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INDEX
Abram, 4.
Abyssinia, 344-7.
Afghanistan, 36.
Africa, 20-2, 72, 103, 127, 339.
" Central, 349-56, 391-402, 442-500.
" South, 152, 173-6, 440.
" West Coast, 22, 30, 139, 143-51, 349.
Agricola, 68.
Alaska, 317, 334, 338.
Albert Nyanza, 470.
Albuquerque, Alphonso d', 184-8.
Alexander the Great, 35-43.
Alexandria, 45, 74.
Alfred the Great, 96.
Almagro, Diego de, 220.
Almeida, Francisco, 184-6.
" Lorenzo, 185-6.
Alvarado, Pedro de, 206, 208.
Amazon, 221.
America (Central), 168, 170, 191, 205.
" (North), 95, 228, 255, 275, 316, 358.
" (South), 167, 170, 180, 196, 215, 252.
Amundsen, R., 542-4.
Anabasis (of Xenophon), 34.
Anaximander, 23.
Andes, 217, 220.
Antarctic regions, 331, 428-31, 536-44.
Arab explorers, 98-107, 126.
Arabian Nights, The, 101.
Arctic regions, 53, 238, 259-84, 312-8, 365-90, 403-9, 501-10, 521-35.
Arculf, 88-90.
Argonauts, 13-6.
Auckland, 429.
Australia, 296-301, 307-11, 326-38, 410-27.
Babylonia, 3-4, 32.
Back, Sir George, 372-4, 382.
Baffin, William, 280-3.
Baffin's Bay, 282-3.
Bagdad, 109.
Bahamas, 160.
Baker, Sir Samuel, 465-73.
Balboa, Vasco Nunez de, 190-3.
Balbus, 72.
Bangweolo, Lake, 477.
Banks, Sir Joseph, 320, 336, 349, 413.
Barents, William, 265-72.
Bass, George, 410-3.
Baudin, Nicholas, 414.
Behring, Vitus, 312-8.
Behring's Strait, 312-8, 334.
Benjamin of Tudela, 108.
Black Sea, 14.
Bogle, George, 512.
Book of the Tartars, 97.
Boothia, 404.
Borneo, 102.
Botany Bay, 326, 336.
Brandon's Isle, 86-7.
Brazil, 181, 196.
British Columbia, 358, 362.
" Isles, 48, 50-2, 57-60, 66-9, 74.
Bruce, James, 339-48.
Burke, R. O'Hara, 424.
Burton, Sir Richard, 450-5.
Button, Sir Thomas, 280.
Cabot, John and Sebastian, 224-7.
Cabral, Pedro, 180-2.
Cadamosto, Luigi, 143-5.
Caille, Rene, 396.
Calicut, 129, 177-8, 181-3, 186.
California, 255.
Cam, Diego, 150-1.
Canada, 228-34.
Cano, Juan del, 204.
Carpentaria, 300, 416.
Carpini, Johannes, 110.
Cartier, Jacques, 228-34.
Caspian Sea, 36, 240.
Cassiterides, see "Tin Islands."
Cathay, see China.
Ceylon, 91, 105, 124, 185-6.
Champlain, Samuel, 290-5.
Chancellor, Richard, 235-9.
Chatham Island, 358.
Chelyuskin, Cape, 504, 522.
Chili, 220, 254.
China, 75, 92, 99-101, 110-24, 130-1.
Chitral, 38.
Christian Topography, 92, 133.
Christmas Island, 333.
Chukches, 315, 507.
Circumnavigation of Africa, 19-22.
" " the World, 196-204, 249-57, 308.
Clapperton, Lieut. Hugh, 391-6.
Cochin, 184-5.
Columbus, Christopher, 155-70.
Cook, James, 319-35.
Congo River, 150-1, 480, 491-500.
Cordova, Francisco Hernando de, 205.
Cortes, Hernando, 207-14.
Cosmas, 90-2, 132.
Cuba, 161, 166.
Dampier, William, 306-11.
Darien, 168, 191-2.
Davis, John, 259-64.
Davis Strait, 260, 281.
Delphi, 24.
Denham, Major, 391-5.
Diaz, Bartholomew, 151-4, 180-1.
Drake, Sir Francis, 249-58.
Drusus (Germanicus), 69-71.
Edrisi, 108.
Egypt, 4-8, 26.
"El Dorado," 222, 285.
Eratosthenes, 45-7.
Erik, 94.
Eskimos, 246, 262, 281, 367, 379, 385, 405, 435.
Flinders, Matthew, 410-8.
