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Aborough, William, 171

Acapulco, 90, 130

Acla, 52

Act of Uniformity (1549), 5–6

Adams, Robert, 293

Africa, 13, 17–18, 20, 23, 25–27, 45, 52, 61, 72, 91, 103, 143, 146, 165, 170, 269, 319

Alba, Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, Duke of, 11, 41–42, 72, 79, 93, 164

Albert of Austria, Cardinal-Archduke, 276, 278–79

Alençon, Francois, Duke of, 71, 147, 149, 167, 176

Alexander, David, 37

Alexander VI, Pope, 12, 137

Alexandria, 96, 102–3

Allen, George, 83–84

Alvarez, Vicente, 241

Amadas, Charles, 44

Amadas, John, 44

Andalucia, 205, 211, 218, 280

Anderson, Sir Edmund, 295

Andrada, Manuel de, 270

Andrews, Kenneth, 320–21

Angel, Miguel, 125, 129

Angol, 119

Anian, Strait of, 90–91, 130–33, 135

Anthony, Nicholas, 23

Antilles, 47, 308

Anton, San Juan de, 127–29, 152

Antonelli, Juan Bautista, 201, 303

Antonio, Dom, Prior of Crato, 164–68, 170, 180, 204–5, 226–27, 245n, 263–65, 267–70, 276–84, 289

Antrim, 81

Antwerp, 17, 40, 122, 154, 176, 201, 220, 252, 255

Arana, Pedro de, 126

Araucanian Indians, 119–20

Argentina, 105

Arica, 124–25

Arkill Bay (Rathlin Island), 84

Armada (1588), origins, 201–2; preparations, 203, 218–20, 225; Drake’s attempts to forestall, 203, 205, 220, 223–31; effect of Cadiz raid upon, 210–11, 213–14, 216; religious crusade, 218; sails, 230–31; compared with the English fleet, 231–34; battles in the English Channel, 235–59; losses, 259, 261–62; return voyage, 261–62

Arundel, Henry Fitzalan, Earl of, 151, 287

Ashe, Devon, 158, 162

Ashley, Anthony, 267, 272, 282

Atlantic Ocean, 12, 16–17, 27, 31, 36, 38, 53–54, 71, 89–91, 105, 117–18, 130, 155–56, 170, 177, 182, 186, 199, 221, 231

Aubrey, William, 301

Avilés, Pedro Menéndez de, 16

Azevedo, Diego de, 49

Azores, 16, 122, 164–65, 167–68, 182, 213–16, 226, 233, 263–65, 267–69, 281, 285, 301

Babu, Sultan of Ternate, 139–40, 142n

Baden-Powell, F., 319

Baffin Island, 93

Baker, Matthew, 231

Baker, Thomas, 8

Banda Sea, 143

Banggai Archipelago, 141

Banister, John, 169

Bann River, Ireland, 81

Banning, Andrew, 205

Banning, Paul, 205, 216, 291

Barker, Andrew, 77

Barnes, George, 169

Barnstaple, 4–5, 299

Baron, George, 293, 295

Baron, James, 243, 244n

Barrett, Richard, 205

Barrett, Robert, 23, 26, 30–31, 34, 37

Barton, George, 182

Baskerville, Sir Thomas, 303, 305, 309, 311–12, 314–15

Bassett, Sir Arthur, 161–62, 286

Bassett, Robert, 286

Bastimentos Islands, 50, 58

Bath, William Bourchier, Earl of, 286, 293, 298

Batjan, 154

Bayly, Thomas, 178

Bayona, 180–81, 281

Beale, Robert, 172

Bedale, Yorkshire, 161

Bedford, Francis Russell, 2nd Earl of, 3, 86, 161, 171–73, 178

Bedford, John Russell, 1st Earl of, 2–3, 5

Beeston, Sir George, 247

Belem, Portugal, 276–77, 279

Belfast Lough, Ireland, 81

Belixe, Bay of, 212

Bell, Douglas, 318

Bellingham, Henry, 205–6, 210

Benin, 17

Bennett, Thomas, 29

Bergen, 266

Bermudez, Pedro, 180–81

Berrio, Hernando, 74–75

Berry Head, 245

Bevill, Sir William, 293n

Bigges, Walter, 200

Bilbao, Bay of, 177

Bingham, Sir Richard, 165, 262

Biobio River, Chile, 119

Biscay, 267, 271

Biscay, Bay of, 269

Blackwater River, Ireland, 81

Blasket Sound, 262

Blitheman, John, 147, 292, 295

Blount, Catherine, 287

Blount, Sir Charles, 257, 287

Blundeville, Thomas, 155

Bodenham, Jonas, 43, 164, 169, 224, 288–90, 306, 313–14, 316–17

Bodman, John, 43

Bodman, Zachary, 43

Boehm, Joseph Edgar, 319–20

Boleyn, Anne, 4, 174

Bolinas Bay, 134

Bolivia, 12, 46

Bolton, Herbert, 134

Bolton, Robert, 20

Bolton, Thomas, 23

Bontemps, Jean, 20–21, 30

Boringdon, 162

Borburata, 19–21, 27, 30

Borman, Simon, 205

Borough, Sir William, 205–6, 208–12, 215, 217, 221, 226, 231, 233n

Borsany, Scipio, 301

Bossiney, 172–73, 294

Bossington, 174, 316

Botello, Diego, 268, 270

Boucher, Henry, 296

Boulogne, 39

Bourne, Lucas, 317

Bourne, William, 92, 100

Braganza, Duke of, 235

Bravo, Alonso, 192, 194–95

Bravo, Elvira, 195

Brazil, 17, 20, 72, 91, 103, 105–6, 117n, 146, 156, 170, 181, 201, 269

Brest, 302

Brett, Lyne, 298

Brewer, John, 104, 110, 116, 147, 165

Brewer, Tom, 119–20

Brewerton, Thomas, 162

Bridges, Ursula, 174

Bridgwater, 174

Brielle, 71, 266

Briggs, G. W., 324

Bright, Edward, 102–4, 109–10, 116, 143

Bristol, 16, 166

Bristol, Convention of, 79

Britanny, 19

Brixton, Devon, 162

Brixton, Barton, 162

Bromley, Henry, 294

Broughton, Richard, 296

Brown, Brutus, 309

Brown, John, 29

Bruges, 252

Brussels, 41

Buckland Abbey, 159–60, 162, 174, 174n, 175, 179, 282, 288, 290, 297, 300, 302, 306, 314, 316, 322

Buckland Monachorum, 160

Buckland Newton, 161

Buena Ventura, 313, 314

Bull, Richard, 231

Burghley, William Cecil, Lord, 23–24, 37, 39–42, 84, 93, 95–96, 105, 110, 112, 147, 149, 150, 161, 167–68, 171, 178, 199–200, 217, 220, 225, 229, 264–65, 268, 282, 292, 296–97, 301

Bustamante, Francisco de, 32

Busto, Pedro Fernandez de, 192–93, 197

Butler, John, 94

Buttber, Hans, 242n

Caballos, Diego de, 50

Cabo de la Vela, 51

Cabot, John, 16, 91

Cabrillo, Juan Rodriguez, 133, 136

Cacheo River, 26

Cadiz, 208–12, 214, 216, 218, 231, 240, 253, 278, 307, 317

Caesar, Sir Julius, 172, 278, 288, 301

Calais, 39, 252–56, 258–59

Caldeira, William, 134

Calderon, Diego, 74–75

Calderon, Pedro Coco, 247

California, 90–91, 118, 133–38

Callao, 124–26

Calvinism, 10, 203

Camden, William, 3, 156

Camelford, 171

Campeachy, 315

Campos River, 72–75

Canary Islands, 56, 58, 182, 191, 307–8

Cape Blanco, 25–26

Cape Horn, 90, 118, 132

Cape of Good Hope, 12, 143

Cape of Virgins, 115

Cape Roca, 276

Cape Roxo, 26

Cape St. Vincent, 211–14, 216–17

Cape San Bias, 62

Cape San Francisco, 127

Cape Verde, 20, 25–26, 31

Cape Verue Islands, 16, 20, 26, 103, 145, 164, 170, 177, 182–86

Capern, Edward, 319

Capirilla Pass, 311–12

Carder, Peter, 117–18n

Carew, George, 286, 293

Carew, Sir Peter, 82

Carew, Richard, 160n, 286, 293, 296–97, 300, 305

Carey, George, 293–94, 297

Carey, Sir George, 249

Caribbean, 12–13, 16–19, 83, 91, 96, 120, 130, 150, 170, 317, 320; Drake’s voyages to the, 20–23, 27–37, 44–77, 177–201, 303–14

