INDEX

325 Taken as starting-point for the Papal demarcation line (1493), 63, 64, 66 Vervins, treaty of (1598), 225 Vijayanagar, Hindu kingdom of South- ern India (1185-1565), 75, 77 An Indian Christian acts as Prime Minister to the King of (1442), 80 Subjugation of, by the Mohammtaans at the battle of Talikot, 82 Volga, trade by the, 14, 182, 221 W Waigatz Isle, 188, 198 Walsingham, Sir Francis, secretary, 186, 190, 191, 228 Waymouth, George, Northwestern expe- dition of (1602), 246-248 Wight, Isle of, Venetian vessel lost off the (1587), 209 William I, of Holland, 205 Williams, William, assayer (1583), 186 Willoughby, Sir Hugh, Northeastern expedition of (1553), 178-181 Reaches Nova Zembla and dies, 180 Windsor, treaty of (1386), 40, 41 Wood, Captain Benjamin, expedition of, to India (1596), 214 Sad end of crew of, 214-215 Z Zaid, see Abu Zaid Zaitun(or Chincheu), celebrated ancient trade port in China, 30-31 Zanzibar (or Xengibar), 59 Coast, Portuguese command of (1505), 94 Zonchio, Ottoman defeat of Venetians at (1499), 32