La Cosa, Juan de: his expeditions to America,iii. 303,304,307,308,309,310;his character and death,309,310,311Lacquer-work in Japan,iv. 40“Lady Franklin”: the search for Franklin,iii. 207La Hogue, battle of,ii. 32Lake Menzaleh, on the Suez Canal; catching pelicans,i. 112,116“La Marguerite,”on the Goodwin Sands,ii. 253Lambert, James, a blind native of Calton, a suburb of Glasgow: his heroism in saving life from drowning,iv. 268Land crabs,iv. 152,153Land’s End,iv. 207Lapland, Dutch Expedition to,iii. 142La Perouse: his monument in Petropaulovski,i. 132Lardner, Dr.: steam navigation,ii. 106Lascars, as sailors,i. 43Las Casas: his account of Spaniards in America,iii. 312,313Laube, Dr.: Arctic voyage of the“Hansa,”iii. 259,263Laudanum stew given to treacherous Esquimaux,iii. 243La Valette: his defence of Malta,i. 102Lay’s torpedo,ii. 151,153Leake, Sir John: his defence of Gibraltar,i. 94Leeuw, Hannequin, the pirate,i. 275Leigh, Amyas, the hero of Kingsley’s“Westward Ho!”i. 43Lentzé, Herr: his co-operation with M. de Lesseps,i. 111Lesseps, F. M. de: the Suez Canal,i. 107Letters of Marque,i. 270;iii. 2Lewis, Richard:“The Life-boat and its Work,”ii. 210Lewson, Admiral Sir Richard,ii. 19Liessou, M.: his co-operation with M. de Lesseps in the Suez Canal,i. 110Life saved from shipwrecks; statistics,ii. 320;iv. 262,267Lifeboat, The,ii. 209–235;its origin and history,210;Lionel Lukin,ib.;Wouldhave and Greathead,ib.;George IV.,ib.;Duke of Northumberland,211;Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe,ib.;National Life-boat Institution,ib.;Sir William Hillary,212;saving life on the“St. George,”213;“self-righting,”214;“Aid,”steam-tug, Ramsgate,215–234;“Ann,”loss of a lifeboat,212,216;“Samaritano”wrecked; saving of life,217–223;loss of a Portuguese brig,225–228;lifeboat and carriage,217;group of lifeboat men,229;“Providentia,”230–236;at Penzance,iv. 219;at Padstow,221;Deal,242Lighthouse, The, and its history,ii. 156;Pharos of Alexandria,158;Roman Pharos, Dover,ib.;Tower of Cordouan,157;the Eddystone, its history and construction,156,159–171;lighthouses of the British Channel,171;the“Bell Rock”lighthouse on the Inchcape Rock,173;lighthouse on the Skerryvore Rocks,175–178;lighthouse of Héhaux, Brittany,178–181;lighthouses on land; Maplin Sands light,182;Port Fleetwood,ib.;iron lighthouses,ib.;the lanterns,183,187;tallow candles,ib.;coal fires,ib.;Argand burner,184;reflectors,ib.;electric light at sea,185;flashing, revolving, and coloured lights,184,186;lanterns obscured by moths, bees, and birds,187;St. Anthony’s Point, Falmouth,iv. 222;Bishop Rock Lighthouse,ii. 269,270;Lizard light,iv. 208;Wolf lighthouse,210Light vessel on the Goodwin Sands,iv. 244Lightning, Scientific cruise of the,i. 30Lima,i. 172;Sir F. Drake at,310Limpets,iv.40Lindsay, W. S., his“History of Merchant Shipping,”i. 3,266;ii. 11,14,99,117,119;iv. 10Lisbon, view in the 16th century,iii. 281Liverpool: statistics of shipping,ii. 198;“Liverpool,”tugboat at the wreck of the“Deutschland,”ii. 273,274Livingston, Robert R.: his association with Fulton; early steam vessels,ii. 90–93;“Clermont,”93Living wonders of the ocean,iv. 160Lizard Rock and Lizard Light,iv. 208,223;shipwreck,224Lloyd’s: classification of ships,ii. 123;interior and exterior of Lloyd’s,124,125;history of Lloyd’s,125,126;Underwriter’s room,128Lobsters,iv. 151,154,157Lobster fishing,iv. 156Lobster, blind, from the Atlantic,i. 31,32“Locker,”the word;“Davy Jones’s Locker and its Treasures;”pearls, corals, sponges, diving,iv. 66–90Loggan Stone,iv. 208Lolonois, Francis, the Pirate,iii. 16–28London: statistics of shipping,ii. 198;Great Storm of 1703,207“London,”swamped at sea,ii. 289–297Longfellow’s“Wreck of the Hesperus,”iv. 299,300Longitude, first taken by observation of heavenly bodies,iii. 149Longwood, St. Helena, residence of Napoleon,i. 213Looe, Cornwall,iv. 212;Looe Island,214Lord, Major, on lobsters,iv. 151,155Lord Warden,i.59Lost at Sea: ships never heard of,iv. 283Low, Captain Edward, a ferocious pirate,iii. 71Lucas, Captain of theRedoubtableat Trafalgar,i. 10,11Lunar halo,iii.221Lyon, Capt.: Arctic exploration,iii. 175,176;extreme danger of theGriper, his prayers for preservation,177Macao,i. 121Macartney, Lord: suppression of mutiny at the Cape,i. 256MacClean, Mr., C. E., his co-operation in the Suez Canal,i. 110McClintock, Sir F. Leopold: the“Fox”expedition in search of Franklin,iii. 216;relics of Franklin obtained from Esquimaux,227;portrait,224MacGahan, J. A., of theNew York Herald: his account of the cruise of the“Pandora,”iii. 92MacGregor, Lt.