Carleill, Christopher, 169, 179–84, 188, 193–94, 262

Carlos, Don, 11

Carolinian Archipelago, 138

Carrickfergus, 84, 86–87

Cartagena (Spain), 211

Cartagena (Colombia), 12–13, 31, 46, 49–51, 59–60, 63–64, 70, 76, 170, 177, 181, 200, 309–10; Drake’s sack of, 191–97

Carvajal, Francisco de, 192

Cascais, 164, 276–80, 282

Castaneda, Juan de, 192, 194

Castellanos, Juan de, 200, 315

Castellanos, Miguel de, 18–19, 21–22, 28–30

Castile, 12, 121,166, 168,182, 248

Castillo, Antonio de, 152

Cateau-Cabresis, peace of, 16

Cathay (China), 91, 93

Catherine de Medici, 71–72, 167

Catholic League, 176, 254, 285, 291, 301

Catholicism, 4, 6–7, 10–11, 40, 95, 98, 147, 203, 213, 218

Cativas Headland, 49–51, 55, 63, 71, 76

Cavendish, Thomas, 116, 155–57

Cawsand Bay, 296

Cecil, Sir Robert, 287, 291, 302

Cecil, Sir Thomas, 161

Cecil, William. See Burghley

Celebes, 141

Celebes Sea, 138, 141–42, 156

Cely, Thomas, 223, 245n, 254, 296

Ceralba, Juan de Padilla, Marquis of, 271

Chagres River, 46, 48–51, 66–71, 196, 304, 311

Champernowne, Arthur, 293

Champernowne, Sir Arthur, 45, 82–83, 95, 171, 286–87

Champernowne, Gawen, 287, 293

Champernowne, John, 287

Champernowne, Richard, 287

Chancellor, Richard, 91, 139

Chandos, John, Lord, 174

Channel Islands, 302

Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, 6

Charles IX of France, 71–72

Chester, John, 99, 104–6

Chile, 46, 90, 93, 97, 101, 116–20, 123–25, 132, 156

Chilton, John, 94

China, 91, 93, 131

Chule, 125

Church Bay, 84, 87

Church of England, 7

Churchill, Sir Winston, 322

Cimarrones, 47, 55, 61–63, 65–70, 72–77, 86, 94, 107, 177

Ciria, Juan de, 50

Clandeboy, 80

Clare Island, 262

Clement VI, Pope, 137

Cliffe, Edward, 105n, 106, 111n, 116–18

Clifford, E. T., 323

Clifford, Sir Nicholas, 303, 309

Cockington, 297

Coke, William, 100

Coker, 174

Colchero, Alonso Sanchez, 129–30

Coligny, Gaspard de, 71–72, 84

Collins, William, 37

Colo Island, 142n

Cologne, 41, 270

Colombia, 73, 191

Columbus, Christopher, 12, 107, 155

Combe Sydenham, 174–75, 316

Compton Gifford, 162

Conabut, Juan Enriquez, 312

Concepción, 119

Condi, Prince of, 10

Conga, Sierra Leone, 26–27

Conisby, Sir Thomas, 296

Connaught, 262

Constantinople, 96, 284

Contreras, Francisco Manso de, 310

Cook, James, 321

Cooke, John, 103–4, 108n, 111n, 113, 116, 118, 133n

Coquimbo, 124

Corbett, Sir Julian, 112, 142, 318–21

Cordell, Thomas, 205, 216, 223

Cordova, Philip de, 257

Cornwall, 5, 37, 225, 271, 292–94, 296–97, 304

Coronel, Pedro Suarez, 308

Corsini, Philip, 301

Cortes, Martin, 92, 100

Corunna, 89, 230–31, 262, 267, 269, 280–81, 284; Drake’s sack of, 271–75

Costilla, Hernando, 22

Counter-Reformation, 7, 10–11, 95

Courtenay, Sir William, 173, 286–87, 297, 316

‘Crab Island,’ 141, 142n

Crediton, 5

Creese, William, 295

Crimes, William, 295

Cristobal, Dom, 264, 284

Crosse, Robert, 178, 181, 211, 224, 234, 270, 280

Crouch, Nathaniel, 322

Crowndale, 1–2

Crownhill Widey, 295

Cuba, 12, 31, 197, 301

Cumberland, George Clifford, Earl of, 253, 257, 301

Curaçao, 20, 28

Cuttle, Thomas, 104, 107, 113

Daca, Diego, 195

Dalton, James, 296

Damma, 143, 154

Darien, 47–48, 55, 61, 68n, 77, 87, 93, 196

Darrell, Marmaduke, 269

Dartmoor, 1, 5, 317

Dartmouth, 1, 83, 286, 291, 300–302

Davies, John, 300–301

Davis, John, 156–57, 173

Dawlish, Peter, 318

Dee, John, 91, 139, 318

Dekker, Thomas, 298

Delgadillo, Antonio, 33–34

Dengen, 85

Denham Bridge, 287

Denmark, 283

Dennis, Richard, 48

Denys, Sir Thomas, 293n, 296

Deptford, 16, 151

Devon, 1–6, 8, 225, 271, 285, 292–93, 296–97. See also Plymouth

Devonshire, Earl of, 162

Diaz, Balthasar, 50

Diaz Bravo, Bernito, 126–27

Diego, 61–63, 100, 141

Digges, Thomas, 171

Djerba, 11

Doge of Venice, 300

Dominica, 27, 54, 177

Donegal Bay, 262

Donnithorne, Betty, 323

Dorset, 271

Doughty, John, 100, 104, 107, 113, 152–53

Doughty, Thomas, 87, 95, 100–13, 115–17, 127, 143, 145, 152–53, 185, 206, 211, 221

