INDEX. 



Ark, 40. 



records of, 40. 



capacity of, 44. 



form of, 46. 



material of, 43. 

 Argonauts, 21. 



expedition of, to Colchis, 58. 

 Armada, thcinvincible, 293. 

 Agamemnon, 61. 



the, in a gale, 590. 

 Africa, 79. 



Persian exploration of, 81. 



Marco Polo in, 113. 



Portuguese in, 136. 



early map of, 193. 



language of, 201. 



da Gama's expedition, 211. 



modern discovery in, 709. 

 Adam's will and testament, 259. 

 African hospitality, 196. 

 Albatross, the, 200. 

 Algerian slavery ended, 539. 

 Alfred the Great a ship-builder, 105. 

 Alexander the Great sends out Nearchus, 86. 



death of, 92. 

 Amerigo Vespucci, 183. 

 America, names for, 184. 

 Amazon river, explored by Pinzon, 189. 

 American navy, 539. 



vessels, 772. 

 Anchors, of Grecian ships, 72. 

 Anglo-Saxons established, 105. 

 Anaximander, the earth according to, 66. 

 Anson, George, account of his voyage, 420. 

 Antarctic expedition of Mendana, 337. 



expedition of James Clark Ross, 576. 

 An astrological prophecy, 239, 



Alexander Selkirk, 400, 421. 

 Ararat, Mount, 40. 



Atlantic Ocean unknown to antiquity, 21. 

 full of terrors, 22. 

 named, 68. 



crossed by Columbus, 160. 

 Atlantic Telegraph, 25. 

 preparations for, 49. 

 the fleet of, 604. 

 hauled ashore, 630 

 rate of laying, 633. 

 construction of, 635. 

 tested, 639. 

 completed, 643. 

 the plateau, 642. 



return of the fleet, and ode to, 649. 

 Argo, the ship, 59. 



Arctic regions, phenomena peculiar to, 312, 



Dutch in, 322. 



Parry's expedition, 559. 



land journey in, 571. 



intense cold of, 595. 



Capt. Ross in, 553. 



Franklin, Sir J., in, 554, 573, 582. 



wonders of, 596. 



pillars of Hercules, 595. 

 Aquarium, 770. 

 Australia, 372. 

 Azores discovered, 137. 



B. 



Bare, the woman sailor around tbe world, 

 458. 



Bougainville, 453, 460. 



at Magellan's Strait, 455. 



finds out Bare, 456. 

 Barentz, Wilhelm, Arctic voyage of, 312. 



his death, 320. 



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