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Aa, Sir John de, deputy for Rostock,
II. 60, 79.
Abaan, King of Guinea and William
Towerson (1557) VI. 226, 227.
Abacuck, see Habbakuk.

Abad, Baya del, haven discovered by
Ulloa (1539) IX. 242; fishing near,

243.

Abassens, see Abyssinians.

Abassi, chief of idolaters in Thibet,
IV. 436.

Abath or female unicorn, vI. 399.
Abdelmelech, Mully, Emperor of
Morocco (1577) vi. 285; reception
of ambassadors, vi. 288.
Abdollocan, see Abd'Ullah Khan.
Abdon Island, III. 74.

Abdrahaman, Ben Allies, in Gago
(1594) VII. 100.

Abd'Ullah Khan, King of Shirvan,
and Anthony Jenkinson, III. 21,
33; portrait of, 32; receives
Thomas Alcock, 41; and Richard
Johnson, 46; death of (1565) 47.
Abebeck, Mahomet's disciple, III. 36.
Abel, Richard, of London, and Prus-
sian pirates, II. 62.

Abes, retinue of the Beglerbeg of,
VI. 67.

Abex, map of the coasts of, engrav-
ing of, Iv. 458.

Abilfada, Ismael, Epitome' of, III.
281; description of the Northern
Sea by, III. 413; Cosmography,"
v. 452.

Abnegar, City in Chaul, v. 380.
Abolos, Don Diego de, General in
Peru (1590) X. 171.

Aborise, King of the Arabians, Cus-
toms paid to sons of, v. 368, 466,
VI. 8.

Abraham Pasha, William Har-
borne's present to (1583) v. 252.
Abraham, house of, in Mecca, v.
342, 352, 353, 355; and the devil,
358.
Abreojos, Shoals, Sir Robert Dud-
ley at (1595) X. 210; meaning of,

X. 210.

Abrim, Pasha, and Edward Barton
(1593) VI. 102.
Abrolhos, Os baixos dos, mentioned
in the Ruttier, XI. 79; shoals,
near Puerto Seguro, XI. 250.
Absito Castle, in Rhodes (1522) v.
15.
Abubacar, Mahomet's companion,
Tomb of, at Medina, v. 363.
Abydos castle, VI. 107.
Abyssinians, Queen Elizabeth's letter
to the King of the, vII. 131.
Acamacari town, near Cari river, x.
407.
Acamanta, promontory in Cyprus,
V. 125.

Acapulco, Ulloa's fleet's departure
from (1539) IX. 207; latitude of
haven, IX. 207, 225, XI. 350; the
S. Agueda at (1540) IX. 278; Cap-
tain Gualle leaves (1584) IX. 326;
Port of Mexico for China, Ix. 381,
x. 164; English at (1580) IX. 432;
Spanish troops at, under Dr.
Robles Alcalde de Corte, IX. 433;
port of New Spain, xI. 287; from,
to S. Iago, XI. 362.

Acari, in Peru, wine made in, XI. 285. Acassingo, Indian town, tributary to the King of Spain (1568) IX. 363. Acatlan town, Thomas Cavendish at (1587) XI. 322.

Acaxutla, Port on the South Sea, IX. 366.

Acba, Walls of, on the Red Sea, v. 347.

Accilius Julius in Iceland (1552) IV.

73, 175.

Accurgar Island, in the Caspian Sea, II. 456.

Achaia, Anthony Jenkinson in, III.

195.

Acheland, Castle of, founded by
Anthony Beck (1305) IV. 371.
Achem, King of, and the Portu-
guese, v. 498.
Achen, see Acre.

Acias, see Alanians.

Achilles, tomb of, in Troy, vi. 107. Achillo, Ulloa's dog, sent against Indians (1540) IX. 265.

Achim, Sultan of Egypt, Churches destroyed in Jerusalem by, iv. 292.

Achmet, at the Siege of Rhodes
(1522) V. 23, 34; gains the plain
of Spain, v. 42; the Grand Master
of Rhodes' Ambassadors to, v.
49; and Sir Passin, v. 50; detains
Sir Raymund Market, ambassa-
dor, v. 52; and Solyman's grand-
father's letter, v. 54; demands 24
knights as hostages, v. 58.
Achmigi, see Adventurers.
Achon, see Acre.

Acmek Pasha, see Achmet.
Acmet Chaus, Turkish ambassador
in Poland (1578) v. 168.
Acoma, Indian town described by
Antonio de Espejo (1582) IX. 198.
Acon, see Acre.

Açores Islands, see Azores.

Acorns used as food in Virginia (1586) VIII. 367.

