Cook, Captain, 94, 101. annexes Australia, 95, 123. lands at Botany Bay, 104. visits New Zealand, 123, 141. Corea, 5, 6. and the Tartar invaders of Japan, 35. annexed by Japan, 38, 42, 260. independence of, 202. Japan and, 64. Japanese interests in, 205. territorial integrity of, 25, 200, 202, 206. Cortes, 2, 3, 156. Cossacks, the, 187, 188. the, and Siberia, 5. Courteen, Sir William, 104. Crimean War, the, 24. Cross and Crescent, 23. Cuba, 260. conquered by Velasquez, 156. fate of, 155. Guantanamo Bay, 179. naval base at, 222. Spain's misgovernment of, 82. Cushing, Mr Caleb, 81. _Cygnet_, the, 104. Dale, Sir Thomas, 166. Dampier, William, visits Australia, 104. Darius and the Greeks, 40. Dashwood, Mr, 252. Declaration of Neutrality of 1893, American, 68. De Monts, 166. De Quiros, 104. De Torres, 104. Diaz, 2. abdication of, 159. and the Mexican revolutionaries, 158. fall of, 158. Dickinson, Mr, United States Secretary for War, 172 (footnote). Drake, Sir Francis, 69, 91. "Dreadnought" types in 1912 and 1915, forecast of, 184. Ecuador, 151, 161, 260. army of, 198. Edward, Dr Hall, 229. Effective tonnage of the three greatest Naval Powers in 1912 and 1915, 185. Egyptians' device for avoiding mosquitoes, 217. Elizabeth, Queen, 24. Elizabethan Englishman, the, 69, 148. era, the, 90, 214. England, an ingenious speculation as to her climate on opening of Panama Canal, 220. Elizabethan, the spirit of, 76. her sea-power, 89. English Channel, the, 87. Englishman, the Elizabethan, 69, 148. _Entente_ between Great Britain and Russia, 199. Europe prohibits Asiatic internecine warfare, 59. European ambassadors to China, the first, 40. "balance of power," a, 17. hegemony, the, 40. relations with China, 49. scientists and Asiatics, 59. trade and missions in China, 50. Fanning Island, 251. Fiji, 3. Group acquired by Great Britain, 134. Hindoo labourers in, 231. Fijian, a typical gardener, 143. Filipinos, the, 82. Finns, the, 21. Fisher, Mr, Prime Minister of Australia, 133. Fitz-Gerald, Mr James Edward, 126. Fleet unit, the Australian, 113 _et seq._ Formosa, 4. ceded by China to Japan, 38. Fotheringham, Colonel, 196. France, 3, 10, 199. and China, suggested alliance, 48. Napoleon and, 18. trade relations with Japan, 38. Fremantle, Dr Francis, 60. French Canada of to-day, 167. under theocratic despotism, 167. French-Canadian priesthood, the, 168. French Canadians, 165, 168. their national character, 168. French project for Panama Canal, 216. Revolution, the, 124. French, the, 267. Galapagos Islands, the, 222, 224, 260. Gatun Lake, area of, 218, 219. Gengis Khan, 22, 49. German navy: effective tonnage, 185. power in the Atlantic, 212. Germans, the, in Kiao-Chau, 10.