53° 
Index 
by Baffin, 139; medieval, 55; by 
Mercator, 55, 95, 391 ; North- 
eastern Siberia, 181; North- 
western Siberia, 181; Olaus 
Magnus and Zamoiski, 55; Orte- 
lius's (i57°)> 55, 39i; Parry 
Islands, 210; Settlement of East 
Bygd, 40; South Shetlands, 399; 
Spitsbergen, 120; Zeni, 54 
Markham, Admiral Sir A. H., 301, 
3 T 3, 360, 446, 447; sails on whaler, 
302 
— Sir Clements, 446; serves on the 
Assistance, 252; his Threshold of 
the Unknown Region, 302 
■ — Lady (Clements), 447 
— Lieut. John, 400 
Markland (Labrador) , discovered by 
Karlsefni, 45 
Marmaduke, Capt., 124; his ex- 
plorations in Spitsbergen, 127 
Marshall, 479 
■ — Captain, 197 
Maryner's Book, 151 
Massacre of Eskimos, 168 
Matonabi, 167 et seq. 
Matthew, 124 
Matyushin Strait, 184, 185, 360 
Maury, 358 
Mawson, Sir Douglas, 478, 480; his 
Antarctic expedition, 486 et seq. 
May, Lieut., 304 
Meares, Mr, 489, 491, 498 
Mecham, Frederick, 259, 261, 264 
et seq. ; finds M'Clure's record, 265 ; 
his great sledge journey, 270, 356; 
character of, 271; death of, 271 
Meddelelser om Gronland, 364, 366 
Melampyrum sylvaticum, 64 
Melville Bay, 143, 202, 273, 303, 314, 
338 
Melville Island, 208 et seq., 259, 260, 
265 et seq. ; fauna of, 209; flora of, 
211; interior explored, 209 
Melville Peninsula, 214; explored by 
Rae, 231 
Mercator, his maps, 55, 95, 391 ; 
Atlas, 391 
Merchant Adventurers, 104, 113; 
Company, 59 
"Merchants of London, Governor 
and Company of," 135 
Mercury, 69 
Mermaid, 96, 97 
Mertz, Dr, 486; death of, 487 
Meteoric iron, 202, 339; weapons, 24 
Michael, 83, 86 
Micmac Indians, 98 
Middendorf, 184 
Middle Pack, 100, 142 
Middleton,Capt. Christopher, winters 
in Hudson's Bay, 166 
Mikkelsen, Einar, 368, 376 et seq., 
384 
Milton, history of Muscovia, 62 
Miocene, Antarctic, 438 
Molyneux globes, 55, 104 
Monastery (Augustinian) in East 
Bygd, 47 
Montreal Island, 272, 275 
Monument to Vince, 476 
Moon, 86 
Moonshine, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98 
Moore, Admiral, 411, 425 
Moravian missions, 162, 163, 164; in 
Greenland, 162, 163 
Morning, 466 et seq., 476 
Moseley, 428 
Mosquitos, 15 
Motor-car, Shackleton's, 478 
Motor Sledges, 490, 497 
Mount Erebus, 416, 458; ascended, 
479. 5°4 
— Haddington, 422 
— Jason, 431 
— Longstaff, 464 
— Markham, 464 
— Melbourne, 493 
■ — Moberly, 404 
— Sabine, 415 
— St Elias discovered, 178 
— Terror, 416 
— William, 404 
Mountain sickness, 480 
Mourier, Commander, 364 
Muller, Baron, 431 
Mulock, Lieut. G. F. A., 470 et seq. 
Munk, Jens Eriksen, 149; visits 
Iceland, 150; visits Kolguev, 150; 
his narrative, 15T; death of, 151 
Murman Coast, 13, 63 
Murray, Mr J., 478 
— Sir John, 428. 446; on Antarctic 
exploration, 444 
Muscovy Company, 105, 123, 124; 
receives charter, 62 ; discourages 
Frobisher, 82; protests against 
Dutch encroachments, 121; des- 
patches fleet to Spitsbergen, 124; 
despatches N.W. expedition, 130 
Musk ox, 22, 267, 281, 318, 338, 339, 
347, 349, 37i, 37 2 » 374» 3^o 
Mutineers, Hudson's, sail with 
Button, 136 
Nai, Cornells, 69, 70 
Nanortalik, 364, 365 
Nansen, Fridtjof, 340 et seq., 386; 
