A Brief History of Circumnavigators
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Graciosa Bay 173, 174
Graham Land 236, 244
Great Barrier Reef 190, 202–4, 207, 215, 293
Great South Sea see Pacific Ocean
Green, Charles 198
Greene, Daniel 228
Greenwich 46, 56, 305
Grenville, Sir Richard 31, 50
Guam 17, 53, 82, 85, 86, 87, 88
Guinness, Ernest 302–3
hallucinations 149, 280–1, 282
Hare, Alexander 294
Harrison, John 182–3, 213
Hatton, Sir Christopher 32, 34, 36
Hawaii 220
Hawkins, John 29, 31
Hawkins, William 49
Heath, Captain 100, 103
Hobbes, Thoms 110
Honolulu 269
Hottentots 102–3
ice floes and icebergs 218, 242
Ile de France (Mauritius) 181–2, 191, 193, 226
Incas 28
India 27, 66, 98, 144, 148, 271
Indian Ocean 3, 4, 5, 6, 21, 45, 55, 98, 179, 191
Indonesia 19, 20, 55, 89, 99
Ingraham, Captain James 226
Inquisition 30
Isles of Disappointment 155
Jamaica 74, 75
James Baines 248, 257
James II 100–1
Japan 222, 269, 270
Java 44, 55, 73, 74, 178
Jeoly, the ‘painted prince’ 99, 100, 103
John II of Portugal 3–4, 5
Joshua 308
Juan Fernandez 79–80, 106, 107, 109, 114, 125–9, 154, 170, 171, 188, 267, 289–90
Kajeli 192–3
Kamchatka 221, 229
Keats, John 10
Kendall, Larcum 213
Kerguelen Island 238
Kilwa 6
King George’s Isles 155
Knox-Johnston, Robin 308, 309
Kruger, Paul 296
Kruzenstern, Baron A.J. von 229
La Pérouse, Jean François de Galaup 221–2, 232
Ladrones see Marianas
Lapulapu 1, 19
Le Maire Strait 72, 116, 198
Le Roy, Pierre 183
Legazpi, Miguel López de 28
Lemaire, Isaac 71, 73
Lemaire, Jacob 71, 73
L’Hermite, James 73
Lightning 248, 250–1, 255–6, 257
Lind, Dr James 138, 209–10
Lisbon 3, 4
longitude 7, 182–4, 192
Louis-Philippe Land 232, 244
Louisiade Archipelago 190, 191
Macao 133–4, 136
MacArthur, Ellen 310
McBride, Captain John 159–60, 162
Maccasar 177
Mactan 1, 18, 19
Madagascar 98, 105
Madeira 121, 198
Magellan, Ferdinand xiii, 2–3, 6, 7–19, 11, 25, 27
Malacca 3, 6, 45, 95, 271
Malaysia 7, 20, 55, 99
Malvinas see Falkland Islands
Manila 119, 130
Manuel the Fortunate 5–6, 8, 9
Maoris 201
Marchand, Etienne 223–6
Marco Polo 249–50
Mariana Ridge 17
Marianas 70, 83, 132, 157, 158, 169, 175
Marigold 32, 37
Marquesas 16, 217, 223, 224, 304
Mary 33, 34, 36–7
Más Afuera 154, 171, 172
Masefield, John 247–8
Maskelyne, Nevil 183
Mauritius see Isle de France
Maury, Matthew Fontaine 256
Melbourne 249, 250, 257, 292
Melos 232
Melville, Herman 304
Mendaña, Alvaro de 29
Mendoza, Luis de 14
Mexico 28, 35, 69, 70, 81, 85, 86, 97, 106, 116, 118, 130, 199, 227
Micronesians 17
Mindanao 27, 42, 88–91, 176
Mitchell, Captain 132
Moitessier, Bernard 308
Moluccas (Spice Islands) 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 22, 24, 26, 27, 42, 47, 55, 67, 73, 89, 92, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194
Mombasa 6, 45
Monkshaven 264
Montevideo 284
Morgan, Sir Henry 75
Mozambique 6, 23, 45
Muhlhauser, George 302
Muir, Thomas 227–8
Nautical Almanac 183
