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-Success and Return of Cabral. Juan de Nova discovers Ascension

Island and St. Helena. Second Voyage of De Gama. - He discovers the

Seychelles. – Vincent Sodrez visits the Red Sea. — Expedition under

Francisco de Albuquerque. - The Portuguese obtain a Footing at Co.

chin. — Almeyda the first Viceroy. - His Successes and melancholy End.

- Victories of Alfonso de Albuquerque. - He takes Goa, Calicut, Ma-

lacca, and Ormuz. — His Death. - Discovery of the Isles of Tristan

d'Acunha, - of Sumatra, and of Madagascar. - First Visit to Ceylon. -

Serrano discovers the Moluccas. – A Colony founded there by De Britto.

-Trade established with China. - Misfortune of the Ambassador Pe-

FERDINAND MENDEZ PINTO.

First Adventures of Mendez Pinto. — He goes to India. – Visits Abys-

sinia. - Carried in Chains to Mocha. - Sold as a Slave. - Ransomed, and

goes to Goa. -Sent as Ambassador to the Battas. - Wonders of Su.

matra. - He proceeds to Aaru. - Shipwrecked and captured. - His Mi.

sery.- Redeemed, and goes to Patana. - Attacked by Pirates. - His

Escape. Turns Pirate. - Captures a Bride. - Wrecked on Pirates'

Island. - Singular Deliverance. - Death of Coja Acem. - Sails in search

of Calempluy. - Adventures during the Voyage. - Wrecked. -Sent a

Prisoner to Nankin. - Remarks on the Chinese. - Proceeds to Pekin.

- Meets with Christians. — Condemned to labour at Quansy. – Tatar

Invasion. — How treated by the Tatars. - Reaches Cochin-China. -

Joins a Pirate. – Cast away on Japan. - Cures the King of Bungo's Son.

- Dismissed. - Wrecked on the Great Lequio. — Condemned to Death.

- Saved by the Compassion of the Women. - - Mission to Pegu and Ava.

- The Idol Tinagoogoo. – Pinto turns Jesuit. - Remarks on his His-

VOYAGES TO THE NORTH.

Voyages of Sebastian Cabot. - First Discovery of Newfoundland. - The

Cortereals. - Voyages of the French. - Canada. - First Expeditions of

the English. — Attempts to find a North-East Passage. — Fate of Sir

Hugh Willoughby. - Richard Chancelor goes to Moscow. - His Recep-

tion. - Steven Borough reaches the Strait of Waigatz. - Frobisher sails

to discover the North-Western Passage. Friesland. - Brings home

some Esquimaux. — Supposed Gold Ore. - His second Voyage. - His

Ships laden with the Ore. - He sails a third Time to plant a Colony. –

Failure of the Attempt. — Voyage of Sir Humphrey Gilbert. — Ships

provided with Amusements. - He fixes a Colony in Newfoundland. -

Proceeds on Discovery, and perishes.

VOYAGES TO THE NORTH.

Voyages of John Davis. - Result of his Researches. - He believes in the

Existence of a North-West Passage, - Northern Expeditions of the

Dutch. - Voyages of William Barentz. - Cornelison passes the Strait of

Waigatz. - Barentz reaches the Northern Extremity of Nova Zembla.

- Description of the Walrus. - Second Voyage of Barentz. — Inform.

ation received from the Samoyeds. — Third Voyage. - Spitzbergen and

Cherry Island discovered. – Barentz and his Crew winter in Nova Zem.

bla. — Their Sufferings. — Extraordinary Refraction. — Death of Ba.

rentz, and Voyage of the Crew in open Boats. - Attempts of the Danes

to explore Greenland. — Voyages of James Hall. - Fate of Hall and of

Knight. - Henry Hudson. - He makes Observations on the Dip of the

Needle. — His Voyage towards the Pole. -Second Voyage. — Place of the

Magnetic Pole. – A Mermaid described. - Third Voyage. - Discovers

Hudson's River. - Fourth Voyage. - Sails to the West. — Enters Hudson's

Bay. - Narrative of his Proceeding. - Mutiny of the Crew. - Hudson

and the sick Men turned adrift. — Return of the Mutineers.