Acosta, Josephus de, quotation from the works of, XI. 16-19. Acra, see Acre.

Acre, or Ptolemais, Order of the Hospital of Jerusalem removed to, 1. 52, 264; sacked by the Sultan, II.

5; subdued by Saracens, 5; Saint John's Knights leave, 6; noblemen of France at, IV. 350; Wil liam Longespée at (1249) 355; Prince Edward at (1270) IV. 362, 366; siege of (1191) IV. 303-4; Philip, King of France at the, IV. 327; Richard I. at the (1191) IV. 331; terms of surrender of, IV. 332; Baldwin, Archbishop of Canter bury, at the, IV. 341; Sir Frederick Tilney knighted at, IV. 342; defences of, engraving of IV. 367.

Acridophagi, locust-eating nation of Ethiopia, Iv. 84, 189.

Acton, Master, in Virginia (1585) VIII. 317.

Acton, Sir John, knighted at Cadiz (1596) IV. 259.

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Acts and Monuments of the Church of England,' by John Foxe, IV. 319. Acuco, Francis Lopez de Gomara sent to, for discoveries (1540) IX. 164, IX. 296.

Acucu, cotton found in Acus (1540) IX. 158.

Acunna, Don Pedro de, governor of Cartagena, and Don Bernaldino Delgadillo (1596) X. 250.

Acus, Kingdom of, Friar Marco de Niça and the (1539) IX. 131; description of, IX. 136; taken possession of, by Friar Marco de Niça (1539) IX. 143; description of, by Vasquez de Coronado (1540) IX. 158.

Acuzamil, Francis Lopez de Gomara on, VII. 134; conquest of, vIII.

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Adams, Luke, of the Sunshine of
London (1585) VII. 382.
Adams, Robert, description

and
measurements of the Madre de
Dios by (1592) VII. 117.
Adams, Thomas, of Yarmouth, and
Prussian pirates, II. 63.
Adder, description of a monstrous,
in S. Martha (1568) IX. 450.
Adders, length of, in Florida, x. 59.
Addy, Captain, at the siege of Per-
nambuco (1595) XI. 51; and the
Portuguese stratagem (1595) XI. 60.
Adecia, a port in Teneriffe, x. 11.
Adelantado, the, of Colima, and
Captain Alarchon (1540) IX. 318.
Aderravgan, burial place of the
Princes of Persia, III. 26.
Adhothuys, described by Jacques
Cartier (1535) VIII. 218; in Hoche-
laga river, 245.

Administration of China, VI. 307,
358.

Admiral or flagship in the fishing
fleet in Newfoundland (1583) VIII.
51, 53.

Adonibezek and Judah, vIII. 103.
Adrianople, Henry Austell at, v.
323.

Adriaticum, Mare, in Thorne's map,
II. 170.

Adultery, Laws against, in Iceland,
IV. 79, 182.

Adventure, the, in Sir Francis
Drake's fleet, Jonas Bodenham
captain of (1595) X. 234; Henry
Savile new captain of (1596) x.
240, 253; return of, to Ply-
mouth (1596) x. 245; at the fight
of Pinos (1596) X. 262.
Adventure, Captain Parker's bark,
Richard Hen captain of (1596) X.
277; taken by the Spanish, x. 280.
Adventurers, in the Turkish army
(1594) VI. 104; shares of, in the
freight of the Madre de Dios (1592)
VII. 117; society of gentlemen
and merchants, for the Western
Planting, vIII. 113, 148; for Brazil,
letter from, to John Whithall
(1580) XI. 31, 33,

Advice, of Robert Thorne to Henry
VIII. (1527) II. 159-163; to
Arthur Pet and Charles Jackman

by W. Borough, III. 259-262; by
Dee, 262-263; by Richard Hak-
luyt, 264-275; to English Mer-
chants, by the Muscovy Company,
303-306; on colonising, by Richard
Hakluyt, vII. 244-250; of Captain
Frobisher to his Fleet, vII. 322-
325.

Advice, letters of, of the arrival of
Thomas Cavendish, sent from
Lima, captured by him (1587) XI.
309.

Ægeland, Willoughby's discovery of
(1553) II. 219.

Aegypt, see Egypt.

Aegyptium, see Egyptian.

Aele, weak place of Panama har-
bour, X. 151.

Eneid, quotation from Book VI.
VIII. 449.

Aeolia, iv. 26, 118.

Aequara, King, Vassal of King
Útina (1564) IX. 21.

Aesculapius, fountain at Athens, iv.
36, 131; and the Oracle of the
Sun, iv. 281.