-General Sir Duncan, K.C.B., burning of the“Kent,”i. 68,69,71Mackay’s“Popular Delusions”: the South Sea Bubble,ii. 43Mackerel and Mackerel Fishing,iv. 176Maclure, Capt.: Search for Sir John Franklin in theInvestigator,iii. 211;North-west passage found,212;portrait,213Macquarie, Governor: on the population of Australia,i. 153McQuhæ, Capt., his account of the sea-serpent,iv. 186Madagascar, English pirates at,iii. 62“Madre de Dios,”taken by the Earl of Cumberland,i. 293Madrepores,iv. 122,124Magdalena Bay, Spitzbergen,iii. 166,167Magellan, Ferdinand de: discovery of Magellan’s Straits,iii. 316;of the Philippine Islands,317;battle with Indians, Magellan killed,ib.Magnetic Pole discovered by Sir James Ross,iii. 187Mahoney, Gunner, his swim across the Hellespont,iv. 258Major, R. H., F.S.A. Arctic exploration by the brothers Zeni,iii. 47Malacca, Islands in the Straits,i. 129;view in the Straits,145Malay population of the Cape of Good Hope,i. 206Malay prahus,i. 149Malay sailors,i. 43Malta,i. 96,98;view,96;Valetta,98;climate, fruits, inhabitants,99;buildings, history of the island,ib.;defended by the Knights of St. John,100;catacombs at Citta Vecchia,101,103;Maltese cross,ib.;sieges,102;taken by Napoleon,ib.;won by England,ib.;scene of St. Paul’s shipwreck,103;garrison,104Mammoth: Bones of the, fossil ivory,iii. 162Mangosteen, the apple of the East,i. 150Mansvelt, the pirate,iii. 30Manure ships,ii. 122Maories of New Zealand,iv. 51,52Maplin Sands lighthouse,ii. 182Maracaibo: Lolonois the pirate at,iii. 19;the town attacked,21,22,24;taken by the pirate Morgan,37;letter from the Spanish admiral,iii. 39;fire ship,40;Morgan’s escape,43,44Margate life-boats,ii. 254,255Marigold, Drake’s vessel, lost,i. 308Marine artillery. (SeeArtillery)Markham, Commander, A. H.:AlertandDiscoveryexpedition,iii. 92,102,107,108,110Marquesite, supposed to contain gold,iii. 125,126Marryat, Captain, on sailors,i. 42,44;ceremonies on crossing the line,230;old war ships,215Marshall: his discovery of gold in California,i. 158Martin, Frederick:“History of Lloyd’s and Marine Insurance,”ii. 126Martin, John Bohun, Captain, lost in the“London,”ii. 291–295Martinique: the Diamond Rock; theCentaur,i. 161,187Masquerade on board theTerror,iii. 200Matamana, Cuba; Lolonois the pirate at,iii. 25Matavia Bay: mutiny of theBounty,i. 244Mauna Kea, a Japanese volcano,iv. 47,49Mauna Loa, a Japanese volcano,iv. 47Maxwell, Sir Murray, captain of theAlceste; wreck of the ship,i. 82May, gunner of theCaptain; his escape,i. 57,58“Medical Life in the Navy,”by Dr. Stables,i. 220Medina Sidonia, Duke of, commander of the Spanish Armada,i. 288Mediterranean: Round the World in a Man-of-war,i. 87-214;“The Mediterranean,”by Rear-Admiral Smyth,ib.;ancient and modern names of the Mediterranean,ib.,88;history and description of Gibraltar,88;saltness of the water,97;gales and storms,104Medusæ,iv. 116,195“Medusa,”Wreck of the,i. 75;the raft,76,77,78;starvation and illusions of the sufferers,79;combats, cannibalism, and murder,80,81;Géricault’s painting of the raft,81Mehemet Ali and M. de Lesseps,i. 108Melbourne, South Australia,i. 155;iv. 53,54Melville Bay,iii. 97;view of Cape York,iii. 228Menai Straits,ii. 300Mendoza, Don Fernando de: his ship,“Madre de Dios,”taken by the Earl of Cumberland,i. 293Men of Peace: naval life in peace times: the cruise of theChallenger,i. 28Men of the Sea: how boys become sailors; Amyas Leigh; training ships; old guard ships; routine and work on board;“watches”and“bells;”grog; the cat,i. 42–54Men of War: TheVictory,i. 4;Siege of Toulon,6;Battle of St. Vincent,7–9;Nelson’s bridge,8;Trafalgar,10–13;iron and wooden ships,9,13;Crimean War,15;Bombardment of Sebastopol,14,15;red-hot shot and Gibraltar,16,18;Ironclads,13,14;theWarriorand“La Gloire,”18;the“Merrimac,”its history,19;the“Cumberland”sunk,20,21,22;the“Congress”burned,ib.;the first“Monitor,”its engagement with the“Merrimac,”23,24,25;the“Shah”and“Huascar”engagement,26;the“Vesta”(Russian) and the“Assari Tefvik”(Turkish) ships, action between them,27;instruction on board,49;officer’s life on board,214;ward-room, captain’s cabin,215;between decks in the eighteenth century,217;doctors,220;officers and seamen of the eighteenth century,221;chaplains,222;engineers,224;American, English, and French sailors,226;ceremonies on“crossing the line,”229;ward-room, meals and music,231;mess and wine-caterers,ib.;present force of the Navy,ib.;cost of ironclads,231;history of the Navy,232;naval volunteers,232;rapid firing,ib.;artillery volunteers,233;drills,234;Royal Naval Reserve,234;pursers, their dishonesty, mutiny of the Nore,250(seeMutinies and);Round the World on a Man-of-War,87Menzaleh, Lake: on the Suez