The Voyages of Sir James Lancaster to Brazil and the East Indies, 1591-1603

Sir William Foster, Sir William Foster

• Éditeur: Hakluyt Society
• Année: 2017
• ISBN:
  9781317011910
• Édition: 1
• Sujet: Geschichte
• Sous-sujet: Frühneuzeitliche Geschichte

New edition, with introduction and notes; for the previous edition, by Sir Clements Markham, see First Series 56 (1877). Contains three additional narratives and other documents and omits certain supplementary matter. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1940.

Index

Achin, xvi, xxvi, 90, 129, 146; unimportant as a trading centre, xxix, xxxi, 100, 109, 133, 136, 145; Lancaster’s proceedings at, xxx, 90–106, 108–9, 129–34, 135–7; various nationalities at, 90–1; ‘Bishop’ of, 96; a notable port, 98; cock-fighting at, 99; scarcity and dearness of pepper at, 100, 132, 134, 145; Portuguese envoy at, 100, 105, 131; intrigues of. the Portuguese at, 101–5; French at, 133–4; Dutch at, 90, 91, 129, 130, 134; canoes at, 129; fires at, 133; English factory house at, 133; funeral customs at, 135; punishments at, 135; character of inhabitants of, 136; currency at, 136; price of provisions at, 136; unhealthiness of, 136

Achin, King of, letter from Queen Elizabeth to, xxvii, 91, 92, 93, 94–6, 129–30; presents to, xxvii, 92–3, 108–9, 130; foreigners seeking the protection of, xxvii, 90; Lancaster’s friendly relations with, xxvii, xxx, 90–105, 108–12, 129–33; privileges granted to the English by, xxix, 96, 98–9, 132, 155–60; his dislike of the Portuguese, xxix, 101, 103–6, 132; his letter to Queen Elizabeth, xxx, 108, 109–12; his permit to Henry Middleton, 100n.; his name, 92n.; his appearance, 92n.; his son, 132; his ordnance, 135

Adams, Oliver, 142

Addy, John, see Awdley, Capt. John

Agalega (Galega) Island, xxvii, 86n.; description, 86

Agoada de S. Bras, see Mossel Bay

Albacores, 15, 138

Algoa Bay, 16

Ali-uddin Riāyat Shāh, Sultan of Achin, see Achin, King of

Allegranza Island, 77

Allen, Michael, 143

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