rirtf/rar is rated for duty along with iriiie, wliicli fee. 

 '9*'"o''' the poet, has a prodigious fortune i, ui 

 732 Virgil, an Irilli clergymi^n, excommunicated 



for affertini; tlie rotundity of the earth i, 247 

 1649 I'lrgin IflanJi moftly uninliabited — barren ii, 437 

 J 774 They obtain regular government, and ftourilh 



iii, 550 

 1787 Imports and exports of flaves 17S3 — 1787 



Population, value of land, &:<:. - 



Exports to all countries, &c 



17S8 Exports to Great Britain 17S7 — 17SS 



1791 Imports and exports of Haves 



1798 Sugar and rum exported to Great Britain 



I'irainia — See America, United Stirtes. 

 The name originally extended to all the coun- 

 try (ince culonized by Great Britain. 

 I ;S4 Two Englift velFels trade to the cotintry ii, 

 jjSj Settlement at Roanoke — defertcd — fruitlefs 

 voyages 



•56 

 '5S, 159 



179 

 22S 

 464 



'74 



- , - . '77 

 15S7 .'Another fettlementat Roanoke — alfo mifcanies 1S2 

 i6oi Gofnol trades with the natives - 129 



1606 His example followed by others — two com- 

 panies eliablilhed for colonizing — James, 

 town foimiltd ... 2^.6 



1610 London adventurers, or Virgina company, em- 



powered to grant lands, &c - 261 



Colony increafuig — they plant tobacco 290 



Are at war with the natives - - 291 



Colony increafed — (till at war - 308 



The king recommends iilk-worms and vines 317 

 An inquiry into mifmanagements - 321 



1624 The charter aniuiUed . . 328 



1625 Anew government eftablilhed - 334 

 16^6 Governor, &c fubjefted to the board oftrade,&c 391 

 1650 Parliament feize the (hips, &c of Virginia 439 

 1690 Many French refugees fettle in the province 646 

 771 ^11 Pig iron and bar iron made in Virginia iii, 44 



1730 Iron, copper ore, bees wax, hemp, and raw filk, 



exported to England . . 159 



1731 The produce and trade of the colony 163,164 

 1738 The revenue of the colony . - 216 

 1740 Trade, quantity of tobacco fhlpped, &c 224 

 1775 Produce, trade, fhipping, &c - 5*9-573 

 1796 V. depends on the northern veirds for freight iv,396 



Voyages of difeovery . 