Dourado, Fernao Vaz, 101

Dover, 135, 171, 206, 243n, 254, 261, 268, 280–81

Dover, Straits of, 225, 227

Dowgate Street, London, 290

Drake, Alice, 63

Drake, Anna, 2

Drake, Sir Bernard, 158, 162

Drake, Edmund (father), 2–9

Drake, Edward (brother), 8

Drake, Elizabeth Sydenham, 2nd Lady, 173–75, 179, 245n, 287–88, 306, 316–18

Drake, Sir Francis, parentage, 1–2; birth, 2–3; patrons and backers, 3, 9, 44, 48, 53, 82, 86, 94–96, 146–47, 165–66, 169, 171, 178–79, 199, 205–6, 265–66, 290, 303, 305; flight to Kent, 3–6; Protestantism, 5–7, 19–20, 100, 121–23, 129, 142, 171, 206, 214, 306; employed in coastal trade, 8–9; financial position, 8–9, 44, 52, 73, 94, 98–99, 148–50, 162–63, 170, 173, 199, 217, 283, 288, 295–97, 305; as seaman and navigator, 9, 92, 94, 100–101, 103, 105, 115–16, 122, 138, 141, 143, 155–56, 320; in Hawkins’s voyages (1566–69), 9, 19–38; character, 11, 44, 58, 60, 64, 109, 112–13, 118, 120–21, 128, 130, 150–51, 169, 184–86, 189, 197, 199, 206, 214, 231, 277, 280, 288, 291–92, 302, 304, 315, 320; grievances against Spain, 20–21, 37–38, 42, 123; first command, 26, 28–29; attitude toward and relations with blacks and native peoples, 26, 61–62, 106–8, 119–20, 127, 135–38, 141, 189–91, 195, 198, 312; escapes from San Juan d’Ulua, 35–37; declares war on Spain, 38–39, 41–42; marries Mary Newman, 43–44; properties, 44, 102, 150, 159–63, 160n, 288–91, 295–97, 305–6, 313–14; raids of 1570 and 1571, 44–53; appearance, 44, 121–22, 189, 302; military qualities, 44–45, 74, 77, 113, 212, 282, 306–7, 319–20; legality of operations, 44–45, 98, 103, 109–10, 123, 177; relative humanity, 49–50, 69–70, 86, 106–7, 120, 122–23, 189, 195, 287, 3l5; inspires imitators, 52, 77, 146, 156, 200, 216, 315, 320–24; raid of 1572–73, 54–78; autobiographical works, 54n, 111n, 133n, 154–55, 239, 239n, 290; surprises Nombre de Dios, 55–58; leadership, 57, 112–13, 120–21, 184–86, 211, 304, 320; attacks treasure trains, 66–76; first sees the Pacific, 67; service in Ireland, 82–87; plans voyage to the Pacific, 87–88, 94–103; aims of circumnavigation, 96–98, 105, 116–17; relations with Queen Elizabeth, 98, 146–52, 158, 161, 179–80, 203–4, 206, 216, 268–69, 275, 280, 282, 290, 304–5; love of music, 100, 121, 287, 300; voyage of circumnavigation, 101–44; conflict with Doughtys, 102–14, 152–53; class prejudice against, 112–14, 150–51, 158–59, 184, 199–200, 211; navigates Magellan’s Strait (1578), 115–16; discovers passage about Cape Horn and claims Elizabeth Islands, 116–18; and health of seamen, 118, 144, 155, 155n, 156, 186, 197, 200, 214–15, 260, 274–77, 279–83, 291, 313–14, 320; paints, 122; interest in natural history, 122, 154; raids Pacific coast, 123–30; captures treasure ship, 126–28; use of cruelty, 127, 129, 189–90; search for Northwest Passage, 130–33, in California (1579), 133–38; crosses the Pacific, 138–39; Ternate trade agreement, 139–40; runs aground, 141–43; circumnavigates globe (1580), 143–44, 155–56; fate of plunder, 147–50, 152; becomes public hero, 150–54, 191, 200, 261, 290, 317–24; knighthood, 150–51; portraits, 153–54, 159, 290, 290n; geographical and historical significance of circumnavigation, 154–57; coat of arms, 158–59; mayor of Plymouth (1581), 163, 296; lack of children, 163–64, 288; Terceira expedition, 164–69; eastern voyage, 169–70; public services, 170–71; Member of Parliament, 171–73, 286, 290–91; marries Elizabeth Sydenham, 173–75; expedition of 1585–86, 177–201; weaknesses in organization, 180, 268–69, 273, 281, 305, 307, 320; raids Spanish coast (1585), 180–82; attacks Cape Verdes, 182–86; conflict with Knollys, 184–86, 190, 200; sacks Santo Domingo and Cartagena, 186–97; raid on Florida, 198; evacuates Roanoke colony (1586), 198–99; effects of West Indian voyage, 199–202; visits Holland, 204–5; campaign of 1587, 205–17; conflict with Borough, 208–12, 215, 217, 226; Cadiz raid, 208–11; operations off Cape St. Vincent, 211–14; captures great carrack, 214–17; effects of 1587 campaign, 211, 213–14, 216–17; plans to forestall Armada and consolidate English fleet, 203, 205, 220, 223–31; relations with Lord Admiral, 221–22, 227–29, 239, 261; game of bowls, 235, 237, 322; engages Armada off Plymouth (1588), 237–41; tactics against Armada, 238–41, 245–51, 246n, 254, 256, 259; captures Rosario, 241–46, 317, 321; launches counterattack at Portland Bill, 246–48; engages Armada rearguard, 248–49; drives Armada beyond Isle of Wight, 250–51; fireship attack, 253–55; leads English fleet into battle of Gravelines, 255–58; assists sick and disabled sailors, 260, 291; Portugal expedition (1589), 263–84; faulty strategy of expedition, 263–65, 267–69, 275, 281–82; sacks Corunna, 271–75; attacks Lisbon, 275–81; failing powers, 278–79, 282, 307, 309–11; raids Spanish coast (1589), 281; Deputy Lord Lieutenant, 286; problems over inheritance, 288–90, 306–7, 313–14, 316–17; fortifies Plymouth, 291–94; and Plymouth’s water supply, 294–96; local disputes, 296–97; magistrate, 297–99; prize court commissioner, 300–302; expedition of 1595–96, 303–15; raid on the Canaries, 307–8; repulsed at Puerto Rico, 308–9; destroys towns on Spanish Main, 310–11; attacks Isthmus of Panama, 310–12; death, 313–14; importance in history, 319–21; a symbol of endeavour, 322–24; Drake’s drum, 322–23; Drake’s prayer, 324

Drake, Francis (nephew), 2, 54n, 111n, 288

Drake, Francis (godson), 288–89, 313

Drake, John (brother), 53n, 54, 56–57, 60–64

Drake, John (cousin), 5, 43, 83, 100, 118, 121–22, 127, 129, 133, 138, 140n, 150, 163, 169–70

Drake, John (grandfather), 1–2, 5

Drake, John (uncle), 2, 5

Drake, Joseph (brother), 64–65

Drake, Margery (grandmother), 1, 2, 5

Drake, Mary Newman, 1st Lady, 43–44, 53, 101, 103, 112, 146–47, 160, 163–64, 173, 195, 314, 318

Drake, Richard, 162, 245n, 288, 317

Drake, Robert (uncle), 5

Drake, Thomas (brother), 2–3, 8, 43–44, 100, 103, 162, 178, 244n, 268, 288–89, 295, 303, 306, 313–14, 316–17

Drake’s Bay (California), 133–35, 138

Drake’s Estero, 133, 135

Drake’s Reservoir, 295

Drapers’ Company, 290

Drewry, Sir Drew, 173

Dublin, 80, 83, 86

Ducket, Sir Lionel, 18, 23

Dunkirk, 219, 252, 254

Dunnose Head, 250

Durham, 237

Dymock, Sir Edward, 172

East India Company, 172

East Indies, 12, 89, 91, 101, 117, 132, 146, 154, 157, 164, 166, 168–70, 205, 216, 269, 320

Ecuador, 156

Eddystone rocks, 238

Eden, Richard, 91, 100

Edgecumbe, Peter, 173, 300

Edgecumbe, Piers, 286, 293–94, 296

Edgecumbe, Richard, 286

Edmonds, Thomas, 160, 163

Edward VI of England, 3, 5–6, 17

Eggbuckland, 295

El Burgo, 274

El Cabron Bay, 309

El Coro, 21

Elford, Elizabeth, 288

Elford, Walter, 295

Eliot, Lawrence, 100, 154

Elizabeth I of England, 6, 10, 60n, 110, 118, 134, 140, 170, 172, 214, 216, 230, 266, 318, 321; accedes to throne, 7; early relations with Spain, 17, 20, 39–42, 79, 97–98, 137, 145–49, 151–52, 164–68, 176–77, 200–201, 203–4; supports Hawkins, 18, 23–24; and Ireland, 80–81, 85–87; backs Drake’s voyage to the Pacific, 94, 96–98, 110; and Walsingham, 95–96; and Hatton, 95; and Leicester, 96; relations with Drake, 98, 146–52, 158, 161, 179–80, 203–4, 206, 216, 268–69, 275, 280, 282, 290, 304–5; and Alençon, 147, 149, 167, 176; financial problems, 149–50, 204, 265–66; and Sidney, 179–80; insufficient support of navy, 199, 224–25, 214, 229, 260–62, 265–66, 268–69, 275, 320; and Armada, 220–21, 224–28, 260–62; and Portugal expedition, 264–70, 275, 278, 280, 282–83; and Drake’s last voyage, 304–6; end of the war, 316

Elizabeth Islands, 118, 138n, 148, 155

Eltham; 150

Emden, 41

Emmanuel, Dom, 268

English Channel, 6, 8, 10, 16–17, 45, 79, 102, 144, 180, 201, 219, 221–23, 227, 229–30, 234, 268, 319; battles in (1588), 235–59

Enriquez, Martin, 32–35, 38–39, 121, 123, 130

Equator, 138, 155

Erisey, James, 160n, 178–79, 181

Escobar, Antonio de, 270, 284

Escorial (Philip II’s residence), 176, 191

Escudo Island, 312

Essex, Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of, 227, 267, 269–70, 275–77, 279–80, 303–5

Essex, Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of, 80–87, 94–95, 98, 109–10, 303

Estrada, Joana de, 49

Estrade, Pedro, 257

Exeter, 1, 5, 48, 286, 299

Falmouth, 102, 229, 275, 300

Farina, Bartolomeo, 59

Faro, 122

Farallon Islands, 138

Fenner, George, 233, 247

Fenner, Thomas, 178, 190, 196, 205–6, 210–13, 216, 224, 227–28, 234, 256, 267, 273n, 281

Fenton, Edward, 133, 157, 165, 169–70, 233, 247

Ferdinand of Tirol, Archduke, 153

Fez, 264, 267, 284

Finisterre, 24

Fisher, John, 243, 245

Fisher, Bishop St. John, 174

Fitz, John, 174, 296

Fitzford, 174

FitzGeffrey, Charles, 173–74, 315

Fitzwilliam, George, 24, 29n

Fitzwilliam, Sir William, 262

Flanders, 72, 219

Fleming, Thomas, 234–35

Fletcher, Francis, 100, 104, 106, 109, 111n, 113, 116, 118–20, 133, 135, 142–43

Flick, Robert, 205, 209, 223, 246

Flood, Tom, 119–20

Florence, 200, 301

Florencia, Duke of, 248

Florida, 13, 31, 52, 122, 198

Flushing, 71, 179, 258, 266

Fort Diego, 63–64

Fortescue, George, 178, 197

Forth, Firth of, 98, 260

Fotheringay Castle, 203

Fowler, Thomas, 29n

Foxcroft, Samuel, 209

Foxe, John, 7, 100, 121

France, 1, 6, 8, 10, 84, 95–96, 179–80, 264, 268; relations with Spain, 11, 13, 17, 20–21, 48, 122, 147, 164–68, 176, 252–56; relations with England, 17, 39–40, 79–80, 95–96, 146–147, 151, 153, 164–68, 176, 203–4, 252–56. See also Catholic League

