  - Africa, first circumnavigated, 41.
- “America,” origin of the name, 63.
- America, visited by Norsemen, 45, 48.
- America Cup, races for, 190-195.
- American Arctic exploration, 86, 89, 90.
- Atlantic, North, early voyages in, 44.
- Atlantic Ocean, defined, 5.
- Atlantis, the fabled land of, 6.
- Alert, Arctic expedition of, 96.
- AlgÆ. See Seaweeds.
- Algerian pirates, 173.
- Ancient sea-animals, 259.
- AndrÉe’s Arctic balloon, 100.
- Animal life in the sea, 259-274.
- Animals inhabiting seaweeds, 251, 252, 257.
- Antarctic Ocean, defined, 7.
- Arabic commerce, 43.
- Arabs, as navigators, 52, 57.
- Arctic American coast traced, 81, 82, 83, 88.
- Arctic exploration, 77-100.
- Arctic Ocean, defined, 7.
- Armada, the Spanish, 114-117.
- Armor for ships, 136, 138, 145.
- Astrolabe, the, 53, 73.
- Australia, discovery of, 72, 76.
- Baffin, voyage to Baffin’s Bay, 79, 81.
- Balboa, discovers the Pacific, 64.
- Banks of Newfoundland, fishing on, 245.
- Barataria pirates of Louisiana, 179.
- Barbarossa, the brothers, 171.
- Barbary States, the, 174.
- Barentz and Barentz’s Sea, 78, 91.
- Barks described, 36, 38.
- Battle-ships, modern steel, 140-148.
- Bering, expeditions of, 80.
- Biremes, Greek and Roman, 108.
- BjÄrne’s discoveries, 46.
- Boats of the Egyptians, 28, 30, 57, 73.
- Irish moss, 255.
- Irish sea-wanderers, 44.
- Ironclads, early, 136.
- Jean Bart, the privateer, 182.
- Jeannette, voyage of the, 94.
- Kane, Dr. E. K., Arctic exploration by, 86.
- Kearsarge and Alabama, 136.
- Kearsarge wrecked, 201.
- Kelp and kelp-ash, 253, 256.
- Kidd, Captain, the pirate, 178.
- Krakatoa, explosion of, 203.
- Kuroshiwo (Japan current), 22, 24.
- Lafitte, the pirate, 189.
- La Plata, Rio, first entered, 69.
- Lateen rigs, 32, 34.
- Lead keels, 194.
- Lee-board, explained, 179.
- Leif Erikson’s voyage, 47.
- Lepanto, victory of, 111.
- Letters of marque, 180.
- Life-saving service, the United States, 227.
- Lighthouses, arrangements for lighting, 216.
- Lighthouses, history of, 211, 212, 213, 254.
- Light-ships, American, 216.
- Line-of-battle ships, 121, 134.
- Live stock carried on long voyages, 163.
- Lockwood reaches “highest north,” 98.
- Lug-sails explained, 133.
- McClure, Arctic exploration by, 84, 87.
- Maelstrom, the, 19.
- Magellan circumnavigates the world, 69.
- Magnetic pole determined, 82.
- Maps, early, 50, 53, 54, 62.
- Masts, names of, 36.
- Medieval ships, 33.
- Mediterranean Sea, defined, 9.
- Melville’s search for Jeannette survivors, 95.
- Mercator, the map-maker, 72.
- Merchants of the Sea, the, 155-170.
- Mines, submarine, 148.
- Minot’s Ledge lighthouse, 214.
- Mollusks, utility of, 269.
- Monitor, the, 139, 141.
- Morgan, the pirate, 69.
- South America, discovery of, 61, 62.
- South Sea. See Pacific Ocean.
- Spanish conquerors in West Indies, 177.
- Spitzbergen, 91, 233.
- Sponges and their taking, 265.
- Spritsail-mast, the, 34.
- Square-rig, examples of, 33.
- Starfishes, damage by, 265.
- Steamships, development of, 165, 168.
- Steamships, ocean courses of, 168.
- Steamships, records of transatlantic, 166.
- Steerage passage, the, 163.
- Steering, methods of, 29.
- Suez Canal, the, 41, 169.
- Table of sea-road distances, 170.
- Tactics, naval, 107, 115, 118, 121, 135.
- Tasman, voyages of, 72.
- Telegraph, submarine, 161.
- Tides, explained, 17.
- Topsail schooner, described, 36.
- Torpedo-boats, 140, 150-154.
- Torpedoes and submarine mines, 148.
- Trafalgar, battle of, 126.
- Trawls described, 246, 272.
- Treasure-ships, Spanish, 173, 178, 182.
- Trepang, or bÊche la mer, 266.
- Tripoli, bombardment of, 174.
- Triremes, Greek and Roman, 108.
- Tunnies, fishing for, 244.
- Turtles, as a danger to divers, 272.
- United States exploring expedition, 76.
- United States, naval incidents, 128, 174, 183.
- Vasco da Gama, 56, 157.
- Vega, voyage of, north of Asia, 93.
- Venice, state barge of, 112.
- Venus’-comb shell, 274.
- Verrazano, voyage of, 68.
- Vespucci, Amerigo, voyages of, 62.
- Vesuvius, the dynamite-cruiser, 154.
- Vikings, origin and voyages of, 29, 44.
- Vinland visited, 47.
- Transcriber’s Note:-
The original spelling, hyphenation, accentuation and punctuation has been retained, except for apparent typographical errors. In Chapter 10, the quotation following the 10th paragaph stated: On her port side she carries a red light, and it is so shut in that it cannot be seen from the port side or from behind. This has been corrected to read: On her port side she carries a red light, and it is so shut in that it cannot be seen from the starboard side or from behind. |
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