Canal, catching pelicans,i. 112,116Mermaids,iii. 146“Merrimac:”its work of destruction in Hampton Roads,i. 20–22;engagement with the“Monitor,”23–25;its history,18;ii. 139“Miantonoma:”monitor steamer,ii. 139,140;its circumnavigation of the world,142Michelet: his references to the sea,i. 2;iv. 290;Infusoria,iv. 112;Medusa,117;Echinoderms,126;Cephalopoda, cuttle-fish, octopus,143Microscope:“the sixth sense of man,”iv. 112Middleton, Sir Henry: East India trade,ii. 13Midshipmen,i. 47Miller, Patrick: propulsion of ships by steam,ii. 81–83Milne, Admiral: his report on the loss of theCaptain,i. 59Milne-Edwards, Dr.: his diving apparatus,iv. 113Milner, Rev. John: Duke of Edinburgh’s visit to the Cape,i. 205Milton: his reference to the sea,i. 2;iv. 290Mindry, Robert: his“Chips from the Log of an Old Salt,”i. 44Mines of Cornwall,iv. 215Minion, Sir John Hawkins’s ship,i. 299“Minnesota,”i. 20,24Mirage in the Straits of Fuca,i. 163Mississippi scheme,ii. 42Misson, Captain: the pirate,iii. 64–67Missouri river,iv. 16Mistral, or Grippe,i. 107Mocha,i. 117Mocha fleet attacked by Captain Kidd,iii. 56Mock suns (parahelia),iii. 132,150,152Mock moons,iii. 221Molluscs: phosphorescence of the sea produced by,iv. 97Monitors: the first engagement with the“Merrimac,”i. 22–26;a“dummy”monitor,ii. 138;the first“Monitor,”139Monkeys: at Gibraltar,i. 88,97;in Trinidad,182;eaten at Singapore,150Monson, Sir William: his“Naval Tracts,”his daring deeds,ii. 15;his captivity,17;at the Siege of Cadiz,ib.;destruction of the Spanish fleet,18;action at Cerimbra Roads,19,21;on Dutch fisheries,23;expedition against pirates,24;adventure at Broad Haven,25Monsoon,i. 129;iv. 95Montesino, M. de: his co-operation with M. de Lesseps,i. 111Moon, the. (SeeMock Moons.)Moore, Captain: search for Franklin in thePlover,iii. 207,211Moore, Lieutenant: his swim across the Hellespont,iv. 258Moore, Frank: his“Rebellion Record;”the“Merrimac;”and the“Monitor,”i. 19Moors in Spain,i. 88,90,93,94Morgan, Captain Henry: the pirate,iii. 29–51;portrait,41Mormondom; town of Echo, Utah, Salt Lake City,iv. 23“Morning Star”chased by De Soto the pirate,iii. 80Morrison, R. J., R.N.: loss of the“Rothsay Castle,”ii. 298Morton’s sledge journey; in Dr. Kane’s expedition,iii. 239;the open sea discovered,239,241;with Captain Hall in the“Polaris,”iii. 268Mounts Erebus and Terror,iii. 280Mount St. Elias, Alaska,i. 170Mount’s Bay and Mount St. Michael, Cornwall,iv. 223Müller, S.: his“Life of Vitus Behring,”iii. 160Mundy, Colonel: on Sydney, Australia,i. 154Munk, Jens: his Arctic voyage,iii. 150Murchison, Sir Roderick J.: his advocacy of Polar exploration,iii. 92Murex, a univalve shell,iv. 144“Murillo,”the“Northfleet”wrecked by her,ii. 263–267Murphy, J. M.: American railways,iv. 18;salmon of American rivers,166Murray, Mrs. William, shipwrecked;“Ten Terrible Days,”iv. 56Musquitoes,i. 222Mussels,iv. 129,132Mutiny: on the raft of the“Medusa,”i. 79;at Portsmouth,225;of the Nore,249;the“Lennie”mutineers,235;of theBounty,235–249;the crew at Otaheite,236;mutineers seizing Captain Bligh,237;Bligh cast adrift,240;on theWager,ii.52
La Cosa, Juan de: his expeditions to America,iii. 303,304,307,308,309,310;his character and death,309,310,311Lacquer-work in Japan,iv. 40“Lady Franklin”: the search for Franklin,iii. 207La Hogue, battle of,ii. 32Lake Menzaleh, on the Suez Canal; catching pelicans,i. 112,116“La Marguerite,”on the Goodwin Sands,ii. 253Lambert, James, a blind native of Calton, a suburb of Glasgow: his heroism in saving life from drowning,iv. 268Land crabs,iv. 152,153Land’s End,iv. 207Lapland, Dutch Expedition to,iii. 142La Perouse: his monument in Petropaulovski,i. 132Lardner, Dr.: steam navigation,ii. 106Lascars, as sailors,i. 43Las Casas: his account of Spaniards in America,iii. 312,313Laube, Dr.: Arctic voyage of the“Hansa,”iii. 259,263Laudanum stew given to treacherous Esquimaux,iii. 243La Valette: his defence of Malta,i. 102Lay’s torpedo,ii. 151,153Leake, Sir John: his defence of Gibraltar,i. 94Leeuw, Hannequin, the pirate,i. 275Leigh, Amyas, the hero of Kingsley’s“Westward Ho!”i. 43Lentzé, Herr: his co-operation with M. de Lesseps,i. 111Lesseps, F. M. de: the Suez Canal,i. 107Letters of Marque,i. 270;iii. 2Lewis, Richard:“The Life-boat and its Work,”ii. 210Lewson, Admiral Sir Richard,ii. 19Liessou, M.: his co-operation with M. de Lesseps in the Suez Canal,i. 110Life saved from shipwrecks; statistics,ii. 320;iv. 262,267Lifeboat, The,ii. 209–235;its origin and history,210;Lionel Lukin,ib.;Wouldhave and Greathead,ib.;George IV.,ib.;Duke of Northumberland,211;Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe,ib.;National Life-boat