Fame (Captain Wright), 128-131, 135, 142

Faussett, Lieutenant Robert, 322

Fayal, Azores, 317, 318, 322

Fenn, Captain, 357, 358

Ferrol, 180, 186

Feuquières, M. de, 234, 236, 237

Fisher, Lieutenant, 36

Flamborough, 97

Fleuron, 158-160, 162, 163, 234

Fleury, Cardinal, 239

Flodden Field, Battle of, 19

Florence, 125

Fly-boat, 30

Forteventura, Island of, 47

Fortune, 360-362

Foster, Captain William, 97, 98, 101, 104

Fourmentin, Denis, 262, 263

François, 219, 221

Frio, Cape, 77, 92

Funnell, William, 38


Gabriel, John, 68

Galapagos Islands, 68, 69, 73, 89

General Armstrong, 319-324

General Monk, 299-303;
conflicting accounts of action, 303

General Pickering, 304-306

General Washington (Silas Talbot's ship), 280

General Washington (afterwards General Monk, then recaptured), 299

Genoa, Gulf of, 234

George, 169

George II., King, 132

George III., King, 55, 246 n.

Gibraltar, 100, 102, 104, 154, 357

Gibraltar, Strait of, 29

Glorioso, 181, 182

Godfrey, Captain, 337, 340

Godwin, Earl, 5

Golden Eagle, 304-306

Goldsworthy, Mr., Consul at Cadiz, 101

Good Hope, Cape of, 334

Gordon, Lieutenant James Edward, 314, 315

Grain-ships, French, 233-238

Green, Mr. John, 178

Grenedan, 211

Griffin, Captain Thomas, 161

Guadaloupe, Island of, 350

Guam, 70

Guano, 83

Guayaquil, 61, 63, 64, 69, 73, 88, 335, 336


Hall, Edward, Chronicler, 24, 25, 27

Hampton Court, 161, 162

Hampton Roads (America), 307

Haraden, Captain Jonathan, of Salem;
his skill and coolness under fire, 304, 306;
captures Golden Eagle by an almost incredible ruse, 304, 305;
captures Achilles, 305, 306;
doubtful story of capture of an English packet, 306;
other reference, 325

Harrison, John, maker of first chronometer, 55

Harwich, 200

Hatley, Simon, 69, 76, 78-81

Havre de Grace, 69

Hazard, Captain, 276

Henry III., King, 5, 8

Henry VIII., King, 9, 21, 24, 25, 27

Hercule, 213

Heron, 241

Hippomenes, 341

Hirondelle, 234

Hodgson, Captain, 360-362

Hood, Commodore, 349

Hope, Captain Henry, 324

Hopkins, Samuel, 44

Horn, Cape, 35, 37, 53, 80

Hotham, Captain Henry, 264

Howard, Lord Charles, 26

Howard, Lord Edward, 22, 24

Howard, Thomas, Earl of Surrey, 22

Howard, Lord Thomas, 22, 23, 26

Hull, 9

Hussar, 111

Hutchinson, William, 128, 134, 145-148

Hyder Ali, 299-303;
conflicting accounts of action, 303


Immortalité (British), 263, 264

Invention, 263-266

Iquique (South America), 83

Isis, 140

Isle Grande (Brazil), 52, 53

Isle de Rhé, 95 n., 96

Isle of Wight, 149


Jamaica, 13, 97, 118, 120

James II., King, 212

James III., of Scotland, 19, 20

James IV., of Scotland, 19, 20, 25

Jane, 257

Jason, 226, 228

Jean Bart, 246

Jenkins, Sir Leoline, 11, 365

Jenny Pirwin, 22, 24, 27

Jersey, 140

Jersey, prison ship at New York, 281

Jesu Maria, 90

Jeune Richard, 354-357

"John Crow" bird, 62

Jones, Paul, 13

Jonquière, M. de la, 80

Juan Fernandez, Island of, 37, 39, 40, 54, 55, 60, 66, 74, 82, 83, 87, 88, 89, 90


Katharine of Aragon, Queen, 27

Kent, 258-260

King David, 201

King George, 177, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 185, 186

King George (of Rhode Island), 275, 276, 277

King's Road, Bristol, 169

Kinsale, 37, 150, 192

Knights of St. John, 129


Ladrone Islands, 71

Lagos (Portugal), 6, 179

Lambert, Captain de, 235

Lanoix, a Huguenot seaman, 198-200

Lansdowne, 257

Lark, 140

La Rochelle, 261

Laughton, Sir John, 181

Le Fevre, 362-364

Leghorn, 127, 133, 134, 135, 137, 139, 140, 141

Le Mair, Strait of (South America), 80

Lenore, 224

Leslie, Bishop John, Scottish historian, 20, 22, 24, 27

Leslie, R.C., 72

Letters of marque;
abuse of term, 4;
instance in 1295, 6;
may be issued in time of peace, 8

Lima, 61, 62, 76, 83, 335

Limeno, 336

Limerick, 211

Lion (Andrew Barton's ship), 22, 23, 27

Lion, British man-of-war, 195, 196

Lisbon, 6, 7, 98, 100, 178, 186, 311

Liverpool, 12, 111, 112, 124

Liverpool (Nova Scotia), 336, 337, 340

Liverpool, 146

Lloyd, Captain Robert, 318, 320, 321

Lobos, Island of, 61, 89

L'Orient, 104, 243

Louis Erasmé, 150

Louis XIV., King of France, 47

Louis XVI., King of France, 246

Lowestoft, 134

Lucca, 125, 127

Lundy Island, 213

Lutwidge, Captain Skeffington, 289;
his log and letter about American prisoners, etc., 295, 296


Maclay, Mr. E.S., American naval writer, 270, 271, 272, 280, 284, 286, 287, 290, 292, 293, 297, 299, 305, 313, 314, 321, 322

Madagascar, 103

Madeira, 99, 171, 337

Madison, John, President of United States, 325

Madrid, 102, 105

Magee, W., 87

Magellan, Strait of, 87

Mahon (Corsica), 238

Majorca, Island of, 357 n.

Malaga, 208, 209

Malartic, General, Governor of Mauritius, 258

Malartic, 258

Malo, M. Henri, 207, 262

Malta, 129, 130, 136, 140, 142, 143, 233, 357

Mann, Sir Horace, 125, 127, 138, 141

Manship, 257

Marcare, meaning of, 7 n.

Maria Theresa, 99

Marquis, 69

Marquis d'Antin, 150