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INDEX. 



Beowulf, 106. 



the sea Goth, 105. 

 Behring, 414. 



his death, 418. 

 Bebring's Strait discovered, 415. 



mirage at, 418. 



description of, 416. 

 Baffin, "William, 359. 



saw Lancaster Sound, 360. 

 Baffin's Bay discovered, 359 

 Balboa (Vasco Nunez) discovers the Pacific, 

 231. 



Balboa beheaded, 235. 



Bay of horses, 135. 



Bjarni, son of Ilerjulf, 107. 



discovered Greenland, 108. 

 Bocchoris promotes navigation, 55. 

 Bosphorus, the Argonauts on the, 60. 

 Botany Bay discovered, 474. 

 Bounty, mutiny of the, 525. 

 Bligh, William, commands the " Bounty," 524. 



return to England, 529. 

 Brazil discovered by Pinzon, visited by Cabral, 

 213. 



visited by Magellan, 241. 



Cavendish in, 289. 

 Bulwarks of Grecian ships, 72. 

 Byron, John, sails from Plymouth, 437. 



his discoveries, 439. 



results of his voyages, 414. 

 Britain first discovered, 83. 

 Brethren of the coast, 378. 

 Buccaneers, 375. 



their dress, 376. 



become pirates, 377. 



their ravages, 378, 396. 

 Buzzard's Bay, 109. 



c. 



Cable, Atlantic, history of, 630, 643.— See Atlan- 

 tic Telegraph. 

 Caulking a ship, 674. 

 Cannibalism, 472, 490. 

 Cape Bojador, perils of, 130. 

 Cape Cod, 109. 



Cape Horn, first seen by Schoutm, 356. 



Cape of Good Hope, 141, 221, 486. 



Cape Verd, 136, 195, 255, 271. 



Cape Virgin, 243. 



Cabrial, Pedro Alvarez, 212. 



Cabrial visits Brazil, 213. 



battle with Moors, 214. 



loses his ships, 215. 

 Cabot, Sebastian, 186. 

 Calicut, 208, 214. 



destroyed, 217. 

 Carteret, Philip, commands the "Swallow, 1 

 415. 



extremities of crew, 446. 



value of his discoveries, 448. 

 Cavendish, Thomas, his voyage, 290. 

 Canary Island, giant of, 22. 

 Chariot of the Gods, 80. 

 Ceylon, visited by Marco Polo, 116. 



pearl fisheries of, 117. 

 Chalk cliffs of England, 770. 

 Chinese junk, 125. 

 Comets seen day and night, 213. 

 Compass, 22. 



invented by Chinese, 125. 

 Colchos, 04. 



Colossus of Rhodes erected, 73. 

 Coral Island, 775. 

 Coral fishery, 687. 

 Cod-fish, 368. 



Columbus, Christopher, 22. 



secret thoughts of, 140. 



early life of, 144. 



meets Marchena, 148. 



finds favor with Isabella, 151. 



first expedition of, 159. 



second expedition, 170. 



reception by Ferdinand and Isabella, 171 



third expedition, 175. 



fourth expedition, 179. 



in chains, 178. 



death of, 181. 

 Commerce of the world, 771. 

 Compass, true inventor of, 125. 

 Columbia, District of, 185. 

 Cocoanut milk, 429. 

 Cook, Capt. James, 462. 



entered the Pacific Ocean, 466. 



at Tahiti, 468. 



a bloody battle, 467. 



among cannibals, 472. 



names Botany Bay. 474. 



perils in a leaking ship, 477. 



his second voyage, 482. 



