Hakon, King, 98, 101, 109, 110 Hales, Dr., 283 Halogaland, 97; the Halogalanders as seamen, 105 Halley, Edmund, on lead, latitude, and look-out, 253; quadrant, 212 Hamblyn, Robert, 244 Hammocks introduced by Columbus, 164 Hannibalian War, slaves as oarsmen, 64 Hanseatic League, 180 Harald, King, 93, 98, 112 Harald Hairfair, 93 Harek of Thiotta, 94, 100 Harrison, John and William, invent the chronometer, 254 Harwich beacon, 243 Hatsopsitu’s, Queen, expedition to Punt, 12 Hawke, Lord, 230, 268, 273 Hawkins, Sir John, and payment for his men, 222 Hawse-pipes, 278 Heave to, 160 Heimskringla, the, 105 Hellespont, bridge of boats across the, 23 Henry VII, 170; encourages shipbuilding, 179 Henry VIII, 133, 170; decoration of his ships, 181, 182 Henry, Prince, the Navigator, 6; and Madeira, 122, 134; his influence, 126, 132, 133; settles at Sagres, 127; and the reaching of India, 127; his naval college, 128; his work, 129; sea route to India, 127, 129, 130; and the spread of the Catholic Church, 130; the results of his work, 131; the work of his pupils, 132; his discoveries, 134 Herodotus on the Phœnicians, 21 Hiero II of Syracuse, mosaics on ship of, 52 Hipparchus, 115, 175 Holland, States of, and longitude, 254 Holmes, Mr. T. Rice, quoted, 69 Homer, references in, to ships, 34; ship of Homer, 35 Hood, Admiral, 265, 270 Houlding, Capt., 241 Hour-glass, Vikings and the, 89; hour and half-hourly glasses, 215, 254 Howard, Lord, of Effingham, tactics of, 218; and the plague on his ships, 222 Howe, Lord, tactics of, 270, 271 Hull, Kingston-on-, 133; seamen’s guild, 171 Hutchinson, William (“Practical Seamanship”), on a tyrannical captain, 249; on seamanship, 250; on the men of the merchant service, 251; on colliers, 252, 257; on boxhauling, 252; on the steering wheel, 256; on the barometer, 259; on squaresails, 260; pilots, 260; method of stopping leaks, 263; of scrubbing ship’s bottoms, 263; sails, 264 Hynmers, Richard, 215 Hypozomata, 30 Iceland, 116 India, sea path to, 118; Prince Henry the Navigator and sea route to, 127, 129, 130; the opening of the sea route to, 134; Portuguese expeditions to, 135; Vasco da Gama’s voyage, 136; Drake and the East Indian trade, 217 Indian Ocean, 119 Ingi, King, 93 Irish Sea, pirates in the, 223 Jamaica trade, 249 James, St., shrine of, 147 James I and pirates, 223, 224; ships of his time, 228 James II, Navy in the time of, 229; and sea charts, 243 Jervis, Admiral. _See_ St. Vincent, Lord “Jimmy Green,” 265, 283 Jordaine, Sir Joseph, 242 Kempenfelt, Capt., 269 Keppel, Admiral, 266 Kingsdown, 76 Kingston-upon-Hull. _See_ Hull Knut, King, 94, 98, 106 _Korumba_, 46 L’s, the five, 252