Oviedo, Gonzalo de, historian, 94, 95. Oxenham, Capt. John, navigator, 236, 241, 243, 328. Oxford, 19, 20, 22, 23, 42, 143, 283, 310. P Pacific Ocean, 23, 102, 147, 183; Drake’s first sight of, 240, 241; his voyage up the coast, 253–282; harassing Spanish possessions on, 254; at Oregon and California, 274–279; across the ocean, 279–282, 313, 334, 335. Pamlico Sound, 10, 329, 331. Papal bulls, 52, 60, 76. Paraguay River, 102. Parana River, 102. Parmenius, Stephanus, poet and historian, 300. “Pasha,” ship, in Drake’s voyages to the Spanish Main, 229, 230, 239, 247, 251. Pasqualigo, Lorenzo, 68. Patagonia, 254, 260, 264. Patents for English adventures, 61, 62–65, 70–72, 92, 93. “Paul of Plymouth,” ship, 198. Peckham, Sir George, associated with Gilbert’s projects, 288. “Pelican,” ship, of Drake’s fleet for the voyage round the world, 254, 255, 258; name changed to the “Golden Hind,” 262. _See_ “Golden Hind.” Pellew Islands, called by Drake Islands of Thieves, 280. “Pemisapan,” Indian king. _See_ “Wingina.” "Penguin, Island of," adventures on, 98–99. Persia, 134, 139, 140; Shah of, 140, 141. Pert, Sir Thomas, expedition of, 94. Peru, 230, 241, 242, 265, 266, 267; mines of, 382. Philippine Islands, 102, 272, 280. Philip II of Spain, 6, 10, 124, 126, 129, 138, 356, 368; Philip III, 387. Philip and Mary. _See_ Mary. “Philip and Mary,” ship, in Chancellor’s second voyage to Russia, 125, 126, 127, 138; in Stephen Borough’s third voyage to Russia, 138. Phillips, Sir Thomas, 7. Philpot, Richard, in Frobisher’s second northwestern voyage, 171, 178. Pinnace, of the fleet with Raleigh’s Second Colony, 354, 355, 357. Pinzon, Vincente Yarez, navigator, 90. Plate River, 102, 237, 259, 264. Plymouth, America, 1. Plymouth, England, 11, 144, 196, 202, 210, 228, 230, 231, 252, 255, 287, 290, 308, 323, 330, 354, 370, 371. “Plymouth Company,” The, 25, 385. “Pocahontas,” 387. Point Reyes Head, Drake’s landfall in California, 274. Polo, _Maffei_, 54; _Nicolo_, 54; _Marco_, 54; _Voyages and Travels_ of Marco, 55. “Port Pheasant,” 230. Porto Rico, 61, 94, 226, 323, 324. Portsmouth, England, 349, 353, 367. Portugal, 21; Papal bulls in favor of, 52, 60, 87, 90; claim of, to the North American coast, 91, 284. Portuguese, navigations and discoveries of, 3, 4, 21, 51, 52, 53, 57, 75, 80, 90, 91, 92, 104; on the California coast, 274. “Primrose,” ship, 129. Prince Edward Island. _See_ St. John, Island of. _Principal Navigations_, The, 12–14, 25–28; contents of, 32–35. Public Library of Boston, 34. Purchas, _Samuel_, 14; his Hakluytus Posthumus, 14, 226. _William_, 88. Q “Queen Elizabeth’s Foreland” (Cape Resolution), 151, 161, 180, 181, 184, 188. R