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Constantinople founded A.D. 323, p. 197

——, its splendid position for the purposes of trade, pp. 198-200

——, efforts made by its founder to induce merchants to settle at, p. 201

——, commerce of, increased by the seizure of Alexandria and Syria by the Muhammedans, p. 223

——, Siege of, by the Crusaders mainly promoted by the commercial jealousy of Venice, p. 244

—— Trade of, much injured during the sixty years of the sway of the Latins there, p. 246

—— taken by Muhammed II. A.D. 1453, p. 252

Coptos, on Nile, goods sent thence by caravans to Myos Hormus or Berenice, p. 102

Corinth, excellent position of, as an entrepôt for commerce, p. 71

——, Isthmus of, called Diolcus, as the place where ships were drawn across, p. 77

Corinthians, the first, according to Thucydides, to build triremes, p. 70

Corn, bounties on, given at Rome on the importation of, p. 176

Corn-trade, enormous extent of, at Rome, at the commencement of the Empire, p. 188

Corsairs, Genoese, performed the duties of the men-of-war of our time, in searching neutral and friendly vessels, p. 519

Cosmas Indicopleustes, voyage to India and description of Ceylon, A.D. 535, pp. 154-155

Crete, vast armament for the reduction of, prepared at Constantinople, p. 225

Crusades, the four first, their objects and results, pp. 238-246

——, the first and second, disastrous to those who planned them, p. 238

——, the third, successful in the capture of Acre, Cæsarea, and Jaffa, p. 239

——, the fourth, diverted from its original purpose to the aid of Venice in the capturing of Zara and Constantinople, pp. 240-246

Custom-houses, Roman, with garrisons, in all the ports of the Red Sea, p. 106


Dacia, province of, ceded to the Goths by Aurelian, p. 192

Danes, The, land in the Island of Thanet, A.D. 753, p. 345

——, nature, names, and outfit of their ships, pp. 345-6

Danish Kings rule in Ireland and over Orkneys and Shetland Islands, p. 347

David, King, the first to open out the trade with Ophir, p. 27

——, the Jews owe to him their first practical knowledge of commerce, p. 28

Dead-reckoning by observation of the sun and stars all that the ancients had really to rely on, Introd. p. xli

Dias, Bartholomew, discovers the Cape of Good Hope on his return voyage from Algoa Bay to Portugal, p. 553

Duties, higher, imposed by Augustus on articles of luxury than of necessity, p. 174


Eastern Empire, its vast extent, from the Adriatic to Æthiopia and Persia, p. 215

Edgar, the first to have separate fleets at different stations to resist the Danish invasions, p. 358

English Fleet, wages of sailors of the fleet of Edward I., Append. 5, pp. 632-4

——, first roll of, A.D. 1347, p. 411;
  and at length in Append. 6, pp. 634-6

——, item of repairs of ships of Edward III., at Bayonne, Append. 7, pp. 636-641

——, pay of sailors, soldiers, &c., on board of, pp. 412-13

Egypt, the oldest granary for corn, as proved from Genesis, ch. xli., p. 26

——, under Pharaohs, an agricultural country, p. 46

——, commerce of, greatly promoted by the Greeks of Naucratis, p. 49

——, sailors of, bargemen employed on the Nile and canals rather than seamen, p. 50

——, boats of, how built and navigated, according to Herodotus, pp. 50-57

——, many and various kinds of vessels in, for cargoes, passengers, funeral purposes, but no large sea-*