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INDEX. 



Marco Polo, his narrative, 117. 



his story confirmed, 118. 

 Mariner's compass introduced, 119. 



mentioned by Arabs, 122. 



by Chinese, 123.*] 

 Mayflower, description of. 362. 



voyage of, 363. 



arrives in America, 366. 



return, 368. 

 Marchena visited by Columbus, 148. 



visits Isabella in the interest of Columbus, 

 150. 



Marquesas Islands discovered, 307. 

 Map of the world, 102. 

 Masts of Grecian ships, 71. 

 Marseilles settled, 82. 

 Maury, Prof., 720. 

 Mare Tenebrosum, 154. 

 Martha's Vineyard, 110. 

 Marianne Islands, 246. 

 Mediterranean Sea, 50. 

 Mendaua, voyage of, 306. 



discovers the Marquesas Islands, 307. 



his death, 310. 

 Measuring the sea, 717. 

 Measuring rations, 527. 

 Mirage, 417. 

 Monitors, 742. 

 Moors, 205, 210, 214. 

 Morgan, Henry, the buccaneer, 378. 

 Mocha Dick, 530. 

 Mount Hope Bay, 110. 

 Momba-sa, Island of, 205. 

 Mozambique, 203, 206, 214. 

 Mutineers executed, 348. 

 Mummies, how manufactured, 116. 

 Mutineers of the " Bounty," 525. 



their settlement, 531. 

 Murderer's Bay, 371. 



Navigation, 74. 



first objects of, 35. 



traditions of, 33. 

 Nantucket, 707. 



discovered by Northmen, 109. 

 Natal, discovery of, 201. 



Naval contests between the Dutch and Spanish, 

 334, 353. 



Nearchus, voyage of, 87. 



accounts of his voyage, 88. 



meeting Alexander the Great in Asia, 91. 



banquet in honor of, 92. 

 New Holland discovered, 369. 

 New Caledonia discovered, 492. 

 New York Harbor discovered, 344. 

 Newfoundland discovered, 108. 

 Necho, King of Egypt, 52. 

 Noah, a toast to, 49. 



North magnetic pole visited by Ross, 569. 

 Northmen in America, 109. 

 Northwest passage, 588. 

 Nova Zembla discovered, 261. 



Christmas eve in, 316. 



death of Barentz in, 320. 

 Nova Scotia discovered, 108. 



O. 



Oars of Grecian ships, 70. 



Oberea, Queen, 444. 



Ocean, early ignorance of, 22, 154. 



Satan's hand on, 22, 154. 



spectre, 197. 



safety on at present, 26. 



a ferry transit, 25. 



described by Homer and Herodotus, 67. 



mean depth of, 763. 



extent of, 763. 



telegraphing, 650. 



Bounding, 719. 



currents, 767. 



yacht race, 758. 

 Ohio on the stocks, 739. 

 Orinoco first ascended by Ealeigh, 300. 

 Ormuz, its wealth, 224. 



its destruction, 224. 

 Oyster, the, 695. 



the pearl, 696. 

 Oyster-fishery, 690. 

 Open Polar Sea, 599. 



P. 



Paita, bombardment of, 423. 

 Patagonians on horseback, 437. 

 Parry, Edward, 553. 

 Pearl fisheries, 117, 699, 701. 

 Pearls of Orissa, 208. 



what they are, 698. 



pearl oyster, 699. 



