Chapter M

Mace, Capt. Samuel, of Raleigh’s fifth expedition to “Virginia,” 384.

Macham, Robert, story of the discovery of Madeira by, 50–51.

Madeira, 50–51, 52.

Madoc, Welshman, legend of the discovery of the West Indies by, 18,
39–41, 89.

Magalhaes, Fernao de, discoverer, 102, 260, 262.

Maine Historical Society, 8, 68.

Major, Richard Henry, geographer, 50.

Malgo, 36.

“Mangoaks,” Indian tribe, 334, 335, 336, 337, 339, 341, 343.

“Manteo,” Indian of “Virginia,” 321;
made “Lord of Roanoke,” 321, 364, 323, 329, 330, 334, 337, 339, 360,
362, 363, 377.

“Marigold,” ship, of Drake’s fleet for the voyage round the world, 254,
263;
foundered, 264.

Martyr, Peter, historian, 12, 14, 77, 84.

Mary, Queen, 124, 126, 129, 138.

“Mary,” ship, Portuguese prize added to Drake’s fleet, 257, 260.

“Matthew,” the, John Cabot’s ship, 66.

“Menatonon,” Indian king, 332, 333, 335, 336, 339, 340, 341, 344.

Menendez, de Avilés, Pedro, 208, 252.

Mercator’s Projection, 34.

“Merchant Adventurers of England,” 104, 111;
chartered, 124, 128, 130.

“Meta Incognita,” 97, 155, 177, 180, 181.

Mexico, 214, 215, 217, 224, 225, 230, 269, 270, 271, 272, 274.

“Michael,” ship, in Frobisher’s Northwestern voyages, 147, 150, 151,
157, 158, 161, 170, 171, 174, 175, 178, 181, 185, 193.

Milford Haven, 175.

“Minion,” ship, in Hawkins’s third westward voyage, 210, 218, 219, 220,
221, 222, 223, 231.

_Mr. Rawley’s Voyage._ _See_ _Discourse on Western Planting, A_.

Mollineux, Emmerie, map of, 34.

Moon, Capt. Thomas, 254.

“Moone,” ship, in Frobisher’s third Northwestern voyage, 178, 181, 185,
187, 188, 189, 190, 191.

“Moratoc,” or Roanoke River, 332, 334, 335.

“Moratocs,” Indian tribe, 335, 336.

Morgan, Miles, 287.

Moscow, 116, 117, 121, 123, 125, 130, 131, 132, 133, 135, 139.

Moskva River, 133.

Mosquito Bay, 355.

“Mount Warwicke,” 162-163, 182.

Muscovy. _See_ Russia.

“Muscovy Company,” The, 124, 127, 129, 130, 133, 135, 138, 139, 141,
157.

“My Lord Admiral’s Island.” _See_ Croatoan.

N

Napea, Osep, first ambassador from Russia to England, 125, 126, 127;
reception of, 127–129;
return voyage of, 129–130, 137.

Navigation, early schools of, 21.

Netherlands, 9, 144.

“New Albion.” _See_ California.

New Brunswick, 68.

New France, 82, 83.

New Spain. _See_ Mexico.

Newfoundland, 4, 5, 27, 67, 68, 75;
Portugal’s claim to, 91;
English discovery of, 92, 93, 97, 209, 288;
Gilbert’s colonizing voyage to, 289–307;
taken possession of for England, 292–293, 301, 305.

Newfoundland fishing fleets, 93, 291.

Nombre de Dios, 230, 231, 232;
Drake’s raid upon, 233–238, 239, 241;
Drake’s attacks upon treasure teams to, 242–246, 247-249, 254;
death of Drake near, 284.

Norfolk, Virginia, 332.

Norris, Sir John, 196, 310.

North America, England’s claim to, 3, 9;
founders of English colonies in, 31;
Portugal’s claim to, 91;
supposed continent of, 152, 161, 167, 197;
Drake on the western coast of, 254, 262–283;
Gilbert’s attempt to reach the eastern coast, 297–302, 305;
Raleigh’s attempts at colonization in, 322–380, 385.

