INDEX 



Lancaster, Sir James, attacks Portuguese shipping, 



98 ; expeditions, 238, 243 

 Lapland Coast, Willoughbv's expedition to China, 



235 

 Latitude, Observations to Determine, by Pytheas, 2 

 Law, Sea : Laws of Oleron, 170 

 Lawson, Admiral Sir John, 138 

 Lead, Heaving the (ill.), 295 

 Lead Sheathing, 16th cent., 186 

 Leaks, in mediaeval ships, 172 

 Leghorn, Italian port, neutrality outrage, 121 

 Leicester, ship (1582), 237 

 Leif Ericsson, explorer, 202 

 Leith, Scottish port, blockaded by Wynter, 56 

 Lepanto, Battle of, 276, 281 



L'Espagnols-sur-Mer (battle of Winchelsea), 29, 32 

 Letters of Marque : origin, 218 ; Drake revenges 



Vera Cruz, 265 

 Levant Company, Tudor policy to, 238 

 Levant Trade, convoy destroyed (1693), 165 

 Levantine Ships, discipline in, 170 

 Leveson, Sir Richard, operations against Spain, 92 

 Light Dues, earliest, 188 

 Lighthouses, early, 188 ; opposition to, 188 

 Linschoten, Jan Huygen van, foundation of Dutch 



East Indian Empire, 237 ; map of West Coast of 



Africa, 233 

 Lion, Scottish pirate ship, 51 

 Lisbon, Portuguese port : Armada collects at, 63 ; 



shipping burned at, 63 ; attacked by Drake, 88 ; 



Armada of 1597, 91 

 Liverpool : slave trade, 231 

 Lizard, first lighthouse, 188 

 London : ships at siege of Calais, 32 ; invasion of 



Aquitaine, 43 ; squadron against Armada, 65 ; 



early seaborne trade, 212; in Henry Vll's time 



(ill.), 228 

 London Bridge, wine trade, 14th cent., 216 

 Londonderry, relief of, 153 

 Long Serpent, Viking ship, size of, 168 

 Lord High Admiral, foundation of the office, 39 

 Louis XI, King of France, beats Edward IV, 46 

 Louis XIV, King of France : treaty with Charles 11, 



151; supports James II, 152; plans invasion, 154; 



portrait, 200 

 Lowestoft, Battle of (1665), 131, 139 

 Liibeck, Hanseatic League, 230 

 Ludolph of Cucham, perils of sea, 223 

 Lyle, John Dudley, Lord, operations against Scot- 

 land, 54 

 Lymne, Kent, Roman fortress, 7 

 Lynn, Norfolk, ships in Aquitaine expedition (1439), 



43 



Macham, Robert, probable re-discovery of Madeira, 



204 

 Madagascar, piracy in 17th cent., 293 

 Madeira, re-discovery of, 204 ; colonization of, 232 

 Madog, Prince, legend of 203 

 Magellan, Ferdinand, 235 

 Maine, possible Viking discovery, 202 

 Mainwaring, Captain Henry, plunder of Newfound- 

 land (1614), 282 ; ravages Spanish coasts, 282 

 Malacca, Straits of, Anglo-Dutch privateers in, 98 

 Malindi, Da Gama's expedition, 232 

 Malocello, Lanciloto, expedition to Canaries, 204 

 Malta, Knights of, giant warship, 186 

 Malta, Siege of (1565), 275, 280 

 Man, Isle of. Viking occupation, H 

 Mandeville, Sir John, 208, 211 

 Manila, Battle off (1595), 240 

 Mansell, Admiral, 102 

 Manteuffel, German pirate, 274 



Marchant Royal, merchantman, James Lancaster's 

 expedition, 238 



Margaret of Anjou, Queen, treachery of, 44 



Margate, ships at siege of Calais 32 ; rendezvous for 

 Armada, 63 



Marie la Cordelikre, French warship, battle of 

 Camaret Bay (1512), 52 



Markland, Viking discovery, 202 



Marseilles, French port visited by Scipio, 2 ; founda- 

 tion, 226 ; early times, 226 



Mary I, Queen, supported by fleet, 55 



Mary II, Queen, in William Ill's absence, 153 



Afory of Guildford, Rutt's ship, expedition to 

 America (1527), 263 



Mary Rose, English warship, founders (1545), guns 

 in tops, 54, 185 



Mary Rose, Capt. Kempthorn's ship, 17th cent., 



285, 287 



Massachusetts, John Smith's voyage to, 271 ; early 

 shipbuilding, 272 



Massalia, foundation, 226 



Master Carpenter to the King's Ships, John Hogg- 

 skyns, 42 



Master Shipwright, origin of the office, 42 



Mathew, Cabot's ship, 2.53 



Matilda, Queen of William I, part in conquest, 17 



Matilda, Empress, invades England, 20 



Maurice, Prince, drowned at sea, 107 



Mauritius, Dutch at (1598), 241 



Mayflower, Pilgrim Fathers' ship, sails from Ply- 

 mouth, 272 



Maximian, Roman Emperor, establishes Channel 

 Patrol, 6 



Maximus, Roman Emperor, use of sea power, 7 



Medals, Naval, awarded by Commonwealth, 108 



Mediterranean, British Navy in, under Common- 

 wealth, 108, 121, 126; Russell's fleet (1694), 165 



Mediterranean, piracy in, 279 



Medina Sidonia, Duke of, 63, 66 



Medway, Dutch raid on, 140, 142, 143 



Mercator, Geradus, portrait, 209 



Mercenary Fleets, see Phoenicians ; Genoese Mer- 

 cenaries ; Flemish Mercenaries ; Evan ; Pening- 

 ton. Admiral; Charles II 



-Merchant Adventurers, Company of, 235, 236, 254 



Merchant Ships, 15th cent., 176 



Merchantmen, Armed, see Armed Merchant Ships 



Merchants, as debtors, result of piracy, 224 



Michael, Frobisher's ship, 264 



Milford Haven, French defeat off (1405), 38 ; land- 

 ing of Henry VII, 46 



Moltke, German pirate, 274 



Moluccas, Expedition to (1582), 237 



Monck, Admiral (later Duke of Albemarle), first 

 Dutch War, 123, 124; battle of North Foreland, 

 124 ; Commander-in-Chief, 125 ; Four Days' Fight 

 139; St. James's Day, 140 .- s - 



Monson, Sir William, operations against Spain, 92; 

 against pirates, 102 



Montfort, Henry de, piracy by Cinque Ports, 273 



Moonshine, ship in Davis' expedition, 264 



Mora, William the Conqueror's flagship, presented 

 by the Queen, 16, 17 



Morgan, Si~r Henry, portrait, 288 ; life, 294 ; sacking 

 of Panama 289, 294; death, 294 



Morgan, Piers, French captain, see Primoquet 



Mortars, use at Dieppe (1694), 161 



Muscovy Company, 235 



Myngs, Sir Christopher, 138 



Myoparo, the Phoenician, early piracy, 273 



Naddod's exploration of Iceland, 201 



Naval Brigades, Penn at San Domingo, 126 



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