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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1922 edition. Excerpt: ... INDEX A-shaped mast, the, superseded, 17 Aberdeen harbour, 146 Acts: Empire Settlement, 198; Mercantile Shipping, 162; Navi-gation, 114, 136, 150, 151 Adriatic, the, Republican trading aeeU of, 111 Africa Company, Royal, 138 Agricultural interest, its power in Parliament, 148, 149 Aid, 128 Albuquerque, 101 Alexander the Great, 33 campaigns of, 44 Alexander VI, Pope, 103 Alexandria, foundation of, 46 passes under Roman jurisdiction, 46 Alfred the Great encounters the Danes, 65 Algebra, 87 All-English trade-route opened up, 120 Amazon, Pinzon discovers mouth of, 104 Anglo-Saxon articles of commerce, 65,66 Anglo-Saxons, and the ocean-stage of civilization, 62 overseas commerce, 65 Anson, Admiral, his voyage round the world, 140 Anthropology, 8-9 Antigua, 138 Antilles, the, discovery of, 103 Arab culture, rise and spread of, 86 etteq. Arabian Empire, 86, 87 Arabian numerals, 87 shipping, 72 travellers, 88 Arabs, 54 Aragon and Castile, union of, 102 Arkwright's spinning-frame, 145 Armada, Spanish, 107, 117, 129, 130 Amber, importation of, 56 Amboyna, Island of, massacre of EngUsh merchants in, 135 America: discovery of, 104 lost to Britain, 142 America, South, 4 American Civil War, trump steamers in, 164 Amery, L. S., 197 Amorites, 10 Anaximander designs first map of the world, 40 Anaximenes, his conception of the earth, 41 Anchors, 60 Angelo, Michael, 96 Angles, 64 Anglo-French wars, 139, 140, 142 Ascension Island, discovery of, 101 Assyria, rise of, 28 Assyrian Empire, 25 Astrolabe, invention of the, 108 Astronomers, Arabian, 88 Astronomy, 39, 82, 108 Athelstan, King, 66 Athens, 30 Atlantic, the, first crossing of, 103 Autot-da-ft, Spanish, 96 Avebury, Wiltshire, 15 Avon Canal, 146 Azores, the, Portuguese trading post in, 99, 100 Babylonia, ..