INDEX TO VOL. II. 



ABARIS, the Magician, myth of his 

 expeditions and ' guiding' arrow, 

 607. 



Abdurahman I. (Caliph), his promotion 

 of the study of botany, 588, 589. 



Abeken, Rudolph, admirable work by, 

 ' Cicero, in his Letters,' 384. 



Abelard, 622. 



Abul Hassan Ali, of Morocco, an 

 Arabian astronomer, 585. 



Abul Wefa, the Almagest of, 594. 



Acosta, Joseph, ' Natural and Moral 

 History of the Indies,' 635, 642, 658, 

 665, 668. 



Adriaansz, Jacob, his claim to the 

 discovery of the telescope discussed, 

 699701. 



Adrian (Emperor), 542; visit to his 

 various dominions, 549. 



Adulis, inscription of, 660. 



>Elian, description of the Vale of 

 Tempe, 380; Natural History, 563. 



jEolians, their mental characteristics, 

 506. 



Africa, early colonisation of its northern 

 coast, 480 482; early circumnavi- 

 gation, 489 ; settlements of the Phoc- 

 nicians, 405 ; earHest comparison of 

 the African races with the Arian 

 races and the Indian aborigines, 

 531. 



Agathodsemon, 558. 



Agesinax, hypothesis of the marks on 

 the moon's disc, 561. 



Albertus, Magnus, 396, 449, 450, 602, 

 615, 617; lits scientific researches 

 and writings, 618; commendation 

 of, by Dante, 618, 619, 



Albinovanus, Pedo, heroic poem on the 

 deeds of Germanicus, 388, 389. 



Albiruni (Arabian mathematician), 

 History of India, by, 594. 



Alexander the Great/magnitude of the 

 inftuence of his campaigns, 516, 

 517,519, 520; their rapidity, 519; 

 unity and grandeur of his polity, 

 518; diversity of the countries he 



traversed, 520, 522 ; views respecting 

 Alexandria and Babylon, 537. 

 Alexandria, its commercial greatness, 

 537; Alexandrian school of philoso- 

 phy, 482; its scientific characteris- 

 tics, 541; museum and libraries, 

 542, 543; myth of the burning of 

 its library, 582. 



Alexander of Aphrodisias, on distilla- 

 tion of sea-water, 562, 589, 649. 

 Alexander VI. (Pope), his ' line of de- 

 marcation,' 655 

 Alhassen, Arabian geographer, 584, 



591,620. 

 Alliacus, Cardinal, his 'Picture of the 



World,' 620, 621, 645. 

 Al-Mamun (Caliph), translation of 

 numerous works from the Greek, 

 &c., 586, 587; measurement of a 

 degree, 594. 

 Alphabets, ancient, investigation of, 



505. 



Alphabetical writing, spread of, by the 

 Phoenicians, its powerful influence 

 on civilisation and higher results, 

 490, 491. 



Amber coast, visited by the Phoeni- 

 cians, its probable locality, 492,493; 

 amber trade, its origin and extension, 

 493, 494. 

 Amenemha III. formed Lake Moeris, 



486. 



America, discovery of, its influence on 

 men's imaginations, 420, 421, 635, 

 636; on the physical and mathe- 

 matical sciences, 569, 570, 612 

 615, 650680; accidental discovery 

 by the Northmen, 603 ; dates of its 

 discovery by the Spaniards and 

 Portuguese, 640 643 ; supposed 

 discovery by Madoc, 608 610; im- 

 portant results of trivial circum- 

 stances in its discovery, 638, 639; 

 its discoverers and adventurers, Ame- 

 rigo Vespucci, 612 681; Balboa, 

 642 646, 648; Columbus, 636 

 663; Cortez, 647, 648, 675; Gama,. 



