CXXX INDEX. 



Cassiterides, discussion relative to the, Note 169. 



Caucasus, p. 140 ; Note 198. Languages of the, Note 801. 



Celtic poetry, p. 36, 37. 



Chaldean astronomy, p. 162 ; Notes 247, 248. 



Charts, historically memorable. Planisphere of Sanuto, p. 256 ; Note 398. Pici- 

 gano's chart of 1367, showing the Azores, p. 258. Toscanelli's Carta de Ma- 

 rear used by Columbus, p. 263, Note 410. Recently discovered charts of 

 Juan de la Cosa, Notes 411, 457. Variation chart of Alonso de Santa Cruz i > 

 1530, p. 282. 



Chateaubriand, his descriptions of nature, p. 63, 66. 



Chemistry, its progress under the Roman empire, p. 193, 194 ; Note 238. Of th 

 Arabians and Indians, p. 219221 ; Notes 345347. Commencement f 

 pneumatic chemistry in the 17th century, p. 342346 ; Note 530. 



Chezy's translation of the Indian Mcghaduta, p. 40. 



Childrey discovered the zodiacal light, p. 326. 



Chinese parks and gardens, and extracts from Chinese writers on the subject, p. 

 9699. A Chinese military expedition advances in the time of Vespasian to 

 the shores of the Caspian, p. 185. Roman ambassadors sent to the Chinese 

 court, p. 186. Early knowledge of the compass, p. 190, 256, 257: and of th 

 magnetic declination, p. 280. 



Chivalrous poetry of the middle ages in reference to nature, p. 34, 35. 



Christians, descriptions of natural scenery by the early Greek, p. 26, 29. 



Christianity, its influence gave a new impulse to the love of nature, p. 24, 25, 26 

 Productive of the recognition and feeling of the unity of mankind, p. 199, 200 



Chrysostom, eloquent admiration of nature, p. 29. 



Cicero, his praises of Aristotle, and fine passage of that writer preserved by him, 

 p. 14, 15 ; Notes 20, 21. His love of nature and descriptions of natural 

 scenery, p. 17, 18. Criticism on Lucretius, Note 23. 



Cimento (Academia del). Systematic thermometric observations, p. 335. Inves- 

 tigated the action of radiant heat,p. 336. Made the first hygrometers, p. 338, 339. 



Civilisation, influenced by climate, vicinity of the sea, configuration of coasts, 

 large rivers, geological features, and other geographical relations, p. 115, 116, 

 120, 121. Peculiar character of that of Egypt, p. 123, 124. 



Climate, influence of different climates on the appreciation and poetic description 

 of natural scenery, p. 31, 37, 38, 41, 48 On civilisation, p. 115, 116. On 

 astronomy, p. 221, 222. 



Colasus of Samos, his navigation beyond the Pillars of Hercules, p. 107, 146148. 



Colchis, p. 140, 141 ; Notes 199201. See Argonauts. 



Colouna (Vittoria), quotation from, p. 51 ; Note 82. 



Columbus, descriptions of scenery, p. 53, 5456. His attention to all natural 

 phenomena and frequent remarkably correct untaught apprehension of their 

 true characters, p. 55, 265 ; Notes 412, 436, 438. His visit to Iceland, p. 240 ; 

 Note 374. His discovery of America, p. 240 300. His constant persuasion that 

 the lands discovered by him were a part of Asia, p. 241, 266, 267 ; Notes 375, 

 415. Question respecting his knowledge of the travels of Marco Polo, p. 254, 

 255. Influence of Toscanelli and his chart on Columbus, p. 263, Note 410, and 

 that of Pinzon in inducing the alteration in his course which brought him to 

 Guanahani instead of to more northern latitudes, with the vastness of the 

 consequences which have flowed therefrom, p. 263, 264. His belief respecting 

 the relative distances from Spain to China by the east and by the west, and 