Francis II of France, 39–40

Francisca River, 72, 74–76

Frankfurt, 41

French, Dr., 288

Frias Trejo, Diego de, 126

Friederich, Andreas, 319

Frobisher, Sir Martin, 91, 93, 139, 165, 169, 179, 182, 192, 221–22, 228, 239–40, 242n, 245–47, 249–51, 256, 261, 302

Fugger banking house, 270

Galicia, 267, 271

Gama, Estaban Ferreira de, 284

Gama, Vasco de, 107, 122, 155

Gamboa, Pedro Sarmiento de, 126, 132, 156

Garrard, Sir William, 23

Garraway, William, 205, 216

Garrett, John, 23, 52, 55

Gayhurst, 161

Genoa, 13, 166, 210

Gent, Thomas, 295

Germany, 10, 13, 201

Germin, Sir Robert, 173

Gheerarts, Marc, the younger, 290

Giambelli, Federigo, 255

Giant’s Causeway, 262

Gibraltar, 211–12

Gibraltar, Straits of, 264

Gilbert, Sir Humphrey, 80, 91, 118, 139, 155–56, 173, 286

Gilbert, Sir John, 216, 286, 293, 297–98, 300

Gillingham, 6, 8n

Gilman, Edward, 162–63, 179

Gilman, Florence, 162–63

Glandfield, Master, 298–99

Glandfield, Ulalia, 298–99

Goddard, Anthony, 29n

Godolphin, Sir Francis, 293n, 296

Gomera, 25

Gonson, Benjamin, 18

Gonzales, Martin, 192, 194, 197

Gorges, Sir Fernando, 293

Gorges, Tristram, 245n

Gower, George, 174n

Granada (Lake Nicaragua), 312

Grand Canary, 307, 309

Grant, John, 196

Grave, 265

Gravelines, Battle of, 242n, 255–60, 272

Gray, John, 224

Greenfield, Sir Richard, 173

Greenwich, 150

Gregory, Captain, 105–6, 165

Gregory XIII, Pope, 122, 147

Grenville, Mary, 160

Grenville, Sir Richard, 80, 92–93, 95, 97, 107, 139, 159–61, 198–99, 201n, 296

Grenville family, 159

Greville, Sir Fulke, 179–80

Grey, Lady Jane, 96

Grice, William, 172

Guadeloupe, 54, 308

Guatulco, 121, 130–32, 141

Guinea Coast (Africa), 20, 26–27, 40

Guipuzcoa, 267, 271

Guise, Duke of, 176

Guise family, 10, 147

Guzmán, Pedro Tello de, 307–9

Hakluyt, Richard, 133n, 154–55, 171, 206n

Halton, 173

Hamburg, 41

Hamed, Muley, 264

Hampshire, 323

Hampton, James, 20

Hampton, Thomas, 23

Hampton Court, 150

Hanse, 23, 280, 283

Harris, Christopher, 148, 160, 286, 293–97, 300, 306, 316

Hart, John, 301

Harte, John, 3

Harvey, Erasmus, 300–301

Harwich, 261

Hatton, Sir Christopher, 95, 110, 115, 146–47, 169, 173

Havana, 12–13, 177, 181, 191, 197

Hawkins, Sir John, 3, 9, 16, 40, 45, 53, 82–83, 95–96, 99, 170, 178, 208, 216–17, 221, 260, 292n, 296; employs Drake, 9, 19; slaving voyages, 17–38, 40, 52; as a backer of Drake’s voyages, 44, 53, 82, 95–96, 165–67, 170; and Armada campaign, 228, 231–32, 239–40, 247, 250–51, 256, 260; proposes permanent blockade, 285; and ‘Chatham Chest’, 291; character, 304; last voyage, 303–8; death, 308

Hawkins, Paul, 25, 36

Hawkins, Richard, 116, 156, 178–79, 247

Hawkins, William, 17, 156

Hawkins, William, the younger, 9, 17, 39, 41–42, 53, 110, 162, 167, 170, 178, 179, 182, 224

Hawkins family, 3, 43, 162

Hawkyn, Stephen, 43

Hawkyng, John, 3

Hayman, Nicholas, 163

Hayman, Robert, 163

Hayna River, 187 and 187n

Hele, John, 160, 162, 286, 293, 295

Hele, Mary, 162

Hen, Diego, 29n

Hender, John, 173

Henderson Island, 118

Henry of Portugal, 164

Henry III of France, 147, 153, 164–65, 167

Henry VIII of England, 1, 4–6, 16, 39, 80, 174, 204, 319

Henry of Navarre, 176

Henty, G. A., 318

Herbert, Sir William, 173

Hernandez, Gaspar, 45n

Hero River, 274

Heyward, Rowland, 23

Higham, Sir John, 172

Hilliard, Nicholas, 2, 153

Hispaniola (La Española), 12, 22, 186, 191

Hixom, Ellis, 66

Hobbes, William, 300

Holinshed, Raphael, 154

Holmeden, Edward, 205

Holstocke, William, 171

Hondius, Jodocus, 154

Honduras, 59, 205, 315

Honduras, Bay of, 312

Hope Cove (Salcombe), 287

Hopkin, John, 100

Horseley, Gilbert, 77

Hortop, Job, 26, 28, 35

Howard, Thomas, Lord, 228, 247, 251

Howard of Effingham, Charles, Lord, 178, 205–6, 220–35, 237–42, 244n, 245–56, 258, 260–61, 291, 305, 321

Howes, Edmund, 2, 80, 83, 149, 156

Hudson Strait, 93

Hughes, George, 244, 244n

Huguenots, 17, 41, 45, 71–72, 79, 84, 95, 122, 147–48, 176, 200n, 204

Hunt, Robert, 323

Idiaquez, Juan de, 201

Imperial, 119

Indian Archipelago, 141–43

Indian Ocean, 12, 101, 139, 141, 143, 156, 214

Indians, North American, 133, 135–38, 198, 201n

Indians, South and Central American, 13, 16, 26, 37, 47, 62, 64, 105–8, 117n, 119–20, 125, 130, 170, 187, 192–95

Ingram, David, 117n

Inquisition, 11, 20, 37, 79, 170

Ireland, 17, 40, 79–87, 95, 112, 147–48, 152, 165, 167, 179–80, 222, 262, 265, 289, 304

Isla de Pinos, 55, 59, 62

Islay and Kintyre, Lord of, 81

Italy, 10, 201, 205, 211

Jacome, Francisco, 127, 129

Jamaica, 52

James I of England, 140, 203

Java, 143, 154

Jerez, 209

John of Austria, 97, 123

Johns, Thomas, 34

Johnson, Dr. Samuel, 322

Jonson, Ben, 298

Josias, Captain, 313

Juarez, Antonio, 56

Katherine of Aragon, 4, 6

Kayleway, Sir William, 174

Kempe, William, 296

Kenilworth, 290

Kent, Jean, 318

Kildare, 80

Kingstone, 298

Kintyre, 81

Knightley, Sir Richard, 172

Knollys, Francis, 178, 184–86, 190, 200, 206, 211, 221

La Rancheria, 310

La Rochelle, 19, 271

La Serena, 119, 124

Ladrones, 138

Lagos, 212, 214

Lampden, Robert, 295

Lancaster, James, 223

Lane, Ralph, 198–99, 280

Langisforde, Roger, 3

Langsford, George, 306

Langsford, Roger, 306

Lanteglos, 171

Lapland, 17

Larder, Lewis, 52

Las Casas, Bartolome de, 137

Las Palmas, 307–8

Laughton, John Knox, 317, 319

Laurens, Jacques, 74

Lautaro, 119

Le Havre, 72

Le Maire, 155

Le Testu, Guillaume, 71–77

L’Ecluse, Charles de, 154

Lee, Hugh, 205

Leeward Islands, 186

Leicester, Robert Dudley, Earl of, 18, 81, 95–97, 110, 147–48, 150, 162, 165–66, 169–70, 178–79, 184, 201, 203, 220, 227, 263, 265, 290