Institution,ib.;Sir William Hillary,212;saving life on the“St. George,”213;“self-righting,”214;“Aid,”steam-tug, Ramsgate,215–234;“Ann,”loss of a lifeboat,212,216;“Samaritano”wrecked; saving of life,217–223;loss of a Portuguese brig,225–228;lifeboat and carriage,217;group of lifeboat men,229;“Providentia,”230–236;at Penzance,iv. 219;at Padstow,221;Deal,242Lighthouse, The, and its history,ii. 156;Pharos of Alexandria,158;Roman Pharos, Dover,ib.;Tower of Cordouan,157;the Eddystone, its history and construction,156,159–171;lighthouses of the British Channel,171;the“Bell Rock”lighthouse on the Inchcape Rock,173;lighthouse on the Skerryvore Rocks,175–178;lighthouse of Héhaux, Brittany,178–181;lighthouses on land; Maplin Sands light,182;Port Fleetwood,ib.;iron lighthouses,ib.;the lanterns,183,187;tallow candles,ib.;coal fires,ib.;Argand burner,184;reflectors,ib.;electric light at sea,185;flashing, revolving, and coloured lights,184,186;lanterns obscured by moths, bees, and birds,187;St. Anthony’s Point, Falmouth,iv. 222;Bishop Rock Lighthouse,ii. 269,270;Lizard light,iv. 208;Wolf lighthouse,210Light vessel on the Goodwin Sands,iv. 244Lightning, Scientific cruise of the,i. 30Lima,i. 172;Sir F. Drake at,310Limpets,iv.40Lindsay, W. S., his“History of Merchant Shipping,”i. 3,266;ii. 11,14,99,117,119;iv. 10Lisbon, view in the 16th century,iii. 281Liverpool: statistics of shipping,ii. 198;“Liverpool,”tugboat at the wreck of the“Deutschland,”ii. 273,274Livingston, Robert R.: his association with Fulton; early steam vessels,ii. 90–93;“Clermont,”93Living wonders of the ocean,iv. 160Lizard Rock and Lizard Light,iv. 208,223;shipwreck,224Lloyd’s: classification of ships,ii. 123;interior and exterior of Lloyd’s,124,125;history of Lloyd’s,125,126;Underwriter’s room,128Lobsters,iv. 151,154,157Lobster fishing,iv. 156Lobster, blind, from the Atlantic,i. 31,32“Locker,”the word;“Davy Jones’s Locker and its Treasures;”pearls, corals, sponges, diving,iv. 66–90Loggan Stone,iv. 208Lolonois, Francis, the Pirate,iii. 16–28London: statistics of shipping,ii. 198;Great Storm of 1703,207“London,”swamped at sea,ii. 289–297Longfellow’s“Wreck of the Hesperus,”iv. 299,300Longitude, first taken by observation of heavenly bodies,iii. 149Longwood, St. Helena, residence of Napoleon,i. 213Looe, Cornwall,iv. 212;Looe Island,214Lord, Major, on lobsters,iv. 151,155Lord Warden,i.59Lost at Sea: ships never heard of,iv. 283Low, Captain Edward, a ferocious pirate,iii. 71Lucas, Captain of theRedoubtableat Trafalgar,i. 10,11Lunar halo,iii.221Lyon, Capt.: Arctic exploration,iii. 175,176;extreme danger of theGriper, his prayers for preservation,177Macao,i. 121Macartney, Lord: suppression of mutiny at the Cape,i. 256MacClean, Mr., C. E., his co-operation in the Suez Canal,i. 110McClintock, Sir F. Leopold: the“Fox”expedition in search of Franklin,iii. 216;relics of Franklin obtained from Esquimaux,227;portrait,224MacGahan, J. A., of theNew York Herald: his account of the cruise of the“Pandora,”iii. 92MacGregor, Lt.-General Sir Duncan, K.C.B., burning of the“Kent,”i. 68,69,71Mackay’s“Popular Delusions”: the South Sea Bubble,ii. 43Mackerel and Mackerel Fishing,iv. 176Maclure, Capt.: Search for Sir John Franklin in theInvestigator,iii. 211;North-west passage found,212;portrait,213Macquarie, Governor: on the population of Australia,i. 153McQuhæ, Capt., his account of the sea-serpent,iv. 186Madagascar, English pirates at,iii. 62“Madre de Dios,”taken by the Earl of Cumberland,i. 293Madrepores,iv. 122,124Magdalena Bay, Spitzbergen,iii. 166,167Magellan, Ferdinand de: discovery of Magellan’s Straits,iii. 316;of the Philippine Islands,317;battle with Indians, Magellan killed,ib.Magnetic Pole discovered by Sir James Ross,iii. 187Mahoney, Gunner, his swim across the Hellespont,iv. 258Major, R. H., F.S.A. Arctic exploration by the brothers Zeni,iii. 47Malacca, Islands in the Straits,i. 129;view in the Straits,145Malay population of the Cape of Good Hope,i. 206Malay prahus,i. 149Malay sailors,i. 43Malta,i. 96,98;view,96;Valetta,98;climate, fruits, inhabitants,99;buildings, history of the island,ib.;defended by the Knights of St. John,100;catacombs at Citta Vecchia,101,103;Maltese cross,ib.;sieges,102;taken by Napoleon,ib.;won by England,ib.;scene of St. Paul’s shipwreck,103;garrison,104Mammoth: Bones of the, fossil ivory,iii. 162Mangosteen, the apple of the East,i. 150Mansvelt, the pirate,iii. 30Manure ships,ii. 122Maories of New Zealand,iv. 51,52Maplin Sands lighthouse,ii. 182Maracaibo: Lolonois the pirate at,iii. 19;the town attacked,21,22,24;taken by the pirate Morgan,37;letter from the Spanish admiral,iii. 