VOYAGES TO THE NORTH.

Voyage of Sir Thomas Button. – Reaches the Western Shore of Hudson's

Bay. - Winters in Nelson's River. - His Ability as a Commander. -

Gibbons attempts to follow up his Discoveries. — Voyage of Bylot and

Baffin. – Skill of the latter in the Science of Navigation. — Their Second

Voyage. - Instructions given them. - Discover Baffin's Bay. - Extra-

ordinary Variation of the Compass. — Extent of their Navigation. -Com-

mencement of the North Sea Fishery. — Voyages of Steven Bennet. -

Cherry Island taken possession of by the Muscovy Company.

Fishery begins. — Voyages of James Poole. – Mayen's Island discovered.

- Baffin's Observations. — Voyages of Fox and James. - Reports of Ca.

nadian Hunters. — First English Settlement made in Hudson's Bay.

Hudson's Bay Company incorporated. - Wood's Voyage to Nova Zembla.

- Unfortunate Expedition of Knight to Hudson's Bay. — Voyage of Cap-

tain Middleton. - Controversy between Dobbs and Middleton. – Reward

proposed by Government for the Discovery of a North-West Passage. 168

SETTLEMENTS IN THE EAST.

Journey of Jenkinson to Bokhara. - Description of Astracan.- Timur Sul-

tan. - Manners of the Turkmans. - Bladebone Divination. - Bokhara.

-Trade of the Caspian. - Trade of Venice with the East. - The English

engage in the Levant Trade. - Journey of Fitch and Newbery to India.

- First Voyage from England to India by the Cape of Good Hope. -

Unfortunate Result. - East India Company incorporated. — Successful

Voyage of Lancaster. - Middleton sails to the Moluccas. - An Ambas-

sador sent to the Great Mogul. - East India Trade of the Dutch. -

They supplant the Portuguese in Japan. – Vanderhagen's Expedition. -

Adventures of William Adams. - He builds a Ship for the Emperor of

Japan. - His Interest at Court. - Not allowed to depart. - Favours the

Dutch. - His Letter. - Captain Saris arrives at Japan. – His Descrip-

tion of that Country. - The Emperor's Letter to the King of England. -

Terminat the English Trad Japan. -D hmen wrecked on

Corea. — Their Adventures. - Escape. — Their Description of the Coun.

try. - Voyages of the French to the East. - Pirard de Laval wrecked on

the Maldives. - His Account of those Islands. - His Dream and fortu-

nate Liberation.

SETTLEMENTS IN NORTH AMERICA.

Success of the Newfoundland Fishery. - Rapid Increase of English Ship-

ping. – Patent granted to Sir Walter Raleigh. - Voyage of Amadas and

Burlow. - They discover Wokoken Island. - Trade with the Natives.

Virginia. - Colony planted by Sir Richard Greenville. — The Coast ex..

plored. - The Colonists suffer from Want. - Return home with Sir

Francis Drake. - Second Colony. - Its Fate. - Third Colony. - Perishes

from Want. - Raleigh's Plans of Conquest. El Dorado. - He takes

Trinidad. - Ascends the Orinoco. - Falls of Caroli. - Intercourse with

the Natives. — Result of the Expedition. - Virginia again explored.

Colony established at Jaines-Town. - Adventures of Captain Smith.

Taken by the Indians. - His Life saved by the Princess Pocohontas. -

She marries Mr. Rolfe. - Comes to England. - Her Death. - Lord De-

laware appointed Governor. - The Summers' Islands taken possession

of. — Cultivation of Tobacco. - New Plymouth founded by the Brown-

ists. — Voyage of Cartier to the St. Lawrence. - He ascends the River

to Montreal. Sufferings of his Crew. - His Return. French Co-

ESTABLISHMENTS IN AFRICA.