Leiva, Alonso Martinez de, 237, 240, 248–50, 262, 265

Lennox, Duke of, 316

Lepanto, Battle of, 11, 165, 213

Leu, Thomas de, 153–54

Levant Trading Company, 149, 195, 205

Lewisham, 174

Lewkenor, Edward, 172

Lezo, Lope Ruiz de, 50

Liberia, 27

Lichfield, Nicholas, 154

Lima (Peru), 12, 67, 94, 124–26, 128, 170

Lincoln, Edward Clinton, Earl of, 95, 147, 169, 221

Lisbon, 19–20, 101, 146, 164, 177, 205, 211, 213–14, 218, 227, 230–31, 263, 265, 267, 271, 284, 305; Drake’s attack on, 275–80

Liskeard, 173

Little Stainton, 161

Lizard, 230, 234, 237

Lodge, Sir Thomas, 18

Lok, Michael, 93, 139

London, Treaty of (1604), 316

London Bridge, 261

Lope de Vega, 315

Lopez, Rodrigo, 270

Lopwell, 159, 287

Lough Neagh, 81

Lough Sidney, 81

Louth (Ireland), 80

Lovell, John, 20–23, 27–28, 30, 37–38, 53, 67

Lovett, Richard, 318

Low Countries, 6, 8, 40, 92, 201, 263, 265–66, 268. See also Netherlands

Loyasa, Garcia de, 89–90, 116

Luccombe, 174

Luna, Juan de, 272

Lutheranism, 4, 19, 25, 34, 123, 170, 190

Luxan, Don Francisco de, 33–34

Luxmore, Anna, 5

Lyly, John, 150

Lymberry, Thomas, 298

Maas River, 176

McAllister, Alexander Ogg, 85

MacDonnell, Sorley Boy, 81–82, 86

MacDonnell family, 81, 86

Madeira, 167

Madox, Richard, 169

Madrid, 41, 214, 217

Magellan, Ferdinand, 89, 94, 100, 105, 107, 116, 132, 138, 156

Magellan, Strait of, 89–94, 96–97, 100–102, 106–8, 114–18, 131–32, 141n, 146, 154–56, 164, 170, 178

Mahan, A. T., 319

Maio, Isle of, 20

Makassar Strait, 141

Malacca Strait, 143

Mandinga, Pedro, 48

Manners, Charles, 306

Manners, Lady Elizabeth, 287

Manners, Sir Thomas, 173

Mapowder, Anthony, 162

Maquiam, 139

Marcana, Martin de, 32

Marchant, John, 212, 215

Marchaumont, Monsieur de, 151

Margarita, 20, 27, 170, 177

Margate, 219, 260

Maria, 141

Marin County (California), 133–34

Markham, William, 169

Marquez, Pedro Menendez, 198

Marsh Mills, 296

Marshalsea Prison, 153

Martin, John, 180

Martyr, Peter, 155

Mary 1 of England, 6–7, 11, 38, 95, 203, 231

Mary, Queen of Scots, 39–40, 94–95, 144, 203

Mason, F. van Wyck, 318

Mason, Patrick, 153

Master, William, 3

Mauleon, Girault de, 254, 256

Mayhow, Catherine, 162

Mayhow, Jerome, 162

Maynarde, John, 161

Maynarde, Thomas, 304, 312–13

Maynarde, Walter, 161

Maynarde, William, 306

Maynooth, 85

Meath, 80

Meavy River, 294

Medina, Antonio Suarez de, 76

Medina, Juan Gomez de, 248–49

Medina, Pedro, 100

Medina Sidonia, Alonso Perez de Guzman el Bueno, Duke of, 209n, 210, 218–21, 227, 229–33, 235, 237–43, 246–62, 271, 281

Mediterranean, 11, 17, 40, 91, 100, 103, 113, 208, 211, 214, 231, 238

Medway River, 6, 8

Melgarejo, Juan, 188

Mendoza, Alvaro de, 60

Mendoza, Bernardino de, 146, 148–50, 152, 156, 164, 177

Mendoza, Martin de, 60

Mercator, Gerard, 90–91, 101

Mercator, Michael, 155

Mexico, 12, 32, 90, 93, 130, 181, 315

Mexico, Gulf of, 31, 33

Mexico City, 19

Micronesian peoples, 138

Middleburg (Flanders), 72, 204

Middleton, Thomas, 300, 302

Mildmay, Sir Walter, 172

Mill Lane (Plymouth), 295

Millbay, 162, 294

Millbrook, 298

Milner-White, Eric, 324

Mindanao, 138

Minivy, Richard, 124

Mirabel, Pedro Mexia, 197

Miwok Indians, 133–38

Mocha, Island of, 119–20, 122, 135

Modbury, 287

Mohun, Sir William, 173

Molucca Sea, 139

Moluccas, 89, 117, 138–41, 140n, 164, 201n

Mompox, 192

Moncada, Hugo de, 246, 250, 255–56, 265

Monk, Anthony, 162

Monksilver, 174, 175n

Monson, William, 234

Montalvo, Juan de, 195

Monte, Cristóbal, 76

Montgomery, Bernard, Viscount, 324

Moone, Thomas, 60, 99, 124, 178, 196–97

Moore, Sir William, 173

Moors, 11, 264, 284

More, Sir Thomas, 174

Morgan, Matthew, 179

Morgan, Michael, 19–20, 23, 25, 37

Morgan, Terence, 318

Morton on Swale, 161

Motir, 139

Mountjoy, Lord (Sir Christopher Blount), 80

Mountjoy, 5th Lord, 287

Mountjoy, 7th Lord, 287

Mount’s Bay, Cornwall, 37

Moura, Cristóbal de, 201

Mousehole, 304

Mulapatia Reef, 142

Munster, 147

Muscovy Company, 169

Mylwaye, Richard, 8

Mylwaye family, 2

Naarden, 122

Navy Board, 224

Nelson, Horatio, 211, 225, 231, 240, 319, 321

Netherlands, 10–12, 16–17, 40–41, 45, 71, 79, 93, 97, 123, 147, 166, 176–77, 201–3, 224, 234, 263–66, 285. See also Low Countries

Neville, Edmund, 291

Neville, Sir Henry, 173

New Granada, 13, 191, 200

New Spain, 12–13, 38, 121, 123

Newbolt, Sir Henry, 322–23

Newfoundland, 16, 91, 118, 156–57, 163, 173, 199, 301

Newlyn, 304

Newman, Henry, 23

Newman, Margaret, 289

Newman, Mary. See Drake, Mary

Newman, Robert, 43

Newnham, 295

Nicaragua, 126, 129, 312–13

Nicaragua, Lake, 312

Nicholas des Isles, 48, 49n, 50

Nicholls (a justice), 283

Nicholls, Thomas, 234

Nichols, Philip, 54n, 132n, 155, 185, 212, 290, 322

Nicoya, 129

Nieuport, 252, 254, 258

Noble, John, 77

Nombre de Dios, 12–13, 46–53, 60–62, 65–67, 70, 72–77, 100, 125, 177, 181, 278, 306; Drake’s capture of (1572), 55–59; Drake’s capture of (1595), 310–12

Nonesuch Palace, 150

Norfolk, 260

Norris, Sir Edward, 274, 282

Norris, Sir John, 84–85, 167, 220, 245n, 265–69, 271–84

North America, 72, 91, 133, 136

North Carolina, 198

North Foreland, 260

North Sea, 8, 10, 254, 258

Northwest Passage, 90–91, 130–33, 135, 155, 170, 320

Northumberland, Earl of, 253, 267

Nova Albion (California), 118, 133–38, 141, 148, 155

Nova Scotia, 16

Nunez de la Cerde, Gonzalo, 51

Offenburg, 319

Oldys, William, 235

Oliver (sailor), 108, 112

Oliver, Isaac, 297

O’Neill, Turlough, 81

O’Neills of Tyrone, 80–81

Oporto, 164

Oppenheim, Michael, 319

Oquendo, Miquel de, 233, 241, 248, 258, 262, 265

Oregon, 91, 133

O’Reilly of Cavan, 80

Oribe Salazar, Tristan de, 195

Orinoco River, 305

Orlando, William, 29n, 37

Ortelius, Abraham, 90–91, 101

Ostend, 219, 258, 266

Otheman, Robert, 204

Otmore, Lewis, 169

Ottoman Porte, 11, 195

Oughtred, Henry, 169

Ovalle, Cristóbal de, 187–88

Owen, Evan, 244n

Owers Banks, 249, 251

Oxenham, John, 56–57, 67–68, 71, 73, 76–77, 92–94, 120, 128

Pacific Ocean, 46, 67, 68n, 77, 89–94, 100–101, 105n, 116, 118–20, 122, 124, 126, 130–33, 138, 141, 155–56, 181, 307, 320