North Carolina, 75.

Northeast Passage, The, 90, 96–103, 125, 126, 133, 135, 141, 143.

Northwest Passage, The, 3, 19, 53–61;
early quests for, by the Cabots, 62–76, 79, 81, 93, 102, 142;
revival of the theory by Gilbert, 143, 144, 145–147;
Frobisher’s voyages for the discovery of, 147–194, 195, 273.

“North Foreland,” or Hall’s Island, 161, 162, 182.

North Seas, 36, 37, 110.

Norway, 126, 135.

Nova Zembla, 137.

Nova Scotia, 67, 91.

O

Obi River, 137.

“Ocracoke” (Oregon Inlet), North Carolina, 312.

Octher, northward voyage of, in the ninth century, 37.

Ojeda, Alonzo de, navigator, 90.

“Okisko,” Indian king, 340, 341, 343.

Oregon, Drake on the coast of, 273, 274;
Drake’s “bad harbour,” 275.

Orinoco River, 382;
Raleigh’s exploration of, 383, 387;
scheme for colonization on, 384.

Ortelius, Abraham, geographer, 35.

Oviedo, Gonzalo de, historian, 94, 95.

Oxenham, Capt. John, navigator, 236, 241, 243, 328.

Oxford, 19, 20, 22, 23, 42, 143, 283, 310.

P

Pacific Ocean, 23, 102, 147, 183;
Drake’s first sight of, 240, 241;
his voyage up the coast, 253–282;
harassing Spanish possessions on, 254;
at Oregon and California, 274–279;
across the ocean, 279–282, 313, 334, 335.

Pamlico Sound, 10, 329, 331.

Papal bulls, 52, 60, 76.

Paraguay River, 102.

Parana River, 102.

Parmenius, Stephanus, poet and historian, 300.

“Pasha,” ship, in Drake’s voyages to the Spanish Main, 229, 230, 239,
247, 251.

Pasqualigo, Lorenzo, 68.

Patagonia, 254, 260, 264.

Patents for English adventures, 61, 62–65, 70–72, 92, 93.

“Paul of Plymouth,” ship, 198.

Peckham, Sir George, associated with Gilbert’s projects, 288.

“Pelican,” ship, of Drake’s fleet for the voyage round the world, 254,
255, 258;
name changed to the “Golden Hind,” 262.
_See_ “Golden Hind.”

Pellew Islands, called by Drake Islands of Thieves, 280.

“Pemisapan,” Indian king. _See_ “Wingina.”

"Penguin, Island of," adventures on, 98–99.

Persia, 134, 139, 140;
Shah of, 140, 141.

Pert, Sir Thomas, expedition of, 94.

Peru, 230, 241, 242, 265, 266, 267;
mines of, 382.

Philippine Islands, 102, 272, 280.

Philip II of Spain, 6, 10, 124, 126, 129, 138, 356, 368;
Philip III, 387.

Philip and Mary. _See_ Mary.

“Philip and Mary,” ship, in Chancellor’s second voyage to Russia, 125,
126, 127, 138;
in Stephen Borough’s third voyage to Russia, 138.

Phillips, Sir Thomas, 7.

Philpot, Richard, in Frobisher’s second northwestern voyage, 171, 178.

Pinnace, of the fleet with Raleigh’s Second Colony, 354, 355, 357.

Pinzon, Vincente Yarez, navigator, 90.

Plate River, 102, 237, 259, 264.

Plymouth, America, 1.

Plymouth, England, 11, 144, 196, 202, 210, 228, 230, 231, 252, 255,
287, 290, 308, 323, 330, 354, 370, 371.

“Plymouth Company,” The, 25, 385.

“Pocahontas,” 387.

Point Reyes Head, Drake’s landfall in California, 274.

Polo, _Maffei_, 54;
_Nicolo_, 54;
_Marco_, 54;
_Voyages and Travels_ of Marco, 55.

“Port Pheasant,” 230.

Porto Rico, 61, 94, 226, 323, 324.

