Index 
539 
Whales, 143, 422; Balaena Biscay- 
ensis, 125 
Whaling, 190, 192 
Wharton, Admiral Sir William, 446 
Whymper, Edward, visits Green- 
land, 331 
Wiggins, Joseph, 325 et seq.; his 
scheme for Siberian trade, 326; 
death of, 327 
Wild, Frank, 428, 479, 486 
Wilkes, Capt., his Antarctic expedi- 
tion, 408, 409 
Willem Barentsz, 359 et seq. 
Willemoes-Suhn, 428 
William, 65; founders, 66 
Williams of Blythe, 398 
Williamson, 490, 503 
Willoughby, Gabriel, 60 
— Sir Hugh, 59; his first Arctic 
voyage, 60 et seq.; sights Helgo- 
land, 61 ; discovers Novaya Zem- 
lya, 61; winters in Lapland, 61; 
death of, 62 
Willoughby Land, 61, 123 
Wilson, Edward, surgeon with Hud- 
son, 131, 134 
— Dr Edward, 449, 463 et seq. t 490, 
494, 496, 498, 500 et seq. ; death of, 
503 
Windward, 292 
Wisting, 484 
Wolfall, Frobisher's chaplain, 90 
Wollaton, tombs in church at, 60 
Wolstenholme, Sir John, 106, 108, 
135, 138, 142; sends Hawkridge 
on polar voyage, 149 
Wolstenholme Sound, 143, 145, 203 
Wood, John, attempts North East 
Passage, 156 
Wrangell, Baron, his sledge journeys, 
181 et seq. 
Wrangell Island, 184, 329 
Wright, Edward, 106 
— Mr, 491, 498, 503 
Wyatt, Mr George, 489 
Wyche, Richard, 106, 135 
Wyche Islands, 286 
Xema sabinii, 203 
Yakutsk, 16 
Yenisei River, 15, 175, 323, 326, 
345 
Ymer, 322 
York, Cape, 202 ; birds of, 24 
Yorke, Gilbert, 85, 90 
— Sir John, 81 
Young, Sir Allen, 273, 274, 276, 291, 
311 et seq., 327, 359 
— James, 117, 118, 121 
Young Island, 405 
Yuraks, 16 
ZSlee, 407 
Zeni map, 54 
Zeno, Niccolo, 55; errors of his map, 
160 
Zeuglodon, 438 
Ziegler expedition, 293 
Zinzendorf , Count, founds Moravian 
mission, 162 
Zorgdrager, C. G., 188 
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