“Skyko,” Indian of “Virginia,” 333, 339, 343. Smyth, William, navigator, 158, 174, 175. “Solomon,” ship, in Hawkins’s westward voyages, 202. “Solomon of Weymouth,” ship, in Frobisher’s third Northwestern voyage, 178. Somers, Sir George, patentee South Virginia Company, 385. Soto, Hernando de, 15. South America, 3, 90, 94; Sebastian Cabot’s discoveries in, 102, 197, 198, 199, 203, 382, 383. South Carolina, 4. South Sea. _See_ Pacific Ocean. Spain’s possessions in America, 1, 3, 8, 9; on the Pacific coast, 23, 60, 90, 91, 197, 201, 207, 230; Drake’s raids on, 233–251, 253, 254, 284; visits of Raleigh’s colonists to, on the outward voyages, 324–328, 354–356, 382, 384. Spaniards, navigations and discoveries of, 3, 60, 80, 90, 104; on the California coast, 274, 279. Spanish Armada, the, 13, 226, 284, 368, 369, 384. Spanish Inquisition, 224, 225. Spanish Main, 8, 197, 203; Drake’s operations on, 228, 229–240, 254, 284. Spenser, Edmund, 17. Spice Islands, 272, 280–282. Spicer, Edward, shipmaster, in “Virginia,” 359, 360; with White in quest of the Lost Colony, 371, 372, 373; lost, 374. “Squirrel,” ship, of Gilbert’s fleet, 288, 290, 291, 297, 298, 299, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306; foundering of, with Gilbert, 307. Stafford, Sir _Edward_, 24, 25, 27. Master _Richard_, chaplain of the Willoughby-Chancellor voyage, 106, 108. Capt. _Edward_, of Raleigh’s colonies, 344, 346, 347, 357, 360, 362. Stevens, Henry, bibliophile, 7. Stow, John, annalist, 87. Strait of Magellan, 102, 147, 260, 262; passage of, by Drake’s fleet, 262, 272, 313. Straits of Hercules, 85. “Swallow,” ship, in Borough’s third voyage for Russia, 138, 139. “Swallow,” in Hawkins’s westward voyages, 202, 210. “Swallow,” of Gilbert’s fleet, 288, 290, 291, 297, 300. “Swan,” ship, in Drake’s voyages, 229, 230, 239, 254, 258, 259. T Tetou, Capt., of a French ship, with Drake at Panama, 247, 249, 251, 252. Thames River, 39. Thomas, John, merchant adventurer, 92. “Thomas Allen,” ship, in Frobisher’s third Northwestern voyage, 178, 183, 184, 187. “Thomas of Ipswich,” ship, in Frobisher’s third Northwestern voyage, 178, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189. Thomson, Sir Peter, 7. Thorne, Robert, merchant, 4, 92, 96, 105. Tierra del Fuego, 263. “Tiger,” ship, in Hawkins’s westward voyages, 202. “Tiger,” of Raleigh’s fleet with his First Colony, 323, 324, 329, 330. Tower Hill, 387. Tower of London, 177, 381, 382, 385, 386, 387. “Treasure of the World,” 236, 238, 254. Treasure ships, 5, 8; capture of the “Madre de Dios,” 382. “Trinitie,” ship, of fleet for Russia, 129. Trinity College, Cambridge, 19, 30. U Upcot, Capt., in Frobisher’s third Northwestern voyage, 178, 190. V Valentia, Lord, Library of, 7. Valparaiso, 265, 266. Vaz, Lopez, 237.