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 204 Henry the Navigator, Prince, 62, 72, 84.

Hereford, map, 49.

Herodotus, 18, 22, 21, 38, 155.

Hesiod, 18.

Hippalus, 25.

Hittites, 36.

Hobson, Arctic explorer, 178.

Holland, 26; discoveries in America, 119; commercial supremacy of, 122; settlement of New Netherlands, 134; exploration of Australia, 139.

Homer, 18.

Honduras, explored by Cortes, 129.

Houtman, Cornelius, Dutch navigator, 122.

Hudson Bay Company, 136.

Hudson Bay discovered, 121.

Hudson, Henry, voyages of, 121.

Hudson River discovered, 121; settlements on, 134.

Hudson Strait discovered, 121.

Huns, 53.

Hyperboreans, 18.

I.

Ibn Batuta, travels of, 71.

Iceland, 57.

Ierne. See Ireland.

India, 24, 36, 65, 72, 80; Portuguese in, 92, 94; routes to, 78, 85.

Indo-China, 28.

Indus, 23.

Inglefield, Arctic explorer, 180.

Ireland, or Ierne, 28, 57.

Islam, 54.

Ismail Pasha, Khedive of Egypt, 159.

Italy, 19, 23, 38.

Ivan, Czar of Russia, 120, 124.

J.

Jackson, F., Arctic explorer, 183.

Jacme, Mestre, navigator and map-maker, 85.

Japan, 69, 73, 96, 99, 102, 118.

Java, 55.

Jenkinson, Anthony, English traveller, 123, 124.

Jerusalem as world's centre, 44.

Joao, King of Portugal, 84, 89. 90, 103.

John of Montecorvino, 65.

John of Flanocarpini, 64.

Juan dc Fuca, 137.

K.

Kalliherey, 13.

Kamtschatka explored, 149.

Kane, Arctic explorer, 180.

Karakorum, capital of Mongol Empire, 64.

Khanbalig (Pekin), 65.

King, Capt. P. P., explorations in Australia, 150.

Kublai Khan, 65.

L.

Labrador, 58, 120.

Ladrones, the, discovered by Magellan, 114.

Laing, Major, explorations in Africa, 158.

La Pérouse, Frangois de, explorations of, 149.

La Plata, River, discovered, 109; explored, 112.

La Salle, Robert de, exploration of Mississippi, 135.

Latins, 38.

Leichardt, Australian explorer, 152.

Lesseps, M., explores Kamtschatka, 149.

Lewis and Clarke, explorations of, 137.

Livingstone, Dr. David, explorations in Africa, 154. 158, 160, 184.

Lockwood, Lieut, Arctic explorer, 182.

London Company, 133, 134.

Louisiana, 135.

Louisiana purchase, 136, 139.

Lydia, 36.

M.

M'Clintock, Arctic explorer, 178.

M'Clure, Arctic explorer, 176.

Mackenzie River, 137, 172.

Mackenzie, Sir A., 137.

Madagascar, discovered. 80, 94.

Madeira, discovered, 86.

Magelhaens, Fernao. See Magellan.

Magellan, voyages of, 96, 110, 118.

Magog, 46, 64.