INDEX. 



781 



Himilcon's voyages, 81. 

 Hottentots, 203. 

 Homer, 61, 67. 



his heroes, 20. 



on ship-building, 62. 



his fantastic geography, 63. 



I. 



Icebergs, collision with, 557. 

 Iceland discovered by the Danes, 107. 

 Island giant, 22. 



Imports and exports of United States, 772. 

 Indies, 168, 212, 376. 

 Indian voyage of da Gama, 191. 

 Indians, origin of name, 168. 



hostile to Spaniards, 174. 

 " Investigator," 588. 

 Iron ships, 19. 



first, 740. 

 Isabella receives Marchena, 150. 



sends out Columbus, 151. 

 Island of Spices, 118. 



J. 



Japan, first mention in history, 113. 

 Jaques' history of the compass, 121. 

 Jamaica, 172. 

 Japanese vessels, 591. 

 Jacques Cartier, 257. 

 Jason, 59. 



Jewish navigation, 56. 



geographical knowledge, 57. 

 John of Portugal, 141. 



duplicity of, 147. 



jealousy of, 159. 

 John Cabot, 175, 186. 

 John Ross' expeditions, 553, 557, 567 

 Julius Ca?sar, 96. 

 Juan Diaz di Solis, 235. 

 Juan Fernandez, 355, 419. 



K. 



Kane, Dr. E. K., appointed surgeon of Arctic 

 expedition, 580. 



passing through Devil's Nip, 581. 



frozen in, 583. 



death of, 604. 

 Kane's open Polar Sea, 599. 

 Kidd's history, 391, 396. 

 Knowledge of the ocean, early, 26. 



present, 760. 



Kraken, 649. 

 Kubli Khan, 114. 



L. 



Laperouse, 514. 

 Laperouse at Monterey, 516. 

 Lady Franklin's expedition, 586. 

 Ladrones, why so named, 245. 

 Le Prince, 448. 



burning of, 449. 

 Leviathan, 593. 

 Leonatus, 88. 



Leon, city of, destroyed, 382. 

 Lieutenant Parry, 553. 



first of Arctic navigators, 554. 



in Lancaster Sound, 559. 



receives a reward from Parliament, 559, 



in darkness, 562. 



disheartened, 563. 



hazardous voyage of, 565. 

 Life-raft, 755. 

 Light-ship, 774. 

 Light-house, 24. 

 Lima, beautiful women of, 307. 

 Loadstone, 120. 

 Lord Anson, 419, 427. 

 Lord of Guinea, 139. 

 Louis XIV. and navigation, 512. 



M. 



Madeira, 133. 

 Magellan, 24. 



his birth, 238. 



put in command of a fleet, 239. 

 reached Teneriffe, 240. 

 on coast of Brazil, 241. 

 discovers the strait called by his name, 

 242. 



enters South Sea, 244. 



found the first cocoa-nuts on record, 216. 



discovered the Philippine Islands, 249. 



converts the natives, 250. 



his sad death, 251. 

 Magnetic needle, 120. 



described by Brunetto Latini, 122. 



polarity of, noticed first, 124. 



early use of, 124. 



variation of, 160. 

 Marco Polo, 113. 



in China, 114. 