39;fire ship,40;Morgan’s escape,43,44Margate life-boats,ii. 254,255Marigold, Drake’s vessel, lost,i. 308Marine artillery. (SeeArtillery)Markham, Commander, A. H.:AlertandDiscoveryexpedition,iii. 92,102,107,108,110Marquesite, supposed to contain gold,iii. 125,126Marryat, Captain, on sailors,i. 42,44;ceremonies on crossing the line,230;old war ships,215Marshall: his discovery of gold in California,i. 158Martin, Frederick:“History of Lloyd’s and Marine Insurance,”ii. 126Martin, John Bohun, Captain, lost in the“London,”ii. 291–295Martinique: the Diamond Rock; theCentaur,i. 161,187Masquerade on board theTerror,iii. 200Matamana, Cuba; Lolonois the pirate at,iii. 25Matavia Bay: mutiny of theBounty,i. 244Mauna Kea, a Japanese volcano,iv. 47,49Mauna Loa, a Japanese volcano,iv. 47Maxwell, Sir Murray, captain of theAlceste; wreck of the ship,i. 82May, gunner of theCaptain; his escape,i. 57,58“Medical Life in the Navy,”by Dr. Stables,i. 220Medina Sidonia, Duke of, commander of the Spanish Armada,i. 288Mediterranean: Round the World in a Man-of-war,i. 87-214;“The Mediterranean,”by Rear-Admiral Smyth,ib.;ancient and modern names of the Mediterranean,ib.,88;history and description of Gibraltar,88;saltness of the water,97;gales and storms,104Medusæ,iv. 116,195“Medusa,”Wreck of the,i. 75;the raft,76,77,78;starvation and illusions of the sufferers,79;combats, cannibalism, and murder,80,81;Géricault’s painting of the raft,81Mehemet Ali and M. de Lesseps,i. 108Melbourne, South Australia,i. 155;iv. 53,54Melville Bay,iii. 97;view of Cape York,iii. 228Menai Straits,ii. 300Mendoza, Don Fernando de: his ship,“Madre de Dios,”taken by the Earl of Cumberland,i. 293Men of Peace: naval life in peace times: the cruise of theChallenger,i. 28Men of the Sea: how boys become sailors; Amyas Leigh; training ships; old guard ships; routine and work on board;“watches”and“bells;”grog; the cat,i. 42–54Men of War: TheVictory,i. 4;Siege of Toulon,6;Battle of St. Vincent,7–9;Nelson’s bridge,8;Trafalgar,10–13;iron and wooden ships,9,13;Crimean War,15;Bombardment of Sebastopol,14,15;red-hot shot and Gibraltar,16,18;Ironclads,13,14;theWarriorand“La Gloire,”18;the“Merrimac,”its history,19;the“Cumberland”sunk,20,21,22;the“Congress”burned,ib.;the first“Monitor,”its engagement with the“Merrimac,”23,24,25;the“Shah”and“Huascar”engagement,26;the“Vesta”(Russian) and the“Assari Tefvik”(Turkish) ships, action between them,27;instruction on board,49;officer’s life on board,214;ward-room, captain’s cabin,215;between decks in the eighteenth century,217;doctors,220;officers and seamen of the eighteenth century,221;chaplains,222;engineers,224;American, English, and French sailors,226;ceremonies on“crossing the line,”229;ward-room, meals and music,231;mess and wine-caterers,ib.;present force of the Navy,ib.;cost of ironclads,231;history of the Navy,232;naval volunteers,232;rapid firing,ib.;artillery volunteers,233;drills,234;Royal Naval Reserve,234;pursers, their dishonesty, mutiny of the Nore,250(seeMutinies and);Round the World on a Man-of-War,87Menzaleh, Lake: on the Suez Canal, catching pelicans,i. 112,116Mermaids,iii. 146“Merrimac:”its work of destruction in Hampton Roads,i. 20–22;engagement with the“Monitor,”23–25;its history,18;ii. 139“Miantonoma:”monitor steamer,ii. 139,140;its circumnavigation of the world,142Michelet: his references to the sea,i. 2;iv. 290;Infusoria,iv. 112;Medusa,117;Echinoderms,126;Cephalopoda, cuttle-fish, octopus,143Microscope:“the sixth sense of man,”iv. 112Middleton, Sir Henry: East India trade,ii. 13Midshipmen,i. 47Miller, Patrick: propulsion of ships by steam,ii. 81–83Milne, Admiral: his report on the loss of theCaptain,i. 59Milne-Edwards, Dr.: his diving apparatus,iv. 113Milner, Rev. John: Duke of Edinburgh’s visit to the Cape,i. 205Milton: his reference to the sea,i. 2;iv. 290Mindry, Robert: his“Chips from the Log of an Old Salt,”i. 44Mines of Cornwall,iv. 215Minion, Sir John Hawkins’s ship,i. 299“Minnesota,”i. 20,24Mirage in the Straits of Fuca,i. 163Mississippi scheme,ii. 42Misson, Captain: the pirate,iii. 64–67Missouri river,iv. 16Mistral, or Grippe,i. 107Mocha,i. 117Mocha fleet attacked by Captain Kidd,iii. 56Mock suns (parahelia),iii. 132,150,152Mock moons,iii. 221Molluscs: phosphorescence of the sea produced by,iv. 97Monitors: the first engagement with the“Merrimac,”i. 22–26;a“dummy”monitor,ii. 138;the first“Monitor,”139Monkeys: at Gibraltar,i. 88,97;in Trinidad,182;eaten at Singapore,150Monson, Sir William: his“Naval Tracts,”his daring deeds,ii. 15;his captivity,17;at the Siege of Cadiz,ib.;destruction of the Spanish fleet,18;action at Cerimbra