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Galleys, general conclusions relative to their rating or classing of, p. 296 Gaul supplies Rome with minerals, corn, salt pork, and cloths, p. 180 Genoa of comparatively little importance till it obtained the chief power in the East by its restoration of the Greek empire, whereby it obtained settlements at Galata and Pera, p. 247 —— gradually absorbs the whole commerce of Constantinople with the Black Sea and Central Asia, p. 248 —— makes war on Constantinople, whose Emperor, Cantacuzene, appeals to the Venetians and Turks for aid, p. 250 ——, long struggle between it and Venice, ending in its ruin, p. 250 —— restores Greek dynasty at Constantinople, p. 509 Genoese famous as shipbuilders—vessels built by them for Louis IX., A.D. 1268, pp. 510-14 Genoese pirates destroyed by the Turcoman ruler of Sinope, A.D. 1323, p. 519 Genoese ship of thirteenth century, probable representations of, from the MS. Virgil in Riccardi library, p. 513 —— of the sixteenth century, as given by Charnock, p. 518 Genoese ships, improbability of those described by Napier in his "History of Florence," pp. 514-16 Genseric seizes Carthage, crosses to Ostia, and captures Rome, pp. 210-212 —— destroys the fleet of Leo the Emperor of Constantinople, who had attempted to take Carthage, p. 213 Gessoriacum (Boulogne), Pharos or lighthouse at, constructed by Caligula, p. 180 Glesum (glass?), the native name for amber among the Suionæ, according to Tacitus, p. 12 Gnomon the most usual ancient nautical instrument, Introd. p. xl Goods, restitution of, ancient form for, Append. 13, pp. 654-6 Goths, first invasion of, A.D. 217, repressed by Caracalla, and divided, generally, into Ostro (east) and Visi (west), p. 191, note

Goths, general character of, ascertainable from the narrative of Tacitus in his essay "De Germanis," p. 192

—— take Philippopolis and slay the Emperor Decius, A.D. 257, p. 192

Grants, register of, Append. 12, pp. 653-4

Greece the only European country which reared silkworms from the time of Justinian to the twelfth century, p. 224

Greek Empire at Constantinople restored by the Genoese, A.D. 1261, p. 246

Guanahani, the first land reached by Columbus, one of the cluster of the Lucayos or Bahama Islands, now known as Watling Island, p. 577


Hadramaut, chief trade of, frankincense, p. 120

Hadrian builds the famous Roman wall from Walls End to the Solway, p. 325

Hanseatic League, the first between Hamburg and Lübeck, commences A.D. 1241, p. 397

——, its method of trading, pp. 420-2

Hanse-Towns, important treaty with, made by Henry IV., A.D. 1401, p. 437

——, its charges of piracy against the English, and counter-charges, pp. 438-9

Haweis, Rev. J. O. W., suggestions as to the arrangements of the oars and seats, Appendix 1, pp. 625-8

Henry V. raises the finest fleet yet created in England, and builds large ships at Southampton, pp. 441-2

Henry, Prince of Portugal, justly termed "the Navigator," sends expeditions along the Western Coast of Africa, pp. 550-1

Hiero, King of Syracuse, ship of, called the Alexandrian, probably not unlike the large American inland steamers, pp. 66-68

Hieroglyphics, Egyptian, key to the interpretation of, first discovered by Dr. Thomas Young, M.D., p. 44

Hindustan, the fame of its great wealth likely to attract conquerors at any period of history, p. 125

Hippalus, the discoverer of the Monsoons, believed to have lived in the