Exclusive Trade of Portugal to Africa. — Voyages of Windham and Lok.

Success of Lok. - Adventures of Andrew Battel. - Taken Prisoner by

the Portuguese. - Carried to Angola, — Trades for the Governor. -

Attempts to Escape. – Detected and Imprisoned. — Sent to Massingano

Escapes. - His Journey. - Retaken. - Sent to Elembo. - Wounded

in Battle. - The Portuguese trade with the Giagas. — Follow them up

the Country. - Battel left as a Hostage. — Threatened with Death. -

Escapes to the Giagas. - Returns to Massingano. - Peace with England.

- Battel's Dismissal refused. - He deserts the third Time. - Betakes

himself to the Woods. - Lake Kasansa. · He builds a Boat, and reaches

the Sea. - Picked up. -- Returns home. - Mission to the Giagas. - Their

Atrocities.-- Zingha embraces Christianity. - English Senegal Company.

- Thompson ascends the Gambia. - His Death. — Voyage of Jobson. -

Conference with Buckar Sano. - Accounts of Timbuctoo. - The silent

Traffic. - French Companies.- Jannequin's Travels.- Brue ascends the

Senegal. - Receives Intelligence of the Gold Trade. - Compagnon visits

Bambouk. - Remissness of the Portuguese.

VOYAGES TO THE SOUTH SEA.

A Voyage of Alcazava. He sends to explore the Interior of Patagonia.

Mutiny of the Crew. — Failure of the Expedition. — Voyage of Camargo.

- Perseverance of Ladrillero. - Discoveries of Villalobos. - He attempts

to fix a Colony at the Philippines. — New Guinea. - Legaspi despatched

to the Philippines. — Voyage of Urdaneta. – Discoveries of Juan Fer-

nandez. - New Zealand. — First Voyage of Mendana.--He discovers the

Salomon Islands. - Second Voyage. — The Marquesas and Queen Char-

lotte's Isles discovered. - Sir Francis Drake. - He beholds the South Sea

from the Isthmus of Darien. - Bold Attempt of John Oxnam. - His un.

fortunate End. - Drake's Expedition. — The Patagonians. — Execution

of Doughtie. — Voyage through the Straits of Magellan. - Drake driven

far to the South. - His Successes on the coast of Peru. – Takes a Ship

laden with Treasure. - Seeks a Passage by the North. - Reaches a high

Latitude. - New Albion. - The Country ceded to Drake. — He sails to

the Moluccas. - Is well received by the King of Ternate. Crab Island,

- Narrow Escape. — Safe Return of Drake. - How received at home.

Adventures of William Carver.

VOYAGES TO THE SOUTH SEA,

Remarks on Drake's Voyage round the World.- Its Celerity.-Discoveries.

- Sarmiento surveys the Straits of Magellan. — Proposes to fortify them.

- Expedition for that Purpose. Its Sufferings. - San Felipe founded.

- Its speedy Ruin. - Expedition of Sir Thomas Candish - He passes the

Strait. - His Success. – Captures the St. Anne. - Voyage home. - His

Observations. - His Death. - The Dutch turn their Attention to the

Trade with India. - Expedition of Van Noort. - Account of the Magel-

lanic Tribes. — The Ladrones. - Return of Van Noort. — Voyage of

Verhagen's Fleet. - Struggles of De Weert. - Remarkable Voyage of

Quiros. - Discovers many Islands. — Sagittaria or Otaheite. - Island of

Handsome People. Taumaco. - Information received from the Natives.

He discovers Australia del Elspiritu Santo.- His Exultation.--He applies

to the King. - His Death. - Discoveries of Torres. - He coasts New

Guinea. – New Holland seen. — Expedition of Spilbergen. - Account of

the Patagonians. His Success. - Voyage of Schouten and Le Maire. -

Its Origin. – Discovery of Cape Horn. - Tyranny of the Dutch East

India Company. - The Nodals survey Tierra del Fuego, and complete

the Circumnavigation of South America.