Roads,19,21;on Dutch fisheries,23;expedition against pirates,24;adventure at Broad Haven,25Monsoon,i. 129;iv. 95Montesino, M. de: his co-operation with M. de Lesseps,i. 111Moon, the. (SeeMock Moons.)Moore, Captain: search for Franklin in thePlover,iii. 207,211Moore, Lieutenant: his swim across the Hellespont,iv. 258Moore, Frank: his“Rebellion Record;”the“Merrimac;”and the“Monitor,”i. 19Moors in Spain,i. 88,90,93,94Morgan, Captain Henry: the pirate,iii. 29–51;portrait,41Mormondom; town of Echo, Utah, Salt Lake City,iv. 23“Morning Star”chased by De Soto the pirate,iii. 80Morrison, R. J., R.N.: loss of the“Rothsay Castle,”ii. 298Morton’s sledge journey; in Dr. Kane’s expedition,iii. 239;the open sea discovered,239,241;with Captain Hall in the“Polaris,”iii. 268Mounts Erebus and Terror,iii. 280Mount St. Elias, Alaska,i. 170Mount’s Bay and Mount St. Michael, Cornwall,iv. 223Müller, S.: his“Life of Vitus Behring,”iii. 160Mundy, Colonel: on Sydney, Australia,i. 154Munk, Jens: his Arctic voyage,iii. 150Murchison, Sir Roderick J.: his advocacy of Polar exploration,iii. 92Murex, a univalve shell,iv. 144“Murillo,”the“Northfleet”wrecked by her,ii. 263–267Murphy, J. M.: American railways,iv. 18;salmon of American rivers,166Murray, Mrs. William, shipwrecked;“Ten Terrible Days,”iv. 56Musquitoes,i. 222Mussels,iv. 129,132Mutiny: on the raft of the“Medusa,”i. 79;at Portsmouth,225;of the Nore,249;the“Lennie”mutineers,235;of theBounty,235–249;the crew at Otaheite,236;mutineers seizing Captain Bligh,237;Bligh cast adrift,240;on theWager,ii.52
La Cosa, Juan de: his expeditions to America,iii. 303,304,307,308,309,310;his character and death,309,310,311Lacquer-work in Japan,iv. 40“Lady Franklin”: the search for Franklin,iii. 207La Hogue, battle of,ii. 32Lake Menzaleh, on the Suez Canal; catching pelicans,i. 112,116“La Marguerite,”on the Goodwin Sands,ii. 253Lambert, James, a blind native of Calton, a suburb of Glasgow: his heroism in saving life from drowning,iv. 268Land crabs,iv. 152,153Land’s End,iv. 207Lapland, Dutch Expedition to,iii. 142La Perouse: his monument in Petropaulovski,i. 132Lardner, Dr.: steam navigation,ii. 106Lascars, as sailors,i. 43Las Casas: his account of Spaniards in America,iii. 312,313Laube, Dr.: Arctic voyage of the“Hansa,”iii. 259,263Laudanum stew given to treacherous Esquimaux,iii. 243La Valette: his defence of Malta,i. 102Lay’s torpedo,ii. 151,153Leake, Sir John: his defence of Gibraltar,i. 94Leeuw, Hannequin, the pirate,i. 275Leigh, Amyas, the hero of Kingsley’s“Westward Ho!”i. 43Lentzé, Herr: his co-operation with M. de Lesseps,i. 111Lesseps, F. M. de: the Suez Canal,i. 107Letters of Marque,i. 270;iii. 2Lewis, Richard:“The Life-boat and its Work,”ii. 210Lewson, Admiral Sir Richard,ii. 19Liessou, M.: his co-operation with M. de Lesseps in the Suez Canal,i. 110Life saved from shipwrecks; statistics,ii. 320;iv. 262,267Lifeboat, The,ii. 209–235;its origin and history,210;Lionel Lukin,ib.;Wouldhave and Greathead,ib.;George IV.,ib.;Duke of Northumberland,211;Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe,ib.;National Life-boat Institution,ib.;Sir William Hillary,212;saving life on the“St. George,”213;“self-righting,”214;“Aid,”steam-tug, Ramsgate,215–234;“Ann,”loss of a lifeboat,212,216;“Samaritano”wrecked; saving of life,217–223;loss of a Portuguese brig,225–228;lifeboat and carriage,217;group of lifeboat men,229;“Providentia,”230–236;at Penzance,iv. 219;at Padstow,221;Deal,242Lighthouse, The, and its history,ii. 156;Pharos of Alexandria,158;Roman Pharos, Dover,ib.;Tower of Cordouan,157;the Eddystone, its history and construction,156,159–171;lighthouses of the British Channel,171;the“Bell Rock”lighthouse on the Inchcape Rock,173;lighthouse on the Skerryvore Rocks,175–178;lighthouse of Héhaux, Brittany,178–181;lighthouses on land; Maplin Sands light,182;Port Fleetwood,ib.;iron lighthouses,ib.;the lanterns,183,187;tallow candles,ib.;coal fires,ib.;Argand burner,184;reflectors,ib.;electric light at sea,185;flashing, revolving, and coloured lights,184,186;lanterns obscured by moths, bees, and birds,187;St. Anthony’s Point, Falmouth,iv. 222;Bishop Rock Lighthouse,ii. 269,270;Lizard light,iv. 208;Wolf lighthouse,210Light vessel on the Goodwin Sands,iv. 244Lightning, Scientific cruise of the,i. 30Lima,i. 172;Sir F. Drake at,310Limpets,iv.40Lindsay, W. S., his“History of Merchant Shipping,”i. 3,266;ii. 11,14,99,117,119;iv. 10Lisbon, view in the 16th century,iii. 281Liverpool: statistics of shipping,ii. 198;“Liverpool,”tugboat at the wreck of the“Deutschland,”ii. 273,274Livingston, Robert R.: his association with Fulton; early steam vessels,ii. 