Lagos, 127, 128 Lanterns, poop, of Stuart vessel, 246 Launching, 17th century, 225; of the _Prince Royal_, 232 _et seq._; cf. “wooden walls,” 275 Laws, maritime, of Rhodes, 55; Medieval codes, 151; Venetian, 153 Lawson, Sir John, 241 Leaks, methods of stopping, 262 Lebanon timber for Phœnician ships, 18 Leif, son of Eric the Red, 91 Leonidas of Tarentum quoted, 33 Lestock, Richard, 266 Levant, The, 118 Liburnians, the, of Dalmatia, 66 Lieutenants, 17th century, 229; 18th century, 251 “Light of Navigation, The,” 228 Lightbody, James, “Mariner’s Jewel,” 189, 225; on bittacles, 214 Lighthouses, ancient Greek, 45; beacons, 243; the Argand lamp, 244 Lights on promontories in the Middle Ages, 145, 243 Lightships, 244 Line of battle, 242 Lisbon, 156 Live stock on sailing ships, 283 Liverpool pilots, 260 Loadstone, the, 115 Log-book, 256 Log-line, introduction of the, 178, 216; patent log, 217 Longitude, 211, 253; rewards for instruments, 254; by lunar observations, 254; the chronometer invented, 254 Look-out, the, 228 Lotus plant, the, in Egyptian ships, 15 Lowestoft, battle of, 242; beacon, 243 Lucian, 3, 57 Lulli, Raymond, 129 Macedonia, King of, builds large warships, 43 Macham, discoverer of Madeira, 122 Machico, 122 Madeira, discovery of, 122; rediscovery, 134 Magazines on men-o’-war, 277 Magellan, Ferdinand, 131 Magister, 146 Magnus, ship of, 112 Magnusson, Dr. Eirikr, quoted, 105, 107 Mahan, Admiral, quoted, 268 Malaga, battle of, 267 Malocello, 118, 121 Man, Isle of, 243 Manger, 278 Map-making, Ptolemy and, 116; early Venetian, 124; portolani, 124 Marinelli (mariners), 141, 146 Maritime arts only among seafaring people, 11 Maritime discovery, the ancients and, 114 Maritime progress, Prince Henry the Navigator and, 133 Markham, Sir Clements, quoted on Seville training in navigation, 178 Martin V, Pope, 134 Maskelyne, Dr., Astronomer Royal, 254 Maspero, Prof., on the Egyptians and the sea, 11 Masts, length of, 17th century, 225 Match-tubs, 282 Matthews, Admiral Thomas, 266 Mediterranean, the, Egyptian ships on the, 12; Phœnicians in the, 22 Medway, the, 184 Melinda, 136 Men-o’-war. _See_ Wooden walls. Mercator, Gerard, “Mappemonde,” 219; chart, 248 Meridians, converging, Ptolemy and, 116 Messahala on the astrolabe, 175 Meteorology. Virgil’s description of weather, 83–4 Midshipmen, 18th century, 251 Minnes, Vice-Admiral, 242 Misenum, 66 Missionaries as geographical discoverers, 117 Monck, Admiral, 229, 241 Monson, Sir William, “Naval Tracts,” 194, 198, 226 Moon-dial, the, 248 Moore’s “Midshipman’s Vocabulary,” 263 Moorish pirates, 223 Mozambique, 136 Mutinies at Spithead, the Nore, etc., 267 Mykenæans, the, and decorated sails, 51