Padilla, Juan de, 271

Page, Master, 298–99

Page, William, 238

Paita, 126

Palau, 138

Palavicino, Sir Horatio, 245n, 253

‘Pale, the’, 80, 84

Palma, Isle of, 182

Palmer, Edward, 261n

Palmer, Sir Henry, 254, 301

Palmer, Robert, 298

Panama, 12–13, 46–48, 50–51, 55–56, 58n, 59, 61–62, 66–69, 72, 76–77, 93–94, 120, 125–26, 177, 181, 196–97, 303n, 304–5, 307, 309–13, 320

Panama, Gulf of, 94

Paris Green (London), 172

Parker, Edmund, 162, 295

Parker, Louis Napoleon, 318

Parker, William, 315

Parma, Alexander Farnese, Prince of, 146, 176, 200–201, 219–20, 222–25, 237, 241–42, 248, 251–52, 254–55, 258–61, 265, 291

Pascual, Juan, 130

Passages, 211

Paulet, Sir Amyas, 217

Paz, Alonzo de, 50

Paz, Garcia de, 58

Peckham, George, 173

Pedro, 66–68, 73, 75–77

Peleng Island, 142

Pembroke, Earl of, 18

Peniche, 276–78, 280

Pensengnance manor, 160n, 305

Penzance, 304

Pepperall, Walter, 295, 300

Persian Gulf, 215

Peru, 12–13, 46, 50, 67, 89, 93–94, 98, 116–17, 119–20, 125–29, 132, 139, 150, 154, 170, 181, 191, 310

Peryam, John, 173

Peryam, William, 173

Peter Tavy, 3

Pett, Peter, 231

Peyton, Thomas, 297

Philip II of Spain, 18, 38, 46, 51, 62, 71–72, 77, 120–21, 123, 125, 128, 153, 175, 187, 190–91, 196, 272, 274, 281–84, 315, 321; marries Mary Tudor, 6; becomes King, 10; character, 10–11; relations with England, 17, 40, 79, 93–95, 97, 147–48, 167–68, 176–77, 216–17; and the Americas, 137, 156, 166, 200; anger at Drake’s raids, 145, 201; succeeds to throne of Portugal, 146, 151; fears Drake’s ambitions, 164; and finances, 166, 200; and Azores, 168, 265; at Escorial, 176; impounds English ships, 177, 180; and Armada, 201–2, 211, 216–20, 223, 230–31, 233, 237, 252, 254, 262; and Portugal, 263–64; use of spies, 270; renewed activity after Armada, 285; hears of Drake’s death, 316; prosecution of war against England, 316

Philippines, 89–90, 129, 138, 140n

Picardy, 6

Pike, Robert, 68

Pizarro, Francisco, 107

Plaines (French sailor), 26

Plat, Hugh, 155n

Plate River, 93, 105, 117n, 156, 170

Plott, Anthony, 163

Plumb, Hay, 318

Plym River, 162

Plymouth, 1, 5, 9, 17, 22, 24, 37, 39, 41, 43–45, 48, 52–53, 58–59, 77, 79, 94, 96, 99, 101–2, 144, 147–48, 151–52, 158–63, 165–66, 169, 173, 175, 178–79, 186, 195, 206, 216, 222–25, 227, 229–30, 234–35, 237–42, 266, 268–69, 273, 281–82, 284, 286, 290–98, 300, 302, 306, 319

Plymouth, Battle of, 239–40, 246n, 247–48, 259, 291

Plymouth Castle, 5, 292

Plymouth Hoe, 163, 235, 292–94, 320

Plymouth Sound, 5, 24, 54, 101, 144, 228, 237–38, 240, 286, 292, 294, 296

Plympton, 296

Plympton St. Mary, 161

Plymstock, 286

Point San Quentin, 134

Pole, William, 173

Polo, Diego, 49

Polo, Marco, 90

Polo, Martin, 194

Pomfrett, Samuel, 288, 289

Pontoons, 49

Porlock, 174

Port Pheasant, 52, 54–55

Port San Julian, 107, 108n, 113–14, 152, 186

Portland, 225

Portland Bill, Battle of, 239, 246–50, 259

Porto Praya, 183

Porto Reale (Cadiz), 209

Portsmouth, 16, 152, 199, 222

Portugal/Portuguese, 12–13, 17–18, 20, 23, 25–26, 52, 58, 89, 91–92, 101, 103–4, 114–15, 117, 122, 137, 139–40, 143, 145–46, 151–52, 164–68, 176, 182–83, 191, 201–2, 204, 211, 213–15, 225–27, 233, 263–64, 267–71, 275–79, 281–85, 305, 307, 321

Potosi, 12, 46, 125

Potter, John, 83–84

Powell, Anthony, 179, 188

Powell, Master, 298

Priddis, Robert, 298–99

Proenca, Sebastian de, 63

Protestantism, 3–4, 6–8, 10–11, 19, 40, 45, 95, 123, 130, 148, 237

Puerto Bello, 50, 310–11, 313–15

Puerto de Caballos, 205, 315

Puerto Rico, 181, 305, 307–9, 315

Pullison, Sir Thomas, 290–91

Puritanism, 7, 95, 98, 100, 171–72, 322

Puriton, 174

Quiroga, Rodrigo de, 124

Rabel, Jean, 153–54

Radcliffe, Thomas. See Sussex, Thomas Radcliffe, 3rd Earl of

Ralegh, Carew, 171

Ralegh, Sir Walter, 80, 157, 170, 173, 198, 223, 227, 283, 301, 305

Raphael, James, 63

Rathlin Island, 80–87

Rattenbury, Thomas, 313

Raunse, James, 20, 23, 52, 59

Ravano, Francisco, 60n

Realejo, 129n

Recalde, Juan Martinez de, 233, 237, 239–41, 249, 251, 255–56, 259, 262, 265, 271–72

Reformation, 4–6, 80, 95, 234, 319

Reynell, Carew, 293

Ribley, George, 37

Richmond Palace, 150

Rio de la Hacha, 13, 18, 20–23, 28–31, 64, 177, 310

Roanoke Island, 198, 199n, 201n

Roberts, Henry, 200

Roberts, Lewis, 149

Roborough Downs, 160

Rochester, 223

Rockbourne, 174

Roma, 143

Rotterdam, 204

Rouse, Anthony, 175, 293n, 297, 300, 306, 316

Rouse family, 173, 315

Route, The (Ireland), 81, 84

Royal Navy, 6, 16, 319, 323

Russell, Anne, Lady, 2

Russell, Francis. See Bedford, Francis Russell, 2nd Earl of

Russell, John. See Bedford, John Russell, 1st Earl of

Russell family, 1, 3

Russia, 91

Rutland, Earl of, 178, 287

Rye, 245n

Sabatini, Rafael, 318

Sadler, Robert, 205

Sagres, 212–13, 324

Sagres Castle, 212

St. Andrew’s church (Plymouth), 77, 164, 317

St. Augustine (Florida), 52, 198

St. Bartholomew’s Day massacre, 71

St. Bartholomew’s Island, 115

St. Budeaux church (Plymouth), 43–44, 164

St. George’s Island, 115

St. Julian’s (Portugal), 276–77, 279

St. Kitts, 186

St. Mary Bothaw church, 290

St. Mary’s Port (Cadiz), 209–10

St. Nicholas Islands, 5, 292–93

St. Philip Castle, 315

Salada Bay, 124

Salcombe, 287

Salconstall, Richard, 301

Salisbury, Margaret, Countess of, 291

Sallamca, 310

Saltash, 23, 37, 43, 148, 286, 298

Salvatierra (ship owner), 51

Sampford Courtenay, 5

Sampford Spiney, 162, 175, 288, 306, 313, 316–17

Samu Sea, 143

San Bernardo Islands, 60

San Bias, Gulf of, 63n, 77

San Francisco, 133

San Francisco Bay, 134–35

San Francisco Bridge (Cartagena), 193–94

San Juan (Florida), 198

San Juan (Puerto Rico), 12, 308–10

San Juan d’Ulua, 32–34, 36–39, 41–42, 53, 55, 86, 121, 123, 182, 205, 233, 240

San Juan River, 71

San Lorenzo, 125

San Lorenzo de Escorial, 176

San Lucar, 182, 209–10, 229, 242n, 307

San Quentin Cove, 134

San Sebastian, 262, 265, 267, 281

Sanders, John, 43

Sandwich, 281

Santa Barbara Channel, 136

Santa Barbara Church (Santo Domingo), 188

Santa Cruz, Alvaro de Bazan, 1st Marquis

of, 176, 181, 191, 201, 209–10, 213–14, 216, 218–19, 231, 265

Santa Cruz de Tenerife, 24–25

Santa Elena Castle, 308

Santá Fe de Bogotá, 13, 170, 191

Santa Marta, 31, 51, 59, 64, 177, 310

Santander, 262, 265, 267, 269, 271, 275, 280–81

Santiago (Cape Verdes), 20, 103, 182–86, 192

Santiago (Chile), 119, 123

Santo Domingo (Cape Verdes), 183

Santo Domingo (West Indies), 12–13, 18, 21, 28, 49, 51, 177, 181, 186–93, 195–96, 200, 211

