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Cabot, Sebastian, has a sanguinary encounter with the natives on the Parana, p. 72 —— is detained long on the Plata owing to want of support from Charles V., ibid.

—— returns ultimately to Bristol about 1549, p. 73

—— chief employment on return to England, the reduction of his observations on the variation of the needle, p. 74

——, during his retirement, largely consulted on all questions relating to the Mercantile Marine, ibid.

—— forms the association known by the name of the 'Merchant Adventurers' Company,' and becomes governor of that Company, p. 75

—— proposes to send ships to discover the "north" of Europe, p. 76

—— draws up the letters of instruction for the guidance of the Northern discoverers, p. 77

——, England more indebted to, than to "the navigation laws of Oliver Cromwell," p. 84

—— much injured by death of Edward VI. and the accession of Philip and Mary, p. 85

——, not known when or where he died, but alive as late as May 25th, 1557, p. 86

Calçadilha, Bishop, celebrates mass previously to the starting of Vasco de Gama, p. 7 —— preaches on "the grandeur of India and its miraculous discovery," p. 23 Calicut, arrival of the Portuguese at, p. 13 ——, Moorish traders of, mistrust the Portuguese, ibid.

——, treaty concluded with, by the Portuguese, p. 15

——, treachery of the Moors and king of, p. 16

——, destruction by Vasco de Gama of large Moorish ships from, p. 32

——, de Gama refuses all peace with the people of, and bombards it, ibid.

——, king of, determines to avenge himself on the cruelty of de Gama, p. 37

Calicut, second embassy from king of, to de Gama, p. 40 Canada, emigration encouraged with, partly with a view of England's becoming independent of the Baltic and Russian trade, p. 288 ——, great value of the trade with, in timber for ship-building purposes, ibid.

Cananore, King of, friendly relations between, and the Portuguese, p. 16

——, arranges trade with the Portuguese, p. 33

——, factory built at, by the Portuguese, p. 34

——, and completed before de Gama returns to Europe, p. 43

Carew, Sir Peter, ordered by Queen Elizabeth to suppress piracy in West of England, 1564, p. 118

Carpenter, if he ships as an able seaman, must do seaman's work, p. 523

Carteret, Capt., the discoverer of Pitcairn's Island, the future home of the mutineers of the Bounty, p. 219

Castlereagh, Lord, extraordinary influence of, in counteracting the schemes of Napoleon, p. 338

Catherine, Empress, declaration of, 1780, to the Courts of St. James, Versailles, and Madrid, p. 260

—— places herself at the head of an armed neutrality of Denmark, Sweden, and Russia, p. 261

——, attempt of the Emperor Paul to carry out the plan of the armed neutrality proposed by, p. 262

Catholics, all the ships of, considered by the English fair prize, p. 137

Cavendish, T., memorable voyage of, to the East Indies in 1591, p. 153

Chancellor, Richard, reaches the bay of St. Nicholas, where now Archangel, and making his way across Russia to Moscow, opens the first commercial intercourse between England and Russia, p. 81

—— returns to England with the first Russian ambassador—but is drowned at Pitsligo, Nov. 7, 1556, p. 82

Charles I. seizes charters of Colonies on the pretence that they were not rightly granted, p. 168

Chaumont, treaty of, and league between England and the European powers against Napoleon, p. 338