Portsmouth, England, 349, 353, 367.

Portugal, 21;
Papal bulls in favor of, 52, 60, 87, 90;
claim of, to the North American coast, 91, 284.

Portuguese, navigations and discoveries of, 3, 4, 21, 51, 52, 53, 57,
75, 80, 90, 91, 92, 104;
on the California coast, 274.

“Primrose,” ship, 129.

Prince Edward Island. _See_ St. John, Island of.

_Principal Navigations_, The, 12–14, 25–28;
contents of, 32–35.

Public Library of Boston, 34.

Purchas, _Samuel_, 14;
his Hakluytus Posthumus, 14, 226.
_William_, 88.

Q

“Queen Elizabeth’s Foreland” (Cape Resolution), 151, 161, 180, 181,
184, 188.

R

Raleigh, Sir _Carew_, 310.
Sir _Walter_, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12, 17, 23, 31, 143, 196, 197;
letters patent granted to, 24, 25, 308–309, 311, 351;
associated with Gilbert’s projects, 286–289;
biographical notice of, 310–311;
preliminary expedition of, sent to America, 311–312;
Virginia taken possession of, 312, 322;
his First Colony, 322–350;
Second Colony, 351–352, 356, 364, 368;
service of, against the Spanish Armada, 369, 370, 379;
repeated quests for his Lost Colony, 381, 384;
voyages of, to the Orinoco, 382–384, 387;
imprisoned in the Tower of London, 381, 382, 385, 386, 387;
_Walter, Jr._, 387.
Prof. _Walter_, 34.

Raleigh Window, The, 388.

Ramusio, Giovanni Battista, historian, 4, 77, 82, 94.

Resolution Island, 151.

Ribault, Capt. John, in Florida, 5, 11, 12, 208.

Rio del Hacha, 203, 212, 228, 229.

“Rio Francesco,” 247, 249, 250.

“River of May,” 206.

“River Occam,” 320.

Roanoke Island, 11, 312;
first Englishmen on, 318, 319, 320, 323;
Raleigh’s First Colony at, 329, 330, 331–352;
abandoned by that colony, 349;
Grenville’s later return to, with a relief fleet, 350, 352, 353;
Second Colony at, 357, 358, 359, 360, 361, 362, 363, 366;
White at, in quest of the Lost Colony, 371–373, 373–378;
inscription on the palisado at, 376, 379, 380, 386.

Roanoke River. _See_ “Moratoc.”

"Roe-bucke," ship, of the fleet with Raleigh’s First Colony, 323.

“Rosse Bay,” 355.

Rouse, Capt. James, navigator, 231, 232, 237, 238.

Russia, 103;
opening of, by Chancellor’s voyage of 1553, 104–124;
voyages to, for the Muscovy Company, 124–142;
Jenkinson’s adventures in, 130–135;
Borough’s voyages to, 136–139, 141, 142.

S

St. Augustine, 347.

“St. German’s Bay,” 356.

St. John, Island of (Prince Edward Island), 67, 68, 78.

“S. John de Porto Rico, Island of,” 324, 325, 326, 329, 331, 355, 356,
378.

St. John’s, Newfoundland, 291, 292, 296, 297, 300, 305.

St. John’s River. _See_ “River of May.”

St. Julien, port of, 260, 262.

St. Lawrence River, 91, 287.

St. Nicholas, 114, 126, 130, 137, 138, 139, 142.

San Francisco Bay, 274, 279.

San Juan d’Ulloa, 213, 214;
engagement of Hawkins with a Spanish fleet at, 215–224, 226, 228,
229, 328.

Sanderson, William, merchant, 34.

Santa Cruz, 354, 355.

“Searchthrift,” ship, of Borough’s first fleet for Russia, 135, 137.

Settle, Dionysus, his narrative of Frobisher’s second Northwestern
voyage, 158, 160, 161, 166, 167, 168;
description of the natives of “Meta Incognita,” 171–173.

Seville, 4, 21, 59, 79, 80, 84, 96, 138, 201, 231, 238.

