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The English Voyages of the Sixteenth Century
The English Voyages of the Sixteenth Century Author:Walter Raleigh Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: INDEX. Albion, Nova, account of the discovery of, by Sir Francis Drake (1578), 94. Albion's England,'by Wm. Warner (1602), 158. Alcaz... more »ar, battle of, death of Thomas Stukeley at, 167. Aleppo, English Consul at, 165. Alexander VI., Pope, Bull of Partition of (1493), 12. Alva, Duke of, in the Low Countries, 39, 79. Amadas, Captain Philip, sent to Virginia by Sir Walter Raleigh, 60 ; and Manteo, 182. Ambassador, English, at Constantinople, 165. America, known to Plato as Atlantis, 40. Antonio, Don, and Richard Hakluyt in Paris, 122 ; in England, 170-171. Armada, Spanish, Drake and, 97, 98. Azores Islands, settlements on, by the Portuguese (1448), 4- 5 ; Madre de Dios captured off (1592), 136. Babylon, English Consul at, 165. Bacon, Francis, one of Queen Elizabeth's great men, 38 ; quotation from, 65, 99, 107-108 ; ' Considerations touching a War with Spain' by, 113- Baffin Bay, Captain Davis in, 44. Bajazet, Emperor, defeat of, 170. Barlow, Arthur, Captain, sent to Virginia by Sir Walter Raleigh, 60 ; and Manteo, 182. Bellinger, Stephen, of Rouen, and Hakluyt, 123. 'Bermudas, Discovery of the/ etc. (1610), by Sylvester Jourdain, its influence on the 'Tempest,' 181-182. Best, George, ' Discourse' by, 146. Blake, William, 189. Bojador, Cape, discovery of, by Prince Henry the Navi- gator (1439), 4-5- Borough, William (1536-99), and Hakluyt, 121. Brazil, Villegagnon's voyage to, 50 ; Southampton mer- chants traders to (c. 1540), Bristol, Richard Hakluyt, prebendary of (1586), 132- Buccaneers, religion of Eng- lish, 53....« less