Floki, 94.
Florida, 205.
France, see Gaul.
Franklin, Sir John, 368, 372-8, 382-7, 482-9.
Franz Joseph Land, 526-8.
"Friar John," see Carpini.
Frobisher, Martin, 245-8, 296.
Gama, Vasco da, 171-9, 182-3.
Gambia River, 30, 145, 349, 355.
Gardar, 94.
Gaul, 53-8.
Germany, 55-7, 69-71.
Gilbert, Sir Humphrey, 259.
Gobi Desert, 75, 118.
Gomez, Diego, 145-8.
Good Hope, Cape of, 21, 152-4, 174, 181, 257.
Grant, Captain J. A., 460-6.
Greenland, 95, 246, 260-3, 274, 282, 501, 521.
Grijalva, Juan, 206.
Guiana, 287-8.
Hanno, 29-32.
Hawaii, 333, 335.
Hawkins, Sir John, 250.
Hayti, 161, 168, 191.
Hecataeus, 25.
Hedin, Sven, 518.
Helena, 77-8.
Henry of Portugal, Prince, 138-49.
Herodotus, 19-22, 26-9.
Himilco, 49.
Holland, 51.
Homer, 16-8.
Honduras, 213-4.
Horn, Cape, 253, 300.
Houghton, Major, 350-1.
Huc, Abbe, 514-8.
Hudson, Henry, 273-9.
Hudson River, 276.
" Strait, 248, 277, 281.
Hudson's Bay, 246, 372.
Huron Lake, 294.
Ibn Batuta, 126-32.
Iceland, 94, 277.
India, 38-43, 66, 128, 177-86.
Ireland, 59, 63, 66, 69, 83-6.
Ithobal, 20-3.
Itinerary from Bordeaux to Jerusalem, 78-9.
Jamaica, 166.
Japan, 123, 241, 282.
Java, 124, 328.
Jenkinson, Anthony, 240-1.
Jerusalem, 24, 77-9, 89.
Julius Caesar, 54-60.
Kamtchatka, 313-8.
Kara Sea, 504, 522.
" Strait, 503.
King Edward VII.'s Land, 536.
Kin Sai, 120.
Kublai Khan, 115-25.
Kyber Pass, 38.
Labrador, 96, 228, 262-4.
Ladrones Islands, 202.
Lander, John and Richard, 396, 399-402.
La Perouse, Comte de, 338.
Lapland, 238.
Le Maire, Isaac, 299.
Lhasa, 511-20.
Libya, 20, 27-9.
Lief, 95.
Livingstone, David, 440-9, 456-9, 474-85.
Machin, Robert, 141.
McClintock, Sir Leopold, 433-9.
McClure, Sir R. J. Le M., 433.
Mackenzie, Alexander, 362-4, 382.
Madagascar, 103.
Madeira, 86, 140.
Magellan, Ferdinand, 190, 193-202, 296.
Magellan's Strait, 198-9, 253.
Magnetic Poles, 405, 430.
Malabar, 182-3.
Malacca, 187-8.
Malay Archipelago, 188-9.
Mandeville, Sir John, 126.
Manilla, 298.
Manning, Thomas, 513.
Maoris, 303, 322.
Maps (ancient), 24, 46, 62, 75, 92, 108, 133-7, 149, 305.
Massoudy, 107.
Meadows of Gold, 107.
Mesopotamia, 2-4.
Mexico, 206-14.
Mongolia, see China.
Montreal, 232, 292, 295.
Mota, Antonio de, 241.
Mozambique, 176.
Mumbo Jumbo, 350.
Murchison Falls, 472.
Murray River, 421.
Murrumbidgee River, 420-4.
Naddod, 94.
Nansen, Fridtjof, 521-9.
Natal, 175.
Nearchus, 41-5.
Neco, 19-20.
New Albion, 255, 333, 358.
Newfoundland, 96, 225-7, 275.
New Guinea, 298, 303-5, 310.
New Holland, see Australia.
New South Wales, 328, 410, 415.
New Zealand, 303, 322-6.
Niger River, 72, 348, 353-6, 396, 399-402.
Nigeria, 394-402.
Nile, The, 4-9, 27, 339-42, 345-7, 454-62, 468, 470.
Nordenskiold, Baron, 501-10.
North-East Passage, 235-40, 315, 501-10.
North-West Passage, 245-64, 290, 332, 366, 403, 433.
North Pole, 531-5.
Nova Scotia, 229.
Nova Zembla, 237, 265-72, 503.
Nyassaland (and lake), 458-9, 475.
