Ladrones, see Marianas 



Lalor, W., U.S.N,, 69 



Lamboglia, Prof. Nino, 134 



Lampedusa, I., 138 



Lancaster Sound, 47-8, 184 



Land, movements, 125-6 



Laplace, Pierre Simon, Marquis de, 216 



Laptev Sea, 7, 60, 184 



Latitude, Greel< method of finding, 22; 



Magellan's work on, 27; 90° N., 



Nautilus at, 73; Pytheas' work on, 



22; Ruy Faleiro's work on, 27 

 Laughton, A.S., author, 190-201 

 Laurentian Basin, 184 

 Laus, 138, 145-6 



Lea, Einer, expert on fish aging, 104 

 Lebanon, 128 

 Leif, son of Eric, 19 

 Leith, 60 



Lemnos, L, 139, 170 

 Lenz, Emil von, theory of currents, 188 

 Leptocephalus brevirostris, eel larva 



79, 80 

 Lerwick, 50 

 Le Touquet, 230 

 Leuctra, Battle of, 124 

 Libya, 129, 154 

 "Life in the Sea," (Maurice Burton), 



76-121 

 "Lightning," H. M.S., 115 

 Lily, sea, 84, 119 

 Limpets, 88 

 Lincoln Sea, 184 

 Lincolnshire, East Coast, 231 

 Lincolnshire, floods, 1287 and 1953, 228 

 Linear B., Minoan script, 128 

 Link, Edwin, 146ff 

 Linosa, I., 138 

 Lipari Is., 138 

 Lisbon, 27, 116 

 "Little Vigilant," ketch, 168 

 Livadostras Bay, 138 

 Liverpool docks, 218 

 Lobsters, 89 

 Locomotion, development of organs of, 



87 

 Lofoten Fjord, 119 

 Loire, R., 21, 130, 197 

 Lomonosov (Harris) Ridge, 184 

 Londinium, see London 

 London, 14, 42, 50, 130, 171; ancient 



wrecks of, 127; docks, tides at, 218 

 Longitude, 27, 37, 44 

 Lord Howe Rise, 180 

 Louisburg, 42 



Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory, 114 

 Luigi, Prince of Bourbon, 142 

 Luzon, 28 

 Lynn Deep, 231 



Mablethorpe, 231 ; disaster of 1287, 228 



Macao, 43 



McClintock, F.L., 54 



Mackerel, 100, 111 



McMurdo Bay and Sound, 51-2 



Macquarle-Balleny Ridge, 180 



Mactan, 34 



Madagascar, 11, 120 



Madeira, I., 42, 78, 116, 189 



Magdalena archipelago, Sardinia, 164 



Magellan, Ferdinand, 19, 26-35, 234; 

 birth, 26; Egyptian expedition of 1504, 

 26; navigation studies, 27; renounces 

 Portuguese citizenship, 27; wife, 27; 

 association with Diogo Barbosa, 27; 

 world voyage, 27-35, 28-9; ships ac- 

 companying, 30; nationalities of 

 crews, 30; mutiny, Easter 1520, 32; 

 discovery of Magellan Strait, 32; 

 enters Pacific, 33; visits Marianas, 34, 

 Philippines, 34, Cebu, 34; death, 34-5, 

 28; assessment, 35 



Magellan, Strait of, 6, 29, 32-3, 33, 116 



Magellan Seamounts, 180 



Magna Graecia, 133 



Magnesium, from sea water, 240 



Magnetic, field of the Earth, 200; ... 

 poles, location of, 48, 49, 201 ; ... 

 surveys, 48ff, 177, 194 



Mahdia, wreck of, 138, 162, 164 



Mahon, 138 



Majorca, I., 138 



Malaca, 130 



Malacca Strait, 187 



Malaga, see Malaca 



Maldive Ridge, 186 



Malea, Cape, 139, 160 



Malkou, 34 



Malta, 130, 138 



Manila, 117 



Man-of-war bird, 31, 83 



Marathon, 139 



Marble, seaborne trade in, 145 



Marcet, Alexander, salinity of sea, 182 



Marco Polo, 203 



Marcus-Neckar Rise, 180 



Marcus-Wake Seamounts, 180 



Marechiano, 140, 141, 142 



Marianas, 28, 34; ...Ridge, 180; ... 

 Trench, 10, 121, 180, 199 



Marinatos, Spyridon, archaeologist, 140 



Marine station, methods of study at, 114 



Markham, Sir Clements, 22 



Marmara, Sea of, 210 



Marquesas Is., 28, 41, 42 



Marseilles, 20, 21, 22, 130, 138, 144-5, 164 



Marsh, reclamation, 231 



Marsigli, Count Luigi, 177 



Mascarene Basin, 186; . . . Ridge, 186 



Massilia, see Marseilles 



Mauritius Basin, 186 



Maury, Lieut. Matthew F., U.S.N., 174, 

 177, 183, 203 



Maximum & minimum thermometers, 178 



Mazzava, 34 



Mediolanum, 130 



Mediterranean Sea, 7, 20, 21, 22, 78, 126, 

 130, 138, 175, 176, 179, 210; absence 

 of tides, 214; bars, 232; Egyptian trade 

 in, 128; flow of water from into Atlan- 

 tic, 212; sponges in, 80; watertemper- 



281 