Aethiopia, see Ethiopia.
Ætna, see Etna.

Affreca, wife of Olaf, King of Man,
I. 30.

Affreca, wife of John de Courci, 1.
34.

Affrica, see Affreca.
Affrike, see Africa.

Afield, Roger, member of the Bar-
bary Company (1585) VI. 419,
420 f.
Africa, Thorne's description of, II.
169 f.; Coast of, in Thorne's Map,
II. 171; City of, or Mahdia, be-
sieged by the Earl of Derby, Iv.
452; description, by Richard
Eden (1553) VI. 142; the Great and
the Less, VI. 144; peoples of the
East of, vi. 169; meaning of, vi.
170; ornaments of natives, VI.
172; Inland, Melchior Petoney's
account of (1591) VII. 88; voyage
of Captain Gourgues to, IX. III.
Aga, of the Janissaries, pay of, vi.
62; of the Spahi, pay of, vi.
62.

Aganginae, people of Libya, vi. 168.
Agar, see Hagar.

Agaricum found in Germany, vi.
26.
Agatarchides on the Mandri, a
people of India, Iv. 84, 189.
Agatha, daughter of Emperor Henry
II. of Germany, I. 25.
Agathocles, King of Sicily, son of a
potter, vIII. 470.

Agaus, meaning of, VI. 100.
Agerut, description of, v. 347f.
Agira, Diego de, pirate, XI. 17.
Agira, Lopez de, soldier of Pedro de
Orsua, mutiny and piracies of, in
West Indies, X. 362, X. 499; slays
Pedro de Orsua at Mutylones, x.
408, XI. 248; death of, x. 363, XI.
248; cruelties, XI. 246; murders
his own daughter, XI. 248.
Agiri, see Agira.
Agirri, see Agira.

Agium el Cassap, spring of water,
between Acba and Biritem, v. 347.
Agoa, Baia de, the Edward Bona-
venture at (1593) VI. 402.
Agoada de S. Bras, see S. Bras.
Agogna, see Iconium.

Agonna, enemy to Taignoagny (1536) VIII. 253; new King of Canada (1540) VIII. 265; against Jacques Cartier, VIII. 271. Agora, Tartar town of wood, III. 396.

Agouhanna or King in Canada, viii. 219, 235.

Agra, description by Ralph Fitch, v. 473, 475.

Agra and Delhi, King of, see Akbar. Agreement, between Henry IV. and the Hanse Merchants (1405) II. 5567; Commercial, between England and Prussia (1390) II. 20; denounced (1398) 26; (1405) 47-55; (1408) 87-90, 91, 93, 95; objected to by England (1408) 93; accepted by England (1408) 96. Agricola, Georgius, on the petrifying fountains of Iceland, IV. 36, 132.

Aguada, Punta, in Puerto Rico, x. 283.

Aguada Saldanha, harbour, Captain Raimond at (1591) X. 194. Aguaiavall, Vasquez de Coronado's departure from (1540) IX. 279.

Aguatulco, Sir Francis Drake in (1579) IX. 365, XI. 117; Nuno da Silva released at, XI. 146, 266; latitude of, XI. 320, 350; burnt by Thomas Cavendish (1587) XI. 368; from, to Angeles, xi. 362; anchor. age, XI. 373; Don Pedro de Robles sent to fight the English at (1580) 443; pearls on the coast of, 471.

Aguava, in Hispaniola, burnt by Christopher Newport (1591) X. 187. Agubio, Captain Barnardino, death at defence of Famagusta (1571) V. 136.

Aguirre, see Agiri.

Aguja, Cape de, description of, x. 235; in the Ruttier, x. 288; latitude, X. 335.

Agulhas, Cape das, Thomas Stevens stranded at (1579) VI. 382. Agulias, see Agulhas.

Ahacus, a city in America, IX. 135 Ahasuerus, King from India to Ethi

opia (580 B.C.) vII. 180; magnificence of, VII. 186.

Ahoia, name of King and river in Florida, IX. 112; Cacique, IX. 113.

Ahoiaue, name of King and river in Florida, IX. 112; Cacique, ix.

113.

Aiai, Indians, and the Gold of Guiana, x. 366.

Aid, the, Sir Henry Norris and (1589) VI. 512.

Aid, the, of Captain Frobisher's second voyage (1577) VII. 211, 284, 290, 294 f.; flagship of the fleet, Martin Frobisher, captain of (1578) VII. 322; damaged by ice, vII. 344; council aboard, VII. 361.

Aid, the, Edward Winter, captain in (1585) x. 98.

Aigrettes, Cape des, in Cuba, IX.

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