São Miguel, 215

Sapi peoples, 27

Saracold, John, 100, 105

Savoy, Duke of, 200

Scarcies River, 27

Scheldt River, 255, 258

Schouten, Willem, 155

Scilly Islands, 222, 230–31, 234

Scotland, 17, 39–40, 82, 84–85, 96, 222, 262

Sea Beggars, 71

Segar (portrait painter), 290, 290n

Selsey Bill, 251

Selwood, Humphrey, 162

Selworthy, 174

Sergeant, Noah, 37

Setúbal, 164

Seven Sisters (Dover), 135

Seville, 12–13, 18, 32, 37, 57, 146, 148–49, 152, 177, 181, 191, 200, 209, 265, 315

Seymour, Edward, 297

Seymour, Sir Henry, 223, 227, 239–40, 242n, 251, 253–54, 256, 258, 261

Shakespeare, William, 321

Sheffield, Edmund, Lord, 228, 251

Shepstor, 295

Sherford manor, 161–62, 175, 288, 306

Sherwell, Thomas, 76, 94

Shinn, Beryle, 134, 137

Ships (including lighter vessels), Adventure, 303, 313; Advice, 260; Aid, 178, 182, 223, 232, 266; Angel, 23–24, 26, 28–29, 31, 35; Antelope, 254; Ark Royal, 227, 232, 245, 247, 250, 254–55; Bark Bond, 178; Bark Bonner, 178–79, 197–199; Bark Francis, 96, 178, 185, 196; Bark Hawkins, 178–79, 190; Bear, 245, 250; Bear (pinnace), 55, 71–72, 74–76; Begona, 305, 308; Benedict, 99; Benjamin, 179, 190; Christopher, 107; Cork, 83, 86; Defiance, 43, 233n, 289, 303, 306, 309, 313–14; Delight, 308, 313; Doncella, 258; Dragon, 44–45; Drake, 87; Drake, 206; Dreadnought, 205, 232, 247, 266, 281; Edward Bonaventure, 169, 205, 223; Elizabeth, 99, 103, 104n, 105n, 107, 111, 114, 116–18, 120, 124, 169; Elizabeth Bonaventure, 178–82, 186, 188, 205–6, 209, 232, 303, 324; Elizabeth Drake, 178, 206, 223; Elizabeth Jonas, 232, 247, 250; Falcon, 83, 86; Foresight, 232, 266, 303; Fortunate, 83, 86; Francis, 308; Galleon Leicester (formerly Galleon Oughtred), 166, 169, 178, 182, 184–85, 244n, 247; Galliot Duck, 178; Garland, 233n, 303, 307; George, 196; Girona, 262; Golden Hind, 234; Golden Hind (formerly Pelican), 96, 99n, 100, 102–4, 107, 109, 114–21, 123–30, 132–33, 135, 138–44, 147, 151–52, 168–69; Golden Lion, 205, 209–10, 212, 215, 217, 228, 232, 247, 250, 255; Gran Grifon, 249, 256; Gran Grin, 262; Gratia Dei, 26, 31, 33, 35; Gregory, 281; Griffin of Lubeck, 281; Hope, 178–79, 190, 223–24, 232, 303; Jesus of Lubeck, 18, 23–26, 31–36, 38; Judith, 23–24, 28–29, 31, 33, 35–36, 38, 42, 53; La Maria Juan, 256–58; La Regazona, 256; La Trinidad Valencera, 256; L’Esperance, 48; Lion, 55; Lymner, 83; Madre de Dios, 301–2; Magdalena, 309; Margaret and John, 242n, 243, 245; Marigold, 99, 107–8, 114, 116, 118, 120, 124, 143; Mary, 101–5, 107, 114; Mary Margery, 300; Mary Rose, 232, 245, 247; Mary Rose (Henry VIII’s warship), 159; Matthew, 170; Merchant Royal, 205, 209, 223, 246; Merhonour, 233n; Minion, 23, 25, 31–39, 42; Minion (pinnace), 55, 72, 75; Nao de Muriles, 126; Napolitana, 193–94; Nonpareil, 223–24, 232, 266; Nuestra Señora de Begona, 256; Nuestra Señora de la Concepción, 125–29, 149; Nuestra Señora del Rosario, 241, 242n, 243, 243n, 244, 244n, 245, 245n, 246, 246n, 249, 259, 317, 321; Nuestra Señora del Valle, 126; Ocasión, 192–94, 197; Pasco, 20, 53–54, 60–63, 74, 76; Paul, 20; Primrose, 166, 177, 179, 183n, 186; Rainbow, 205, 210; Rata Santa Maria Encoronada, 237, 240, 250, 256; Reindeer, 83, 87; Revenge, 43, 159, 223–24, 232, 239–40, 242–44, 249, 256–57, 266, 280, 287; Roebuck, 223, 242–43, 244n, 245; Rosario. See Nuestra Señora del Rosario; Royal Oak, 323; San Augustin, 134; San Cristobal, 125, 216, 220, 256, 301; San Felipe, 215–16, 220, 256, 301; San Juan de Portugal, 238, 240–41, 255–56, 271; San Juan de Sicilia, 256; San Lorenzo, 215, 255–56, 258–59; San Luis, 250; San Martin, 230, 237, 247, 255–56; San Mateo, 251, 256–57; San Pedro Mayor, 287; San Salvador, 241–42, 246, 259; Santa Ana, 250, 258; Santa Catalina, 55; Santa Clara, 193–94; Santa Maria (Columbus’s ship), 115; Santa Maria (Nuno da Silva’s ship), 103; Santa Maria de la Rosa, 262; Santiago, 192–94; Scout, 163, 179, 190; Sea Dragon, 178–79, 198; Sea Rider, 268; Solomon, 20; Speedwell, 178, 181; Susan, 205; Swallow, 23, 25–26, 31, 33, 35, 96, 98, 232, 247; Swan, 44–45, 48, 51–52, 54, 60, 99, 104–5; Swiftsure, 166, 223, 232, 266, 270, 275; Talbot, 178, 198; Thomas Drake, 178–79, 206, 223, 254; Tiger, 179–80, 196; Triumph, 228, 232, 239, 246–47, 250; Ugiera Salvagina, 300; Unity, 283; Vanguard, 257; Victoria, 90; Victory, 228, 232, 247; White Bear, 228, 232, 255; White Lion, 160n, 178, 198, 206; William and John, 23, 25–26, 31, 55

Shrewsbury, Earl of, 178

Siau Passage, 139

Sidbury, 162

Sidney, Sir Henry, 86–87

Sidney, Sir Philip, 80, 173, 179–80, 269

Sierra de Guaderrama, 176, 316

Sierra Leone, 18, 26, 143

Silva, Nuno da, 103, 105, 109n, 111n, 115, 118, 120–22, 126–27, 129, 131, 145, 152, 156

Simpson, John, 179

Sixtus V, Pope, 201, 220

Skerries, 86

Skerries Rock, 242

Sladen, Douglas, 319

Slaughter Island, 65–66, 68n, 71

Slavery/Slave trade, 13, 17–18, 20–31, 37, 47, 52, 62

Sluys, 219, 228, 252, 258, 263

Smerwick, 147

Smith, Hugh, 113

Smith, John, 74

Smithfield martyrs, 122

Sol, Michael, 29n

Solano, Juan, 132n

Solent, 249–50

Somerset, 174–75, 220

Somerset, Edward, Duke of, 5–6

Sonoma County (California), 133

Soto, Luys de, 49

Sotomayor, Alonso de, 310–11, 315

Sousa, Juan Rodriguez de, 166

South America, 10, 12, 77, 89, 93, 97, 103, 116, 122, 125, 132, 157, 164

Southampton, 41, 166, 169

Southwell, Robert, 247

Spain, Catholicism, 10–11, 203; colonial trade, 12–13; relations with England, 17, 23, 37, 40–42, 45, 79, 92–93, 97, 148, 164–68, 176–77, 180, 201, 216–17, 263; and Pacific voyages, 89–90; maritime empire, 71, 92, 120, 139–40, 181, 186, 200; and South America, 119, 126, 137; acquires Portugal, 140, 146; humiliated by Drake’s attacks, 181, 200, 210–11, 216, 262, 274; knowledge of Drake’s plans, 270; famine, 271; recovers from failure of Armada, 285; raid upon Cornwall, 304

