Marryat, Captain Frederick (the novelist), 262

Mars, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 164, 165

Mars (French), 205

Marseilles, 115, 130, 132, 137, 138, 233

Martens, Von, 11

Mason, Captain, 300

Mauritius, Island of, 242, 243, 245, 246, 247, 249, 251, 255

Maxey, Lieutenant, 307

Maximilian, Emperor, 19

McBride, Captain, 195

McKenzie, Captain Kenneth, 341, 342

Mentor, 111-115

Mercury, 81, 86

Mersey, River, 114

Messina, 129

Midshipman Easy, 185, 198

Miller, Captain, 140

Mill Prison, Plymouth, 289;
diet, etc., of American prisoners in, 293

Mill Prison, Barney's escape from, 293-295;
a very slack prison, 296, 298

Monk, 215, 216

Montserrat (West Indies), 239

Moor, Captain Edward, 115-117

Morecock, Captain, 149

Morocco, 177

Mostyn, Captain Savage, 161, 162

Mount-Edgecumbe, Lord, 297, 304

Mozambique, 242

Munroe, Captain, 278, 279


Nancy, 116

Nantes, 229, 239

Nantucket, 324

Naples, 132

Naval Chronicle, The, 265

Navigator, 243

Navy Board, The, 265

Nelson, Lord, 12, 51

Neptune, 159

Neptune (Dutch), 202-204

Newcastle, 9

Newfoundland, Banks of, 115, 149

New York, 274, 281, 285, 286, 289, 290 n., 307

Nicolas, Sir Harris, 7 n.

Nonsuch (alias Sanspareil), 220-224, 226

Norman, Mr. C.B., 200, 217, 233 n., 235, 238

Notre Dame de Deliverance, 150

Nova Scotia, 336


Oléron, Judgments of, 198, 199, 200

Onslow, Captain, 290

Oppenheim, Mr. M., 29

Oran, 142

Orissa (India), 252

Orotava (Teneriffe), 47

Osborn, Captain, 246

Ostend, 75, 76

Oughton, Captain (in Marryatt's novel), 262


Packets, description of, 329

Page, Mr., 51, 52

Painpeny, French captain, 352

Palme, 202, 204

Panama, 62, 63

Panama, Gulf of, 35

Parfait, 235, 236

Paris, Declaration of, 364

Parker, Admiral Sir Hyde, 51

Parker, John, 44

Parnell, Captain, 165

Payta, 84

Pembroke, 235-238

Penelope, 342, 343, 344, 347, 348, 349, 350, 352

Peregrine, 86

Pernambuco, 308

Peru, 61, 68, 69, 89, 334

Philadelphia, 299

Phillips, Lieutenant Baker, 193;
his tragic end, 194, 195

Phillips, Captain, 95, 96

Phœnix, 235, 236

Pickering, Captain, 37

Piece of Eight, The value of, 67

Pirates, 1;
confused with privateers, 1, 14, 72;
Flemish, 20, 21;
Mediterranean, 153

Pitt, Mr. William, Minister, 103, 105

Plantagenet, 318, 321, 323

Plymouth, 76, 106, 216, 264, 296, 297

Pomona, 282-284;
inaccurate accounts of her capture, 285, 286, 287, 290

Pondicherry, 242

Port Louis, Mauritius, 256

Port Royal, Jamaica, 120

Portsmouth, 99, 195

Portugal, King of, 6, 7 n., 8

Portuguese mate; his hatred of Surcouf, 244, 245

"Pretty shop-girl," Du Guay Trouin's friend, 216-219

Powell, Commodore, 74

Prince de Neufchatel, 324

Prince Edward, 178, 179

Prince Eugene, 75

Prince Frederick, 149, 177, 179, 180, 183, 184, 185

Prince George (Jas. Talbot's ship), 149

Prince George (Geo. Walker's tender), 178, 179

Prince of Orange, 214, 217

Princess Amelia, 177, 178, 179

Princess Royal (Admiral Byron's flagship), 290 n.

Princess Royal packet, 330-333

Prisoners of war, alleged cruel treatment of American, 271, 287-289

Privateering, origin of, 4, 5;
only applicable to a state of war, 6;
value of, 9;
when fully recognised, 9;
success in 16th century, 9;
drawbacks of, 10, 11, 12;
against Spanish treasure-ships in South Seas, 35;
French men-of-war lent for, 192;
future of, 364, 365

Privateers, number employed in French and American wars, 10;
Scotch, 11;
some fine men among commanders, 12;
diversity of opinion about, 11, 12, 269, 270, 271, 273;
exaggerated accounts of actions by, 271;
an American, and Welsh prize, 271, 272;
humanity of American, 272, 273;
exploits of two colonial, 333-340

Private vessels employed as men-of-war, 5

Profound, 213

Prudente, 246

Puna, Island of (South America), 63, 64, 66, 68, 335


Quakers, 41, 43

Quebec, 300

Querangal, Lieutenant François de, 103

Quibo, Island of, 90


Ranc, Captain (Dutch), 204

Rangoon, 250

Ransoming prizes forbidden, 202, 233

Reid, Captain Samuel C., 317, 318, 319, 321, 322

Rennes, 209

Revenant (the Ghost), Surcouf's last ship, 261

Rhode Island, 275, 281

Richardson, Captain, 349

Riddle, Mr., 178

Rio Janeiro, 52, 256

Robertson, Mr., 357, 360

Robinson Crusoe, 40, 57

Robinson, Captain Isaiah, 282-286

Robuste, 281

Rochefort, 219

Rodney, Admiral Lord, 287

Roebuck, 36, 37

Rogers, John, 45, 63

Rogers, Com. Josias, 299, 300, 301, 303

Rogers, Acting Captain W. (of Windsor Castle packet), 354-357

Rogers, Woodes;
wrongly alluded to as a pirate, 14, 72;
his birth and parentage, 41;
proposes expedition to South Seas, 41;
some Quakers among his owners, 41;
his lucid account of his voyage, 42;
sails in Duke with Duchess, 42;
puts into Cork, 42;
constitution of council, 43;
staff of the two ships, 43, 44;
Dampier sailing master, 44;
mixed crews, 45;
"continually marrying," 45, 46;
condition of the ships, 46;
sails for Madeira, 46;
refuses demand of crew, who mutiny, 46;
"breaking unlawful friendships," 47;
captures Spanish vessel off Teneriffe, 47;
his amenities with his prisoners, 47;
dispute about his prize, 48;
crossing the Tropic, 48, 49;
his rules about plunder, 49;
loses his linguist at St. Vincent, 50;
frequent exchange of visits at sea, 50, 51;
more mutiny; his firmness, 51, 52;
he has prayers read daily, 52;
refits ships at Isle Grande, 52, 53;
"logs" Mr. Carleton Vanbrugh, and sends him to Duchess, 53;
celebrates New Year's Day, 53;
a mishap to Duchess, 54;
goes far South, and doubles Cape Horn, 54;
arrives off Juan Fernandez, 55;
finds Alexander Selkirk and makes him a mate, 56-59;
leaves Juan Fernandez, 60;
Vanbrugh received on board again, 60;
more rules about plunder, 60, 61;
converts two small prizes to his own uses, 61, 62;
Vanbrugh again in trouble, 62;
captures two prizes; his brother killed in action, 63;
arrives in Gulf of Guayaquil, 63;
captures Governor of Puna, 63;
disquieting news, 64;
sends boats to attack Guayaquil, 64;
finds people alert, 65;
cautious counsels, 65;
lands and attacks successfully, 66;
disappointed of treasure, 66;