INDEX. 



785 



Van Dieman's land, discovery of, 370. 

 Variation of the needle, earliest mention, 124. 

 Venice wedded to the sea, 9S. 

 Victory, equipped by Ross, 567. 

 Yincennes, of U. S. exploring expedition, 575. 

 Vinland, 110. 



Voyages, early, of the Argonauts, 58. 

 of Hauno, 79. 

 of Eudoxus, 92-94. 

 of Himilcon, 81. 

 of Nearchus, 87, 91. 

 of Pytheas, 83. 

 of Beowulf, 106. 

 of Leif the Outlaw, 108. 

 of Thorwald, 110. 



W. 



Walruses attacking a boat, 555. 

 Waves, velocity of, 765. 

 Walking leaves, 253. 

 Water spouts, 180. 



vessels lost among, 213. 



six at once, 485. 

 War with Tripoli, 536. 



Wurt (Sebaldde) commands Dutch expedition, 

 324 



West Indies, 170, 213. 



Wellington inlet named by Parry, 559. 



channel, visited by Belcher, 586. 

 Whales, 89. 



Nearchus' expedition against, 89. 



exploit of Captain Deblois with, 564. 

 What the sea contains, 764. 

 White bears, 558. 

 Wild dog team, 598. 

 Willow stems used by Kane, 601. 

 Work at Hell Gate under the sea, 594. 

 World, an early map of, 102. 

 Women of Lima, their beauty, 307. 

 Woman sailor, the, 458. 

 Wreck of the pirate ship, 396. 



X. 



Xerxes condemns Sataspes to be crucified, 81. 

 Y. 



Yacht building, 75". 



race ac-.oss the Atlantic, 758. 

 expenses of a, 759. 



z. 



Zanzibar discovered by da Gama, 212. 