New Albion 145, 155
New Britain 175, 176
New Caledonia 217
New Guinea 7, 105, 176, 190, 192, 202, 204, 293
New Hebrides 217, 222
New Holland see Australia
New Ireland 175, 176, 191
New Voyage Round the World 104
New Zealand 172, 197, 201, 206, 212, 215, 217, 243, 252
Newfoundland 74, 198
Nicobar Islands 93–5
Noort, Oliver Van 68, 70
Norfolk Island 217, 221
North America 40–1, 145, 223, 225, 237–8
north pole 238
North-West Passage 47, 48, 59, 60, 143, 146, 228, 231
Nott, Henry 230, 231
Nova Albion 41
Nuestra Señora de la Concepcion 39–40
O’Brien, Conor 303
Orient trade 3, 4–8, 25, 27, 43, 54, 55, 58, 67, 71, 119, 252
Orsbridge, Lieutenant 146
Pacific Ocean 15, 17, 27, 37, 42, 52, 66, 70, 86, 139, 142, 143, 184, 192, 206, 221
Palawan 19
Panama 11, 22, 39, 75, 129
Panama Canal 303–4
Parry, William Edward 231
Patagonia 14, 27, 51, 70, 124, 128, 143, 150–2, 153, 285
Patagonian giants 150–2
Pelican (Golden Hind) 32, 35, 36
Pepys, Samuel 109
Perera, Dr 283
Peru 28, 70, 73, 106, 118, 130
Peter Island 231
Petropavlosk-Kamchatskiy see Kamchatka
Philip II of Spain 28, 30, 47, 51, 56, 66–7
Philippines 3, 18, 20, 28, 53, 54, 70, 86, 88–91, 119, 135, 156, 158, 176
Pierce, Captain Eben 277
Pigafetta, Antonio 2(n), 19–20, 150–1
Pinckney, Francis 168
Pinkney, Robert 235
piracy 75–83, 122
Pitcairn 16, 172
Poissonier, M. 188
Poivre, Pierre 194
Polynesia 42, 141, 167–9, 189, 199–200, 206, 213, 214–15, 217
Port Desire 51, 60, 62, 63, 71, 72, 153
Port Egmont 153, 159, 160, 163
Port Famine 51, 163
Port Jackson 221
Port Royal 75
Port St Julian 12, 13–15, 35–7, 62, 122
Portugal 3–8, 21, 22, 25, 26, 27, 33, 44, 45, 48, 58, 66, 133
Prester John 4
Princess Ragnhild Land 230
Pukapuka 17(n)
Pulau Butung 92
Pulau Islands 233
Queen Charlotte Islands 225
Queen Charlotte Sound 212, 213, 215, 217
Quesada, Gaspar de 14
Quiros, Pedro Fernandes de 29, 173
Raleigh, Sir Walter 50
Read, John 93–4, 98
Red Jacket 256, 257
Resolution 20, 205–19
Revolution Isles 223–4, 226
Ridgway, John and Marie-Christine 11–12, 56–7, 84–5
Rio de Janeiro 13, 146, 148–9, 185
Roaring Forties 212, 219, 238
Robertson, George 166
Robinson, Bill 301
Robinson Crusoe 107
Rodriguez 295
Roebuck 60, 63, 64
Rogers, Captain Woodes 107, 117
Ross, Captain James Clark 237, 238–44, 246
Ross, Captain John Clunies 294
Ross, Sidney Clunies 294
Ross Sea 239
Royal Society 197, 206, 209
Rule Britannia 137
running the gauntlet 83–4
Russia 221, 226, 228–9
Sabrosa 3
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St Catherine’s Island 122
St Helena 48, 49, 55, 64, 179, 205
St Julian’s Bay see Port St Julian
St Ursula 15
Samoa 173, 221, 236, 290–1
San Antonio 10, 13, 14, 15, 16
San Juan de Ulua 31
Sandwich, Lord 207, 208
Santa Ana 53, 54
Santa Cruz 173
Santiago 10, 15
Sargasso Sea 297
satellite tracking systems 311
Saumarez, Philip 122–3, 126–7, 132, 134, 136
Saunders Island 153
Savu 205
Schomberg 251–2
