Campo Florida, Prince of, 132

Canary Islands, 76, 77

Cancer, Tropic of, 48

Candis, Mrs. (who married Alexander Selkirk), 74

Cape May (Delaware), 300

Cape May Roads, 300

Cape Verde Islands, 50, 239

Caper, 4

Captain, 161

Caramania, 129

Cardigan, 271

Carnatic, 114

Carnation, 318, 319, 322

Carolina, North, 155

Carolina, South, 154

Caroline, Queen (of George II.), 195

Carronade, 9-pounder, 299, 303

Carroway, Captain, 307

Carthagena (South America), 229, 230, 231

Cartier, 251, 252, 255

Cassard, Jacques, French privateersman, his origin, 229;
joins expedition against Carthagena, 229;
gallantry and resource in attack, 230;
his suppression of pillage, etc., 230, 231;
appointed naval lieutenant, 231;
but goes privateering, 231;
desperate and successful action with a Dutchman, 232, 233;
admonished for ransoming prizes, 233;
convoys grain-ships to Marseilles, 234;
is cheated by the merchants, 234;
convoys more grain-ships, 235;
his desperate fight with two English war-ships, 236-238;
he captures both, 238;
supervises military works at Toulon, 238;
commands a squadron and makes various conquests, 239;
jealousy of aristocrats and his own imprudence land him in prison, where he dies, 239

Catharina, 169

Catherine, 357-360

Causand Bay (Devon), 296

Centaur, 348

Centurion, 246

Ceres, 342, 343, 344, 347, 349, 350, 352

Chance, 334-336

Charles, Archduke of Austria, 47

Charles II., King, 8, 11

Charles VI., Emperor, 75

Charnley, Captain John, 342, 346, 347, 350, 351, 352

Charon, 195

Chasseur, 312-316

Chatham, 226

Chesapeake Bay, 308

Chesapeake River, 282

Chiloe, 81

Cicero, 298

Cinque Ports, 37, 38, 39, 59, 61

Civil War (American), 13

Clarisse, 255, 256, 257

Clipperton, John, commands Success, with Speedy as consort (Captain Shelvocke), 76;
ill-will between them, 76;
separates from Shelvocke, 77;
leaves record at Juan Fernandez, 87;
has trouble with his crew, 88;
takes some prizes, 88;
one of them recaptured, 88, 89;
captures rich prize, 89;
she is recaptured by Spanish war-ships, 89;
takes to drink, 89;
some of his crew desert, 90;
encounters Shelvocke, 90;
they disagree and part, 91;
sails for China, 91;
returns home in an Indiaman, 91;
his death, 91;
other reference, 38

Clowes, Sir W. Laird, naval historian, 12 n., 313, 314

Cochon Gras, 197

Cochrane, Rear-Admiral the Hon. Alexander, 356

Coëtquen, 212

Coggleshall, George, American seaman and writer, 270, 314, 325

Colbert, French Minister of State, 204

Coldsea, Mr., 85

Coleridge, Samuel T., the poet, 81

Comet, 308, 310, 311, 312

Comte d'Artois, 195

Concepcion (Chili), 81

Concepcion, 91

Concorde, 210

Confederate States of America, 13

Confiance, 257, 258-260

Connelly, Mr., 66

Constable, Captain Charles, 235, 236, 237

Cooke, Edward, 51, 61

Cora, 308

Cork, 42, 43, 45

Corunna, 99, 104

Cosby, Captain, 281

Courier, 246

Courtney, Captain Stephen, 45, 60, 61

Courts-Martial:
Captain Charles Constable, of the Falcon, 238
Captain William Dampier, of the Roebuck, 36
Lieutenant James E. Gordon, of the St. Lawrence, 314, 315
Captain Thomas Griffin, of the Captain, 161
Captain Savage Mostyn, of the Hampton Court, 162
Lieutenant Baker Phillips, of the Anglesea, 193, 194
Captain Edward Rumsey, of the Pembroke, 238
Captain Matthew Smith, of the Diomede, 246
Surviving officers of the Nonsuch, 221

Creole, 247

Crow, Captain Hugh, 12, 13

Curaçao, 239, 340

Curtis, Vice-Admiral Sir Roger, 334

Cybèle, 246, 247

Cyclones of the Indian Ocean, 242


Dampier, William, circumnavigator and privateer, served in the Navy, 35;
a buccaneer, 36;
commands a man-of-war, 36;
is tried by Court-Martial and dismissed, 36;
commands St. George, privateer, with Cinque Ports as consort, 37;
South Sea voyage a failure, 37;
discontent, mutiny, and desertions, 37;
futile action with French ships, 37;
captures a large Spanish provision ship, 37;
parts from Cinque Ports, 38;
men desert with mate and steward, 38;
takes a brigantine and sails for East Indies, 38;
imprisoned in Dutch factory, 38;
arrives in England, 38;
controversy as to account of voyage, 38;
other references, 41, 44, 55, 58, 59, 64, 65, 73, 75

Dana, Richard, 83

Danes, The, 5

Daniel, Captain James, 82

Danycan, 211, 212

Dartmoor Prison, 281

Dartmouth, 157

Dartmouth, 185

Dash, 307

Dauphin, 204, 205

Dawson, Captain John, 112, 113, 114

Death, Captain, of the Terrible, 106, 109, 110, 111

Defiance, 98

Defoe, Daniel, 40, 57

Delaware Bay, 300

Delaware River, 300

Delft, 224, 225

Demerara, 341

Denham, Captain Robert, 177

Dentelle, 195, 196

De Pointis, 229, 231

De Ruyter, Dutch Admiral, 200

Deux Frères, 116

Diana, 251, 252, 254

Digby, Admiral, 296

Dinan, 240, 241

Dighton, Mass., 274

Diligente, 214, 215

Diomede, 246

Dominica, Island of, 350

D'Ongressill, Bernard, 6, 7, 8, 179

Doris, 323

Dottin, Captain Edward, 177, 183, 184, 185

Dover, Thomas, 43, 44, 55, 56, 58, 62, 65, 66, 71, 72

Dragon man-of-war, 214, 215

Dragon privateer, 277

Dreadnought, 161, 162

Dublin, 115

Dublin, 278-280

Du Cange, French archæologist, 7 n.

Du Casse, Governor of St. Domingo, 229, 230

Duc de Penthièvre, 99, 100, 102-104

Duchess, 42, 44, 46, 53, 54, 60, 62, 65, 71

Du Haies, Captain, 235

Duke (Rogers's ship), 42, 44, 46, 53, 59, 60, 61, 62, 65

Duke (Jas. Talbot's ship), 149, 150, 177, 179, 183, 185

Duke of Bedford, 171

Duke William, 154, 155

Duncan, Captain, 285

Dunkirk, 197, 201, 203, 204, 205, 207


Éclatant, 233

Edward the Confessor, King, 5

Edward I., King, 6

Elizabeth, 195

Elizabeth, Queen, 25

Ellen, 117-119

Elton, Captain Jacob, 192, 193

Emilie, 249-251

Endymion, 324

Esperance, 201

Eurydice, 149

Exeter, 298


Fair American, 300

Falcon, armed ship, captured by Du Guay Trouin, 220, 221

Falcon, man-of-war, captured by Jacques Cassard, 235, 236

Faluère, 225

Fame (Captain Moor), 115-117