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England liable to lose more than any other nation by the present laws as to captures at sea, p. 358

—— imposes countervailing duties in reply to the American protectionists, p. 368

Englishmen of all ranks gallantly support Henry VIII. in his resistance to the French, p. 92

—— arm ships on pretence of avenging the misdeeds of the Inquisition, p. 111

—— acquire more knowledge of West Indies and Mexico through accession of Philip and Mary, p. 109

English Protection System (under Henry VIII.), defensible on the ground that the Italian republics did the same, p. 52

English Merchant Vessels of sixteenth century badly built, and slow as sailers, p. 54

English Trade less injured than had been expected by the quarrels with Spain, p. 54


Food, ordinary allowances of, per head, in merchant vessels bound on long voyages, p. 502

Foreign and Neutral Shipping, immense increase of, in English ports on the recommencement of the French War, p. 286

Fox, Mr., tries to make peace with France, 1806, p. 290

——, issues the first Order of Council for the blockade of the French Coasts April 18, 1806, p. 291

France collects vast fleets with the view of crushing Henry VIII., p. 91

—— furious at the Treaty concluded by Mr. Jay and Lord Grenville, p. 358

—— issues a decree that she will treat neutrals as they allow England to treat them, p. 359

—— condemns and destroys American vessels with every form of injustice, pp. 360-2

France, Coast of, blockaded in 1804, from Fécamp to Ostend, p. 383

Free-Trade, the warmest advocates of, saw no harm in depriving Africans of their liberty, p. 204

—— not really acknowledged by the Americans any more than by the mother-country, p. 256

Free Traders of the outposts think themselves as well qualified to judge of the Indian Trade as the directors of the E. I. C., p. 460

——, whenever they had once established a footing in India, always beat the Company, p. 481


Gage, General, seizes stores at Boston, p. 236

Gama, Estevan de, expedition of, p. 30

Gama, Paul de, brother of Vasco, dies at Terceira, p. 21

Gama, Vasco de, names of his ships different in different chroniclers, p. 4

——, solemn preparations for his departure, p. 7

——, commencement of his voyage, July 9, 1497, p. 8

—— threatens revenge on the King of Calicut, p. 16

—— obtains pilots for the King of Melinde, and sails for Portugal, p. 20

—— reaches the Tagus on return from his first voyage, Sept. 18, 1499, p. 21

—— created "Dom," page 22

——, great value of the goods brought by him from India on first voyage, p. 23

——, second expedition of, for revenge rather than for commerce, p. 24

—— agrees with King of Portugal to revenge themselves on the Moors of Calicut, p. 24

——, second expedition of, starts March 25, 1502, attacks the Moors on Coast of India, and wars on all the people except those of Cananore, Cochym, and Coulam, p. 34

——, horrible barbarities of, at Calicut, p. 35

—— sails for Cochym and Coulam, p. 37

——, horrible cruelty of, to the second ambassador of the King of Calicut, p. 40

—— entirely destroys the fleet collected by the King of Calicut, p. 42

—— reaches Portugal at the close of his second voyage, Nov. 10, 1503, p. 43

—— goes to India for the third time in 1524, p. 47