attempt to tr.de, but f lil . 303 



The Portuguefe fortify the whole coaft - 304 



1638 They are invaded by the Dutch - 402 



1656 Who get pclTeflionof all 'heirforts - 466 



1673 Trincomal.e taken b^ ihr Fiench— retaken 571 

 1687 Quantity if cinnamon Ihipped this ) ear - 62S 

 1795 Taken by the Britifti fortes — produce and trade 



— foverciynty vefted inthe king . 'V, 355 

 Chairs — tee Sedan chaiii. 

 Before 27 O^s.'s ex ported from Britain . i, 



i7o6*C^ar/ii;( ufed in Egypt 



14 Armed with fcythcs, f.fcd in Britain 

 joolJFor riding, ufed in Britain and Ireland 

 1292 ilWithout horfes, invented by R.Bacon 

 796 C/;i2r/<7iar»e makes a treaty wi*h Olfa 

 800 Is crowned emperor of the Romans 

 His attention to le;'.rnin£, ..nd fcience 

 gi6*Chartfr parties regulated by the Rhodian law, 

 1467 Regulated by law in Scotland 

 15S8 Chatham ckcjl for difabled feamen founded 



14 Cieefefe-M trcmthenurth part of Italy, Luna, &c. 



and from Biihynia - t - i, 123, 125 



54 C/icrr/fj introduced in Britain - - J, i':^ 



1500 1) said t'o be ?)()» introduced - - ii, 86 



l^olChffie^, a Roman (lation , - i, 15^ 



136 n 

 i, to 



134 

 123 



,248 

 249 

 250 



i. ^S 

 681,707 

 ii, 188 



Before 1066 imports martins' fkins - - i, 295 



1156 lITrades witli Ireland, Spain, &c. - 331 



1576 Chichejler (ireets paved - - ii, 1 57 



16 J Child, Sir Jijitth, his works praifed - ii, 5.^3 



His general view of the trade of England, 544,563 

 1788 C^i'//' defcribed by De la Peroufe - iv, 139 



Chmt — See Seres, Sina, Eafi-lndia company. 

 2249*Chinefe make aftronomical obfervations i, x 



Before S8 Chinefe receive ambaflTadurs from the Par. 

 thians, and tr.ile with thent 

 166 Receive ambalfadcrs from Rome 

 284 Trade with tiie Perfians ... 



■ Receive a fecond einbalfy from Rome 



522 Send velfeli to Ceylon ... 



569 Make an alliance with Conftantinople — a cara- 

 van trade between the two empires 

 732 And now alfo .... 



851 Trade, produce, policy — foreigners admitted 

 only in Canton ... 



Chinefe trade to Siraf, but all by coafting 

 887 The coiuury ruined by Baichu 

 947 Merchants refort to China by fea and land 

 1013 The Chinefe conquer the Spice iflands 

 i2io|] Invaded by Zingis-khan — trade at Campion 

 1278 Conquered by Cublai— commerce and manu. 

 failures not impaired— the great canal made 

 1295 Manufactures, trade, policy, defcribed by M. 

 Polo . - 



Appe;n to have declined in fcience and enterprife 460 

 1335 R"ute of the trade from Tana to China - 513 

 1419 Embalfy fri.r.i Sc'iahrok — the arts flourifhing 633, 

 1517 The Portuguefe fend (hips to China - ii, 41 

 155S Chinefe merchants found at Boghar by Jenk- 



infon . ... 



1582 An abortive voyage to China from England 

 1586II Macao'granted to the Portuguefe 

 1596 Three Englilh ftiips fail for China, but are 



driven to the Wefi Indies 

 1618 Chinefe fiil to Batavia in large veffels 

 1635 China fubdued by the Tartars . . u, 

 174.7 Euroiean Ihips tradingto China - iii, 



r78o Account of the hongs in Canton— their debt to 



Britifh fubject., — curious mode of fettling it 655 



1784 Trade nearly abolilhedby anaccident iv, 65 



1789 Shipsofweftern nations trading to China 195 



1792 Lord Macartney fentambalfador to China 303- 



Account of the people, indullry, commerce, 



manufaftures, poiicy, extent, population, 



revenue ... jo6 



524'*C^?M has fo:ne tr.ide and (hipping - 1,46,57 



Art of inlaying iron invented in Chios . 57 



1511 Some Engli(h veffels trade to Chios . ii, 40 



1513 An Italian appointed conful of Eng. merchants 46 



1515 'he Genoele heavy dut, complained of . 49 



1530 Another foreigner appointed coniul . 71 



1570 Trade inierrupitd by the capture ot the ifland 15O 



1660 Cr.ccclate — excife on it granted to the king 11,489 



Church of England — SeeC'/tr-,'/ 

 '337 Revenue, 2,000 marks per day . 1.519 



C.4vmy?r_)/ inij. roved by the Saracens - 1,251 



1292JI Mjny of the modern improvements difcovered 



by R. Bacon - .. . 452 



1065 Ciaerand perry apparently rare in England — now 



mentioned . . . i, jjo n. 



1660 Exci(e on them granted to the king . u, 489 

 1763 Duty laid on foreign cider and perry — alfo on 



home-made, which raifes a violent outcry iii, 370 

 1766 Duties increafed, but lefs obnoxious - 443 

 Cinnamon, doubtful if it grew in Ceylon in an- 



tient times - i, 38 », 149, 172 n,226 « 



Pioduced in Sabaea and Ethii)|iia - 103,141 



73 A kind, called cafa, plentiful in Abydinia 161,162 



»9+ 



'94 

 203 



203 



237 

 246 



255 



257 

 26S 

 281 



377 



434 

 457 



124 



171 



I So 



210 

 291 



. 3S4 

 2i9 



1793 Cultivated in Jamaica. 



JV, 263 



