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Ships, decorations of, various names of, ceremonies at the launching of, officers employed in—the master, mate, boatswain, with various details of—rig and sails, undergirders, anchors and cables, and decks, Introd. pp.xxx-xxxvii

——, speed of, recorded instances of, in ancient authors, Introd. p. xliv

——, tin-freighted, anecdote of the captain of a, p. 11

——, possible that some as large as those of Ptolemy Philopater may have been constructed, p. 65

——, remarkable, of Olaf and Swein, Kings of Norway, and of Earl Godwin, pp. 357-8

—— of Italian Republics, stringent regulations regarding, when at sea, p. 502

—— of the Middle Ages, their decorations, &c., pp. 536-7

Silkworms brought from China by two monks, and reared by order of Justinian, in Greece, p. 216

Silver so abundant in Spain that Aristotle states that the Phœnicians made their anchors of it, p. 9

Singhalese at no period fond of maritime pursuits, p. 155

Slaves, a considerable item in the trade from Ireland, Saxony, Denmark, &c., p. 358

Solomon, King, promotes Jewish commerce, by commercial arrangements with Hiram, King of Tyre, his fleets being manned by Tyrian sailors, but under Jewish super-*cargoes, pp. 29-30

—— his fleets essentially coasters, p. 31

——, commerce promoted by him died almost with his death, p. 32

Spain largely supplied Rome with mineral products, p. 179

——, commercial treaty with England A.D. 1351, p. 424

Spices, enormous quantities of, imported from India to Rome, p. 110

St. Paul, account of the ship of, from a work by Mr. Smith, of Jordan Hill, Introd. p. xxxvii

Stanhope, Michael, Vice-Admiral of Suffolk, fine seal of, p. 401

Swyn, splendid victory off, A.D. 1340, and superiority of English sailors in naval tactics and intrepidity, p. 435


"Tarshish, ships of," probably a phrase like our modern one of "Indiamen," p. 9

Tennent, Sir Emerson, excellent work on Ceylon by, p. 156

Tin brought in the largest quantities from the Scilly Islands, partly in Phœnician ships to Gades, partly on horses' backs across France to Narbonne, and early used with alloy of copper in "lion-weights" from Nineveh, and "Celts" from European graves, p. 10

Toscanelli, P., the best cosmographer of his days, supports the views of Columbus, p. 556

Trajan, Emperor, supposed galley of, found at the bottom of Lake Riccio, Introd. p. xxix

Treaty between Charlemagne and Offa, A.D. 796, pp. 343-4

Triremes, the first, said to have been built by the Corinthians, p. 254

Truro, pig of tin preserved there, p. 10

Tudela, Benjamin of, his testimony as to the state of Constantinople and the East in the twelfth century, p. 224

Turks, The, first make good their footing in Europe A.D. 1341, and gradually secure the country round Constantinople and Adrianople A.D. 1360-1389, p. 251

Tyre, traders of, extended their commercial intercourse to the Northern and Erythræan seas, Introd. p. xix

——, its commerce with the East carried on by caravans from Arabia Felix to Petra, and thence to Gaza, Askalon, and Ashdod, p. 13

——, merchants of, the first to establish agencies and factories and regular colonies, with a commercial policy liberal and enlightened in intercourse with other peoples, and worthy of imitation by some of the nations of our own times, pp. 15-16


Ulysses, ship of, described by Homer, Od. v. 243, Introd. p. xxvii


Vandals plunder Spain and Africa, p. 209