Spanish Main, 12–13, 18, 20, 27, 31, 45, 47, 51, 53–54, 59, 61, 64, 72, 79, 191, 194, 197, 205, 310–11

Sparke, John, 297, 300

Spenser, Edmund, 80

Spes, Guerau de, 41

Spindelow, Henry, 210, 223

Spithead, 242

Spry, Robert, 163

Stafford, Sir Edward, 270

Stallenge, William, 293

Stamford, Baron, 161

Stanford, Sir Charles, 323

Stanning, John, 161

Starke, Matthew, 242n, 261n

Start Bay, 242

Start Point, 242

Stephens, Thomas, 29n

Sternhold, Thomas, 100

Stogumber, 174

Stoke Goldingham, 161

Stokes, John, 205

Stone, Tom, 298–99

Stonehouse, 291, 296

Stow, John, 104n

Strangwich, George, 298–99

Strickland, William, 172

Strode, William, 175, 293n, 295–97, 306, 316

Strozzi, Philippe, 72, 168, 176, 213

Stubbs, John, 122

Stukeley, Thomas, 318

Sussex, Thomas Radcliffe, 3rd Earl of, 81, 147, 150–51

Sutton Bingham, 174, 316

Sutton Pool, 294

Sweden, 10

Sydae, James, 83–84, 87, 100, 102, 112

Sydenham, Elizabeth. See Drake, Elizabeth

Sydenham, Sir George, 174–75, 220, 288–89, 314

Sydenham, John, 273

Sydenham, Sir John (sheriff of Somerset), 174

Sydenham, Mary, 174

Sydenham, Sir Philip, 175n

Sydenham family, 288

Sype, Nicola Van, 155

Tagarin River, 26

Tagus River, 276–80, 305

Talangam (Ternate), 139

Talavera, Canon Francisco de, 49

Tamar River, 1, 5, 160, 286, 294

Tapia, 310

Tate, John, 319

Tavistock, 1, 3–5, 17, 160, 173–74, 298, 320

Tavistock Abbey, 1–2, 5

Tavy River, 1–2, 159–60, 287, 294, 302

Tello, Rodrigo, 129, 132, 138

Temple, Richard, 29n

Terceira, 164–68, 176, 182, 263, 265

Ternate, 139–40, 148, 154, 157, 169

Terra Australis, 90, 93, 118, 143

Texeda, Juan de, 201

Thames River, 217, 200, 231, 268

Thatcher, Margaret, 324

Theobalds, 217

Thévet, André, 72–73

Thomas, John, 99, 108–110, 116, 132, 139

Thornhill, 162

Thoroughgood, Master, 185

Tidore, 89, 139

Tierra del Fuego, 118, 130, 132, 138n, 155

Tilbury, 261, 265

Timor, 143

Tjilatjap, 143

Toledo, Francisco de, 125, 256

Tolu, 45, 51–52, 60, 192

Tomori Bay, 142

Tongoy, 124

Torbay, 170, 245, 291

Tordesillas, Treaty of, 12, 16

Torrequemada, Garcia Fernández de, 188–90

Toscano, Octavius, 183n

Totnes, 5, 52, 163

Tralee Bay, 262

Trelawney, Jonathan, 293n

Trematon Castle, 5, 148

Tremayne, Edmund, 148, 160

Trenel, Captain, 52

Trinidad, 205

Trinity House, 290

Trotter, Thomas, 200

Troughton, John, 303

Truslon, John, 29n

Turks, 11, 213, 284. See also Ottoman Porte

Turner, Peter, 172

Tuscany, Grand Duke of, 300

Tyrone, 80–81

Tytler, Patrick Fraser, 235

Ubaldino, Petruccio, 154, 238–39, 243n, 257

Ubilla, Juan de, 34

Ulster, 81–82, 85, 262

Upchurch, 8

Uraba, Gulf of, 61

Ushant, 222, 230

Valdés, Diego Flores de, 48–51, 65–66, 74, 76, 156, 258

Valdés, Pedro de, 241–45, 287, 306

Valdivia, 119, 127

Vallano, 61

Vallejo Aldrete, Lazaro de, 22

Valliera, 212

Valois, House of, 40

Valparaiso, 123–24

Vanegas, Captain, 248

Vargas, Gaspar de, 130

Varney, John, 196

Vaz, Lopez, 54n, 69n, 90

Vega, Juan de la, 209

Velasco, Juan López de, 46

Velutelli, Acerbo, 99

Venice, 200, 301

Venta Cruces, 46, 48, 50, 66–70, 72, 311

Vera Cruz, 13, 32, 34

Veragua, 71

Vesuvius Reef, 142

Vicary, Leonard, 100, 103, 110–11, 113

Vigo, 180–81, 281

Vigo River, 180–81

Vique y Manrique, Pedro, 192, 194, 197

Virgin Islands, 308

Virginia, 107, 157, 173

Vitoria, Francisco, 137

Wagner, Henry, 142

Wake, Stephen, 44

Walker, John, 169

Walker, Thomas, 162

Walkham River, 160

Wallis, Helen, 321

Walloons, 266

Walsingham, Francis, 7, 79, 85, 94–98, 110, 147–48, 151, 153, 165–67, 169, 179, 203, 206, 211–12, 222–24, 227–28, 258, 260, 264, 282, 290, 324

Ward, Luke, 165, 169

Watts, John, 205, 216, 303

Webb, Thomas, 306, 313

Welch, John, 317

West Africa, 103

West Indies, 16, 36–37, 52, 81–82, 93, 166; Drake’s first voyage, 13; Hawkins in, 17–18, 20, 27–31, 40, 42, 45; Drake’s activities in, 44–77, 81–82, 86, 93, 99, 106, 145, 173, 181–82, 186–97, 200, 204–5, 303–5, 307–14, 319; slaves, 47; Indians, 62; epidemics, 64; and Spain, 40, 77, 131, 166, 201, 216, 285, 303; French corsairs in, 45, 71–72, 130

West Tilbury, 220

Wester Colcombe, 174

Western Rebellion (1549), 5

Weymouth, 300

Whiddon, Jacob, 245

White, Chrissie, 318

White Sea, 208

Whitehall Palace, 150, 155

Whitelocke, William, 314

Whitsand Bay, 253

Wight, Isle of, 52, 55, 219, 225, 237, 242; battles of, 239, 246n, 248–52, 259

Wilbur, Margueritte, 318

William of Orange, 45, 176

Williams, Sir Roger, 220, 228, 263, 267, 270, 275–76, 281–82

Willoughby, Sir Hugh, 17

Willoughby, Peregrine Bertie, Lord, 266

Winchester, Marquis of, 160

Windsor Castle, 150

Wingfield, Captain, 273n, 274, 279

Winter, Edward, 178, 190

Winter, George, 95, 99

Winter, John, 99, 103, 105n, 106, 109, 111, 116–18, 129, 132, 139, 145, 155, 178

Winter, Robert, 108, 112

Winter, William, 18, 23, 45, 52, 95, 98, 165–66, 171, 178, 199, 203n, 208, 231, 233, 251, 253–54, 257

Winter, William, the younger, 303

Wise, Thomas, 295

Wolley, Sir John, 217, 274

Wolsey, Thomas, 174

Wood, James, 313

Wood, Margaret, 245n

Wood, Simon, 156, 244n, 245n

Woodroofe, Sir Nicholas, 173

Woolevington, 174

Woolwich, 16

Worth, Lyon, 43

Worth, Margery, 43

Wray, Christopher, 152

Wray, John, 293n

Wray, Thomas, 297

Wright, W. H. K., 319

Wroth, Robert, 294

Wyatt, Sir Thomas, 6

Wyndham, Thomas, 17

Yarcombe, 162, 175, 288, 306, 313, 316–17

Yebra, Pedro de, 34

Yorke, Gilbert, 165, 303

Yucatan Channel, 31

Zacatecas (Mexico), 12

Zante, 99

Zarate, Francisco de, 121n, 123, 129–30

Zeeland, 202, 204, 255, 257–58

Zubiaur, Pedro de, 148, 152–53