VOYAGES IN THE PACIFIC, AND DISCOVERY OF AUSTRALIA.

The Straits of Anian. - Discoveries ascribed to Urdaneta. – Depositions

of Ladrillero and Martin Chack. – Fabulous Voyage of Maldonado. -

Expedition of Juan de Fuca. - Vindication of his Voyage. — Voyage of

De Fonte. He discovers the Archipelago of St. Lazarus. — Enters Lake

Velasco. - Proceeds to Lake Belle.- Descends a River. - Arrives at the

Atlantic. - Bernardo explores the Sea of Tatary. Viscayno surveys

California. — Aguilar arrives at the River of Quivira. - Secrecy of th

Spaniards. - First Discovery of New Holland. — Voyage of Hertoge.

Edels, De Nuytz, and Carpenter. - New Holland known early to the

Portuguese. - Expedition of Abel Tasman He discovers Van Diemen's

Land. - Arrives at New Zealand. - Driven away by the Natives. – He

finds the Friendly Islande. — Amsterdam Island. - Rotterdam. – Kindly

received by the Natives. - - Dangerous Shoals. — Tasman returns by New

EXPEDITIONS OF THE BUCCANEERS IN THE SOUTH SEAS.

Rise of the Buccaneers. - Oppressive Government of the Spaniards.

The Cruisers supply themselves with the Cattle of Cuba. - Carib Mode

of preparing the Flesh. - The Name of the Buccaneers. — Their Customs.

- Settlement of St. Christopher's. - The Buccaneers seize Tortuga.

Elect a Chief. — Exploits of Henry Morgan. – He takes Porto Bello.

Marches to Panama. - The Buccaneers embark on the South Sea.

Their Adventures. - Lose a rich Prize through Ignorance. - Leave

William the Indian on Juan Fernandez.- They return round Cape

Horn. - The Buccaneers under Davis. Dampier returns home in the

Cygnet. - The Flying Proas. - Reception of the Buccaneers at Minda.

nao. - The Five Islands. - The Natives of New Holland described.

Wreck of the Cygnet. — Dampier sent on Discovery. - Coasts New

Holland. - Rosemary Island. - Proceeds to New Guinea. — Discovers a

Strait. - New Britannia. — Homeward Voyage The Roebuck wrecked

at Ascension Island. - Return of Dampier.

VOYAGES OF PRIVATEERS AND OTHERS TO THE SOUTH SEA.

Privateers under Dampier. – Discords in the Expedition. - Stradling and

Dampier separate. - Alexander Selkirk left on Juan Fernandez. - Fate

of Stradling. Clipperton leaves Dampier. - He crosses the Pacific

Ocean in a small Bark. - Dampier deserted by Funnel and others. -

His Adversity. - He prevails on the Merchants to equip another Expe-

dition. - Voyage of Woodes Rogers. Arrival at Juan Fernandez. -

Adventures of Alexander Selkirk on that Island. - Success of Rogers. -

Unfortunate Voyages of Shelvocke and Clipperton.- French Privateers.

- Their rapid Increase. - The Dutch. - Roggewein's Expedition.

Belgia Austral. - Easter Island. - Dangerous Shoals. - Verquikkung

Island. — Disputes between Great Britain and Spain. - Anson's Expedi.

tion. — His Squadron manned by Invalids. — Unhappy Consequences of

that Measure. — Voyage round Cape Horn. – Distress of the Ships. –

The Acapulco Galleon taken. Anson returns. Fate of the other

DISCOVERIES OF THE RUSSIANS.

First Intercourse between Russia and Siberia. — The Promyshleni. - Trade

carried on by Strogonoff.-- Adventures of Yermac.- He defeats Kutcham

Khan. - Becomes Master of Siberia. -Offers his Dominions to the Czar.

- His Proposals well received. — Yermac defeated and slain. -Siberia

lost. — Recovered by the Russians. — They approach the Amur. - Ex-

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