90–93;“Clermont,”93Living wonders of the ocean,iv. 160Lizard Rock and Lizard Light,iv. 208,223;shipwreck,224Lloyd’s: classification of ships,ii. 123;interior and exterior of Lloyd’s,124,125;history of Lloyd’s,125,126;Underwriter’s room,128Lobsters,iv. 151,154,157Lobster fishing,iv. 156Lobster, blind, from the Atlantic,i. 31,32“Locker,”the word;“Davy Jones’s Locker and its Treasures;”pearls, corals, sponges, diving,iv. 66–90Loggan Stone,iv. 208Lolonois, Francis, the Pirate,iii. 16–28London: statistics of shipping,ii. 198;Great Storm of 1703,207“London,”swamped at sea,ii. 289–297Longfellow’s“Wreck of the Hesperus,”iv. 299,300Longitude, first taken by observation of heavenly bodies,iii. 149Longwood, St. Helena, residence of Napoleon,i. 213Looe, Cornwall,iv. 212;Looe Island,214Lord, Major, on lobsters,iv. 151,155Lord Warden,i.59Lost at Sea: ships never heard of,iv. 283Low, Captain Edward, a ferocious pirate,iii. 71Lucas, Captain of theRedoubtableat Trafalgar,i. 10,11Lunar halo,iii.221Lyon, Capt.: Arctic exploration,iii. 175,176;extreme danger of theGriper, his prayers for preservation,177Macao,i. 121Macartney, Lord: suppression of mutiny at the Cape,i. 256MacClean, Mr., C. E., his co-operation in the Suez Canal,i. 110McClintock, Sir F. Leopold: the“Fox”expedition in search of Franklin,iii. 216;relics of Franklin obtained from Esquimaux,227;portrait,224MacGahan, J. A., of theNew York Herald: his account of the cruise of the“Pandora,”iii. 92MacGregor, Lt.-General Sir Duncan, K.C.B., burning of the“Kent,”i. 68,69,71Mackay’s“Popular Delusions”: the South Sea Bubble,ii. 43Mackerel and Mackerel Fishing,iv. 176Maclure, Capt.: Search for Sir John Franklin in theInvestigator,iii. 211;North-west passage found,212;portrait,213Macquarie, Governor: on the population of Australia,i. 153McQuhæ, Capt., his account of the sea-serpent,iv. 186Madagascar, English pirates at,iii. 62“Madre de Dios,”taken by the Earl of Cumberland,i. 293Madrepores,iv. 122,124Magdalena Bay, Spitzbergen,iii. 166,167Magellan, Ferdinand de: discovery of Magellan’s Straits,iii. 316;of the Philippine Islands,317;battle with Indians, Magellan killed,ib.Magnetic Pole discovered by Sir James Ross,iii. 187Mahoney, Gunner, his swim across the Hellespont,iv. 258Major, R. H., F.S.A. Arctic exploration by the brothers Zeni,iii. 47Malacca, Islands in the Straits,i. 129;view in the Straits,145Malay population of the Cape of Good Hope,i. 206Malay prahus,i. 149Malay sailors,i. 43Malta,i. 96,98;view,96;Valetta,98;climate, fruits, inhabitants,99;buildings, history of the island,ib.;defended by the Knights of St. John,100;catacombs at Citta Vecchia,101,103;Maltese cross,ib.;sieges,102;taken by Napoleon,ib.;won by England,ib.;scene of St. Paul’s shipwreck,103;garrison,104Mammoth: Bones of the, fossil ivory,iii. 162Mangosteen, the apple of the East,i. 150Mansvelt, the pirate,iii. 30Manure ships,ii. 122Maories of New Zealand,iv. 51,52Maplin Sands lighthouse,ii. 182Maracaibo: Lolonois the pirate at,iii. 19;the town attacked,21,22,24;taken by the pirate Morgan,37;letter from the Spanish admiral,iii. 39;fire ship,40;Morgan’s escape,43,44Margate life-boats,ii. 254,255Marigold, Drake’s vessel, lost,i. 308Marine artillery. (SeeArtillery)Markham, Commander, A. H.:AlertandDiscoveryexpedition,iii. 92,102,107,108,110Marquesite, supposed to contain gold,iii. 125,126Marryat, Captain, on sailors,i. 42,44;ceremonies on crossing the line,230;old war ships,215Marshall: his discovery of gold in California,i. 158Martin, Frederick:“History of Lloyd’s and Marine Insurance,”ii. 126Martin, John Bohun, Captain, lost in the“London,”ii. 291–295Martinique: the Diamond Rock; theCentaur,i. 161,187Masquerade on board theTerror,iii. 200Matamana, Cuba; Lolonois the pirate at,iii. 25Matavia Bay: mutiny of theBounty,i. 244Mauna Kea, a Japanese volcano,iv. 47,49Mauna Loa, a Japanese volcano,iv. 47Maxwell, Sir Murray, captain of theAlceste; wreck of the ship,i. 82May, gunner of theCaptain; his escape,i. 57,58“Medical Life in the Navy,”by Dr. Stables,i. 220Medina Sidonia, Duke of, commander of the Spanish Armada,i. 288Mediterranean: Round the World in a Man-of-war,i. 87-214;“The Mediterranean,”by Rear-Admiral Smyth,ib.;ancient and modern names of the Mediterranean,ib.,88;history and description of Gibraltar,88;saltness of the water,97;gales and storms,104Medusæ,iv. 116,195“Medusa,”Wreck of the,i. 75;the raft,76,77,78;starvation and illusions of the sufferers,79;combats, cannibalism, and murder,80,81;Géricault’s painting of the raft,81Mehemet Ali and M. de Lesseps,i. 108Melbourne, South Australia,i. 155;iv. 53,54Melville Bay,iii. 97;view