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 INDEX.

A.

Abruzzi, Duke of, 185, 199.

Abyssinia, 89, 156, 164.

Acadie. 134.

Africa, 31; circumnavigation of, 85; exploration of, 153.

Alaska, 126, 137.

Albert Nyanza, Lake, 159.

Albuquerque, Affonso de, 94, 110.

Aldrich, Pelham, Arctic explorer, 180.

Alexander the Great, 24, 28, 37.

Alexander VI., Pope, bull on discoveries, 96, 132.

Alexandria, 26, 37; commercial importance of, 79, 82.

Almegro, Diego de, 130, 131.

Amazon, discovered, 108; explored, 131.

America, discovery of, 105; origin of name, 109; partition of, 128.

Amerigo Vespucci, 108, 118.

Amundsen, Roald, Antarctic explorer, 185.

Anaximander, 21.

Andrée, S. A., 185.

Anthropophagi, 47.

Antilla, Island of, 102.

Antipodes, 47.

Arabs, 54; commerce of, 82.

Aristotle, 26.

Armenia conquered by Mongols, 63.

Ascension discovered, 94.

Asia, 28, 45, 78.

Asia Minor, 18, 33, 36, 40.

Assyrians, 34, 35.

Astrolabe perfected by Henry the Navigator, 85.

Atahualpa, Inca, 131.

Atlantis, Plato's, 98.

Australia, 123; exploration of, 139; D'Anville's map of, 144; first English settlement, 149.

B.

Babylonians, 19, 22, 23, 35.

Back, C. J., Arctic explorer, 173.

Baffin, William, discoveries of, 122, 169, 180.

Baker, Sir Samuel, explorations in Africa, 159, 160.

Balboa, Vasco Nunez de, discovers Pacific Ocean, 128.

Bangweolo, Lake, discovered, 160.

Barentz, William, 122, 169.

Barrett, William, list of staples imported from the Orient, 80.

Barth, African explorer. 158.

Bass, Dr., explorations in Australia, 150.

Batavia, Java, founded, 123.

Beechey, Captain, Arctic explorer, 172.

Behaim's, Martin, globe, 89, 104.

Belcher, Sir Edward, Arctic explorer, 177.

Belgium, 26.

Bering Vitus, explorations of, 118, 126, 137.

Bible, influence of, 44.

Biorn discovers Vinland, 58.

Black Sea, 23.

Borchgrevink, C. E., Antarctic explorer, 184.

Borneo, Portuguese in, 114.

Botany Bay, 147, 150. 201