Schouten Van Hoorn, John 71
Schouten Van Hoorn, William Cornelius 71–3
scurvy 68–9, 71, 127–8, 138–9, 188, 192, 209–10, 214
Selkirk, Alexander 106, 107–9, 126
Serrao, Francisco 7
Seville xiii, 8, 24
Shackleton, Ernest 239
Shelvocke, George 110–16
shipboard life
diet 127–8, 146–7, 210, 253
discipline 83–4
scurvy 68–9, 71, 127–8, 138–9, 188, 192, 209–10, 214
Sierra Leone 45, 51, 71
Silva, Nuña da 33
Simpson, Alexander 174
slave trade 263–4
Slocum, Joshua 275–99, 308, 310
Society Islands 16, 173, 200, 230, 304
Sofala 6
Solomon Islands 29, 142, 146, 147, 155, 156, 173–4, 175
South Africa 295–6
South America 13–17, 51–3, 150, 206, 213
South Georgia 218, 228, 229
south pole xv
South Sea Bubble 118
Spain 3, 4, 5, 8–9, 18, 21, 22, 24–5, 26–32, 39, 44, 47, 51, 58, 66–7, 115, 118, 119, 130, 160, 171, 227
Speedwell 110–16
Spice Islands see Moluccas
Spielbergen, George 70
Spray 277–99
Stanley, H.M. 296
Stevenson, Fanny 291
Stevenson, Robert Louis 107, 291
Stradling, Captain 106
Straits of Anian 31, 40, 60, 145, 147, 221
Straits of Lombok 55
Straits of Magellan 16, 27, 31, 37, 51, 57, 61, 63, 71, 124, 162, 164–5, 186–7, 232, 285, 289
Suez Canal 259
Sulawesi 177
Sumatra 94, 97, 99, 158, 180
Sunbeam 259, 260–74
Sundas 19
Svaap 301
Swallow 161–4, 169–80, 194
Swan 32, 34, 36
Swan, Captain 81–91
Sydney 292, 305, 306
Table Bay 169, 209, 219
Tahiti 155, 167–9, 172, 188–9, 195, 196, 197, 199–200, 206, 213, 214–15, 217, 230–1, 268–9, 304, 308
Tamar 144–59
Tasman, Abel 197, 201, 202
Tasmania 202, 233, 239, 243
tattoos 99(n)
Teat, Captain 82, 91
Ternate 6, 70
Ternate, Sultan of 43–4, 47
Thursday Island 293–4
Tidore 6, 21, 28, 44
Tierra del Fuego 16, 71, 198, 287, 288
Tinian 157–8, 169
Tonga Islands 215, 217, 221
Tordesillas, Treaty of 5, 7, 26, 76
Torre, Ferdinand de la 27
Torres Strait 191, 204, 293
Treasure Island 107
Trent affair 245–6
Trinidad 10, 18, 21, 22
Tryall 120, 123, 125, 130
Tuamotu Archipelago 155, 167, 172, 188, 214, 230, 236
turtles 19, 80–1
Udung Panjang see Maccasar
United Dutch East India Company 68, 71, 73, 101, 118, 177, 192
United Provinces see Dutch Republic
Urdaneta, Andrés de 28
USA 41, 223, 228, 232, 233, 234, 237, 245, 291, 293–4, 298
Valparaiso 52, 125
Van Diemen’s Land see Tasmania
Vanikoro 222
Vendée Globe 309, 310
Venus de Milo 232
Verne, Jules 259
Vernon, Vice-Admiral Edward 119–20, 129
Véron, Pierre Antoine 184, 192, 193
Victoria 10, 13, 14, 21, 22–4, 25
Victoria, Queen 294
Victoria Land 239, 240
Villalobos, Ruy López de 27–8
Virginia 77
Wallis, Samuel 161–9, 176, 188, 196
War of the Spanish Succession 118
Weddell, James 233
Weert, Sebold Van 68
Whitbread Round the World Race 84–5, 309, 310, 311
White, Gilbert 78
Wilkes, Charles 234–8, 239, 242, 243, 244–5, 244–6
William of Orange 101
women circumnavigators 194–5, 260–74, 310
wool trade 255
Wynter, Captain John 38
Wyrill, Captain John 258
yachts 260, 261, 265, 302
Young, Nick 200, 205
zebras 102