itoo'l*The Phoenicians in the Atlantic ocean i> 21 



lOoo'Tyriansand Ifraelites in the Indian ocean 23 



641* Accidental voyage of Colaius to Tartelfus 34 



6o4*Phrenicians, employed by Necos, round Africa 35 



§*Carth.-'ginians, apparently to Britain - 52 



And to the weft coaft of Africa . 53 



3o6*Skylax from the Indus to the Red fea . 58 



474* Satafpes to the weft coaft of Africa . 66 



328* Alexander's fleet from Indus to Euphrates 73 



^*Ruthymenes to the weft coaft of Africa . 79 



Pytheas to the coafts of Britain, Shetland, &c 79 



ioo*Eudoxus on the coaft of Africa (doubtful) in 



3i*-i4 Romans in the Ncrih fea . 122 



^•P. Crall'us to the CalTiierides . 142 



41 Accidental — a Roman veftel to Ceylon 147 



Fabulous voyage of lambulus . 148 



84 Agricola's fleet round Britain - 1S9 



871-900 Ohther and Wulfftan in the North 263 



1000 Biorn to Winland in America . - 279 



Before 1154 Saracens of Spain in the Atlantic 327 



.— ^ Kingof Canary in the Atlantic - 327 



J171 Madoc to America (unfounded) . 340 



J285 Norwegians to land weft of Iceland - 444 



1291 Genoefe i:i the Atlantic — never returned 450 



1344 Macham to IVtadeira . - 533 



1360 NicoUsof Lynne to the polar regions (doubtfun 562 



-, Oikny Hftiermen to Eftotilanl, apparently 



Vv inland, and thence fecmuigly to Me.xico 563 



Voyages of d'lfcovery. [GENERAL 



1365 Normans to the weft coaft of Africa (doubtful) 1,572 

 Before 1402 French, or Spaniards, to Canary 61 j 



I415 Portuguefe begin to fearch for a route to India 63a 

 Their farther progrefs - - 661,709 



1447 Portuguefe to a weftern land with 7 cities 664 



i450||Flemings faid to difcover the Azores - 663 



1484 Martin Beheni to Brazil (vevy doubtful) 705 



Betore 1492 Various accidental dilcoveries faid to 



have been made in the Atlantic . ii, i 



1492 Chriftopht-r Colon to St. Salvador, &c . 2 



1497 Cabot, with Engl, men and veffels, to America 11 



Gama to India - - - 14 



1499 Araericus Vefpucius to South America . 19 



1500 Cabral to Brazil, &c - • 19 



Cortereal and others to Labrador • 20 



1504,150s French to Nortli America . 25,3 1 



1508, Sec Portugiiefe in the Eall - . 32 

 1516 Englilh to Brazil, &c . .49 



1519 Magellan, &c to India, and round the globe 55 



1524 French to Florida, Sec . .61 



1525 Englifh to the Gulf of St. Laurence - 65 

 1534 French for a nortli-weft paftage . 75 

 1536 Englilh for the fame . . g| 

 1543 Spaniards on the weft coaft of America . 90 

 '553 Englidi fornortli-eaft palfage — difcover Arch- 

 angel - - - 114 



1536 Burroiigh to Nova Zembla - - 121 



^S^l-^Sl^ Frobiftier for north-weft paffage 145,158,159 

 i576||Ruflia company for north-eaft paftage 158,166 



1580 Drakedifcovers California, fails round theglobe 165 

 1785-1787 Davis for north-weft paftage 175,180,184 



1586 Cavendifti round the globe - . iSi 



1594-1596 Dutch for north-weft pan"agc 205,206,109,210 

 159S Dutch round the globe - - 214 



1602 Waymouth for north-weft paftage . 224 



1605JI Danes repeatedly for the fame - 244 



Englilh, feveral voyages, for the fame - 244 



160--1610 Hudfon for the fame . 248,252,261 



1609-1612 Poole for the fame . • 257 



1611 Button for the fame ... 26a 



1612 Hall and Baffin for the fame - • 269 

 1616 Baffin again for the fame - • 283 

 i6i6|| Dutch round the globe by Cape Horn, &c 284 

 1631 Fox and James for north.weft paftage • 370 



1642 Dutch to New Zealand, &c • 423 



1643 Dutch round the globe . . 425 

 1653 Danes for north-eaft paftage . • 451 

 1667 Gillam for north-weft paftage - - 539 

 1669 Narburgh in the South fea - - 539 

 1676 Wood for north-eaft paffage . - 580 

 1699 Dampier to New Britain, &c - 705 

 1719 Barlow for north.weft pafl"age — loft • iii, 75 

 1722 Scroggs for the fame ... 121 

 1742 Middleton for north-weft paft^ige - 231 

 174211 Ruffians to weft coaft of America . • 234 

 174* From England and Philadelphia for north-weft 



paft'age - . - J53 



i76il|Chriftopher twice for the fame - 361 



176611 Byron, Wallis, and Carteret, round the globe 444 



1769 Bougainville round the globe - 487 



1771 Cook round theglobe - . - 513 



1772 Wilder from Virginia for north-weft paftage 527 

 Hearne by land to the Frozen ocean - 527 



1773 Phipps and Lutwidge to the polar regions 544 



1775 ' ook to the louth polar regions, &c - 578 



Kerguelen twice to his idand - 579 



1776 Couk to north-v. eft coaft of America, &c - 664 



Pickerfgill and Young for north-weft paftage 667 



1788 Peroufe in the Pacific ocean, &c - iv, 138 



1789 Macken/.ie (in'ail voyage) to the Frozen ocean 193 



1793 Mackenzie (i.ii.i id voya^; , to the Pacific ocean 285 



1794 Cohie't in lir P citir Oi.e.n - - 329 



1795 Vancouver to ilie n. weft coaft of America, &c 356 



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