Shakspere, William, 17, 30, 34.

Sidney, Sir _Henry_, 106, 143.
Sir _Philip_, 2, 3, 10, 17, 23, 106, 157.

Sighelmus, Bishop of Sheburne, in India, in the ninth century, 37.

Silva, Nuno da, pilot, 257, 271, 272.

Silver, supposed discovery of, in Newfoundland, 295, 296, 300;
specimens lost, 300–301, 304, 305.

“Skyko,” Indian of “Virginia,” 333, 339, 343.

Smyth, William, navigator, 158, 174, 175.

“Solomon,” ship, in Hawkins’s westward voyages, 202.

“Solomon of Weymouth,” ship, in Frobisher’s third Northwestern voyage,
178.

Somers, Sir George, patentee South Virginia Company, 385.

Soto, Hernando de, 15.

South America, 3, 90, 94;
Sebastian Cabot’s discoveries in, 102, 197, 198, 199, 203, 382, 383.

South Carolina, 4.

South Sea. _See_ Pacific Ocean.

Spain’s possessions in America, 1, 3, 8, 9;
on the Pacific coast, 23, 60, 90, 91, 197, 201, 207, 230;
Drake’s raids on, 233–251, 253, 254, 284;
visits of Raleigh’s colonists to, on the outward voyages, 324–328,
354–356, 382, 384.

Spaniards, navigations and discoveries of, 3, 60, 80, 90, 104;
on the California coast, 274, 279.

Spanish Armada, the, 13, 226, 284, 368, 369, 384.

Spanish Inquisition, 224, 225.

Spanish Main, 8, 197, 203;
Drake’s operations on, 228, 229–240, 254, 284.

Spenser, Edmund, 17.

Spice Islands, 272, 280–282.

Spicer, Edward, shipmaster, in “Virginia,” 359, 360;
with White in quest of the Lost Colony, 371, 372, 373;
lost, 374.

“Squirrel,” ship, of Gilbert’s fleet, 288, 290, 291, 297, 298, 299,
302, 303, 304, 305, 306;
foundering of, with Gilbert, 307.

Stafford, Sir _Edward_, 24, 25, 27.
Master _Richard_, chaplain of the Willoughby-Chancellor voyage, 106,
108.
Capt. _Edward_, of Raleigh’s colonies, 344, 346, 347, 357, 360, 362.

Stevens, Henry, bibliophile, 7.

Stow, John, annalist, 87.

Strait of Magellan, 102, 147, 260, 262;
passage of, by Drake’s fleet, 262, 272, 313.

Straits of Hercules, 85.

“Swallow,” ship, in Borough’s third voyage for Russia, 138, 139.
“Swallow,” in Hawkins’s westward voyages, 202, 210.
“Swallow,” of Gilbert’s fleet, 288, 290, 291, 297, 300.

“Swan,” ship, in Drake’s voyages, 229, 230, 239, 254, 258, 259.

T

Tetou, Capt., of a French ship, with Drake at Panama, 247, 249, 251,
252.

Thames River, 39.

Thomas, John, merchant adventurer, 92.

“Thomas Allen,” ship, in Frobisher’s third Northwestern voyage, 178,
183, 184, 187.

“Thomas of Ipswich,” ship, in Frobisher’s third Northwestern voyage,
178, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189.

Thomson, Sir Peter, 7.

Thorne, Robert, merchant, 4, 92, 96, 105.

Tierra del Fuego, 263.

“Tiger,” ship, in Hawkins’s westward voyages, 202.
“Tiger,” of Raleigh’s fleet with his First Colony, 323, 324, 329,
330.

Tower Hill, 387.

Tower of London, 177, 381, 382, 385, 386, 387.

“Treasure of the World,” 236, 238, 254.

Treasure ships, 5, 8;
capture of the “Madre de Dios,” 382.

“Trinitie,” ship, of fleet for Russia, 129.

Trinity College, Cambridge, 19, 30.

U

Upcot, Capt., in Frobisher’s third Northwestern voyage, 178, 190.