Ontario, 294.
Orellana, Francisco de, 220-2.
Orinoco, 167, 285-8.
Otaheite, 320-2.
Othere, 96.
Oudney, Dr., 391-4.
Oxus, 37, 117, 241.
Pacific Ocean, 130, 192, 199-203, 250, 253.
Panama, 191, 250, 306.
Park, Mungo, 348-56, 396.
Parry, Sir W. E., 365-71, 378-81, 388-90.
Patagonia, 196-9, 252.
Paula, 80.
Peary, R. E., 530-5.
Pekin, 115, 119.
Pelsart, Captain, 300, 309.
Periplus (of Hanno), 29.
Persia, 32-3, 117.
Peru, 216-20.
Philippine Islands, 202, 256.
Phillip, Captain, 336.
Phoenicians, 10-3, 19-23, 29-32.
Pilgrims, 77-92.
Pinto, Mendex, 241-2.
Pizarro, Francisco, 215-23.
Pliny, 66, 71-3.
Polo, Niccolo, Maffio, and Marco 115-25.
Prester John, 111, 126, 176.
Prickett, Abacuk, 277, 280.
Przhevalsky, N. M., 518.
Ptolemy, 74-6.
Punjab, 39.
Punt, 5-8.
Pytheas, 48-53.
Quebec, 290.
Quilimane River, 175.
Quiros, Pedro Fernandez De, 298.
Raleigh, Sir Walter, 285-9.
Red Sea, 5-7, 20-1, 343.
Richardson, Sir John, 372-87.
Ripon Falls, 463.
Ross, Sir James, 388, 403-9, 428-31, 433.
Ross, Sir John, 365-8, 403-9.
Rubruquis, William de, 112-4.
Russia, 238-40, 313.
Sahara, 391.
St. Brandon, 85-7.
St. Columba, 84-5.
St. Lawrence River, 228, 230, 290.
St. Louis River, 292.
St. Patrick, 83-4.
St. Paul's Island, 200.
Sandwich Islands, 333, 335.
San Francisco, 255.
Sargasso Sea, 50.
Scandinavia, 72, 93, 97.
Schouten, Cornelius, 299.
Scotland, 68, 84-5.
Scott, Captain R. F., 536-42.
Senegal River, 30, 144, 351.
Sequira, Diogo Lopes de, 186.
Serrano, Francisco, 188, 194.
Shackleton, Sir E. H., 536-40.
Shirwa, Lake, 457.
Siberia, 313-8.
Sierra Leone, 29-30, 143.
"Sindbad the Sailor," 101-6.
Society Islands, 322.
Socotra, 184.
Solis, Juan Diaz de, 196.
Somaliland, see Punt.
South Pole, 536-44.
Spain, 49, 64.
Speke, J. H., 450-5, 460-6.
Spice Islands, 188-90, 203, 256.
Spitzbergen, 269, 274, 388, 501.
Staaten Land, 299, 303, 324.
Stanley, Sir H. M., 480-2, 486-500.
Stanley Falls, 494.
Strabo, 52, 61-7.
Sturt, Captain, 418-24.
Sudan, The, 468.
Sumatra, 104, 124, 130, 187.
Sydney, 337.
Sylvia of Aquitaine, 80-2.
Tacitus, 69-71.
Tanganyika, 452, 476, 491.
Tartary, 110.
Tasman, Abel Jansen, 302-5.
Tasmania, 302-5, 413.
Tchad, Lake, 392.
Thule, 51-3, 97.
Tibet, 123, 511-20.
Tierra del Fuego, 199, 254.
Timbuktu, 391-8.
"Tin Islands," The, 10, 12, 48-50.
Tippu Tib, 492.
Torres, Luiz Vaez de, 298.
Torres Strait, 298.
Trinidad, 167.
Tsana, Lake, 345.
Tyre, 29.
Uganda, 461, 488.
Ulysses, 16-8.
Vancouver, 255, 357-61.
Vancouver, Captain, 357-61.
Van Diemen's Land, 302, 410-2.
Vasco da Gama, see Gama.
Vera Cruz, 208-9.
Vespucci, Amerigo, 169-70.
Victoria Falls, 445.
" Nyanza, 454, 462, 487.
Vikings, 93-6.
West Indies, 160-1, 164-8.
White Sea, 238.
Willibald, 90.
Willoughby, Sir Hugh, 235-8.
Wills, W. J., 424-6.
Xenophon, 22-4, 33-4.
Younghusband, Sir F. E., 519.
Zambesi River, 442-8.
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