of Cape York,iii. 228Menai Straits,ii. 300Mendoza, Don Fernando de: his ship,“Madre de Dios,”taken by the Earl of Cumberland,i. 293Men of Peace: naval life in peace times: the cruise of theChallenger,i. 28Men of the Sea: how boys become sailors; Amyas Leigh; training ships; old guard ships; routine and work on board;“watches”and“bells;”grog; the cat,i. 42–54Men of War: TheVictory,i. 4;Siege of Toulon,6;Battle of St. Vincent,7–9;Nelson’s bridge,8;Trafalgar,10–13;iron and wooden ships,9,13;Crimean War,15;Bombardment of Sebastopol,14,15;red-hot shot and Gibraltar,16,18;Ironclads,13,14;theWarriorand“La Gloire,”18;the“Merrimac,”its history,19;the“Cumberland”sunk,20,21,22;the“Congress”burned,ib.;the first“Monitor,”its engagement with the“Merrimac,”23,24,25;the“Shah”and“Huascar”engagement,26;the“Vesta”(Russian) and the“Assari Tefvik”(Turkish) ships, action between them,27;instruction on board,49;officer’s life on board,214;ward-room, captain’s cabin,215;between decks in the eighteenth century,217;doctors,220;officers and seamen of the eighteenth century,221;chaplains,222;engineers,224;American, English, and French sailors,226;ceremonies on“crossing the line,”229;ward-room, meals and music,231;mess and wine-caterers,ib.;present force of the Navy,ib.;cost of ironclads,231;history of the Navy,232;naval volunteers,232;rapid firing,ib.;artillery volunteers,233;drills,234;Royal Naval Reserve,234;pursers, their dishonesty, mutiny of the Nore,250(seeMutinies and);Round the World on a Man-of-War,87Menzaleh, Lake: on the Suez Canal, catching pelicans,i. 112,116Mermaids,iii. 146“Merrimac:”its work of destruction in Hampton Roads,i. 20–22;engagement with the“Monitor,”23–25;its history,18;ii. 139“Miantonoma:”monitor steamer,ii. 139,140;its circumnavigation of the world,142Michelet: his references to the sea,i. 2;iv. 290;Infusoria,iv. 112;Medusa,117;Echinoderms,126;Cephalopoda, cuttle-fish, octopus,143Microscope:“the sixth sense of man,”iv. 112Middleton, Sir Henry: East India trade,ii. 13Midshipmen,i. 47Miller, Patrick: propulsion of ships by steam,ii. 81–83Milne, Admiral: his report on the loss of theCaptain,i. 59Milne-Edwards, Dr.: his diving apparatus,iv. 113Milner, Rev. John: Duke of Edinburgh’s visit to the Cape,i. 205Milton: his reference to the sea,i. 2;iv. 290Mindry, Robert: his“Chips from the Log of an Old Salt,”i. 44Mines of Cornwall,iv. 215Minion, Sir John Hawkins’s ship,i. 299“Minnesota,”i. 20,24Mirage in the Straits of Fuca,i. 163Mississippi scheme,ii. 42Misson, Captain: the pirate,iii. 64–67Missouri river,iv. 16Mistral, or Grippe,i. 107Mocha,i. 117Mocha fleet attacked by Captain Kidd,iii. 56Mock suns (parahelia),iii. 132,150,152Mock moons,iii. 221Molluscs: phosphorescence of the sea produced by,iv. 97Monitors: the first engagement with the“Merrimac,”i. 22–26;a“dummy”monitor,ii. 138;the first“Monitor,”139Monkeys: at Gibraltar,i. 88,97;in Trinidad,182;eaten at Singapore,150Monson, Sir William: his“Naval Tracts,”his daring deeds,ii. 15;his captivity,17;at the Siege of Cadiz,ib.;destruction of the Spanish fleet,18;action at Cerimbra Roads,19,21;on Dutch fisheries,23;expedition against pirates,24;adventure at Broad Haven,25Monsoon,i. 129;iv. 95Montesino, M. de: his co-operation with M. de Lesseps,i. 111Moon, the. (SeeMock Moons.)Moore, Captain: search for Franklin in thePlover,iii. 207,211Moore, Lieutenant: his swim across the Hellespont,iv. 258Moore, Frank: his“Rebellion Record;”the“Merrimac;”and the“Monitor,”i. 19Moors in Spain,i. 88,90,93,94Morgan, Captain Henry: the pirate,iii. 29–51;portrait,41Mormondom; town of Echo, Utah, Salt Lake City,iv. 23“Morning Star”chased by De Soto the pirate,iii. 80Morrison, R. J., R.N.: loss of the“Rothsay Castle,”ii. 298Morton’s sledge journey; in Dr. Kane’s expedition,iii. 239;the open sea discovered,239,241;with Captain Hall in the“Polaris,”iii. 268Mounts Erebus and Terror,iii. 280Mount St. Elias, Alaska,i. 170Mount’s Bay and Mount St. Michael, Cornwall,iv. 223Müller, S.: his“Life of Vitus Behring,”iii. 160Mundy, Colonel: on Sydney, Australia,i. 154Munk, Jens: his Arctic voyage,iii. 150Murchison, Sir Roderick J.: his advocacy of Polar exploration,iii. 92Murex, a univalve shell,iv. 144“Murillo,”the“Northfleet”wrecked by her,ii. 263–267Murphy, J. M.: American railways,iv. 18;salmon of American rivers,166Murray, Mrs. William, shipwrecked;“Ten Terrible Days,”iv. 56Musquitoes,i. 222Mussels,iv. 129,132Mutiny: on the raft of the“Medusa,”i. 79;at Portsmouth,225;of the Nore,249;the“Lennie”mutineers,235;of theBounty,235–249;the crew at Otaheite,236;mutineers seizing Captain Bligh,237;Bligh cast adrift,240;on theWager,ii.52