Myonnesos, battle of, 52 Nansen, Dr., on Pytheas, 28; on the Vikings, 85, 90, 92 Napier, John, and logarithms, 224 Narrow Seas, the, 214, 219 Nature, man and the forces of, 10 Naumachia, 68 Nautæ (sailors), 141, 146 “Nautical Almanac,” 254 Nautical words. _See_ Sea terms Naval Academy, Portsmouth, 250 Naval education in Portugal, 128 _et seq._; in England, 229; in France, 230; 17th century, 248; 18th century, 250 Naval warfare in England, early, 144; as a science, 182; 18th-century tactics, 267, 268. _See also_ Tactics Navigation, the beginning of, 5; of the ancient Egyptians, 14; of the Phœnicians, 19, 22; Pytheas and, 27; as described by Virgil, 83; by instinct, 86; of the Vikings, 86–90; the ancients and, 114; the Arabians and, 122; Prince Henry the Navigator and, 128 _et seq._; first book on, by an Englishman, 211; early English books, 211–16; instruments of the Elizabethans, 211, 212; in the 17th century, 224; in the 18th century, 253; methods of 18th-century coasters, 257 Navy, Royal. _See_ British Navy Neco, King of Egypt, and the circumnavigation of Africa, 21 Nelson, Lord, signal at Trafalgar, 271; the battle of St. Vincent, 271; the _Victory_, 275; cost of a man-o’-war in his time, 276; colours of his ships, 280 Nemi, Lake, Roman boats, 78, 81 Nesiar, battle of, 101 New Forest, 275 Newcastle colliers, 230, 251, 256 Newcastle-on-Tyne Seamen’s Guild, 133, 171 Nile, the, 12 Nile barge, huge, 43 Nocturnal, the, 248 Nore Lightship, 244 Nore, mutiny at the, 267 Norse discoveries, 117 Norsemen, the, and navigation, 2. _See also_ Vikings North Foreland, battle off the, 242 North-West Passage, 204 Norwood, Richard, “Seaman’s Practice,” 216 Nunez, Pedro, 178 Oak for men-o’-war, 275 Oarsmen on triremes, 39 _et seq._; on Viking ships, 112 Octher, 116 Officers of Navy of 18th century, 266 Olaf Tryggvason, King, 94, 96, 100, 101, 103 Oleron, laws of, 151 Oppenheim, Mr. N., quoted, 182, 188 Orfordness, 243 Ostend, 241 Palinurus, the pilot, 83 Palos, 156 Pavia University, Columbus at, 156 Pay of Navy, mutinies, 267 Pedro, Prince, 127 Peloponnesian War, 38 Penn, Admiral Sir William, 241 _Pentekontoroi_ (Greek warships), 37, 50, 51 Pepys, Samuel, 229 Petrie, Prof. Flinders, on shipbuilding in Egypt, 15, 51 Pett, Sir Phineas, 231 Petts, the, as shipbuilders, 231 Philip II, neglect of, in saluting, 209 Philip III of Spain, 254