Venezuela, 203. “Venta Cruz,” 242, 243, 244, 245. Verazzano, John, discoverer, 4, 82. Vermejo River, 102. Vespucci, Amerigo, 90, 91. “Virginia,” 10, 12, 14, 15, 16, 25, 31; Capts. Amadas and Barlow’s preliminary expedition to, 10, 311–321; their landfall, 312; their description of, 313; extent of, 322, 385; named by Queen Elizabeth, 11, 322; Raleigh’s First Colony in, 322–350; his Second Colony, 351–357; fate of a band left by Grenville at Roanoke, 358, 360, 361, 362; the Lost Colony, 369–379, 381, 382, 384; “First Colony of Virginia,” 385; “Second Colony of Virginia,” 385, 386, 387. _Virginia Richly Valued_, 15. Volga River, 133, 135. W Walsingham, Sir Francis, 10, 13, 23, 24. “Wanchese,” Indian of “Virginia,” 321, 323, 334. Ward, Richard, merchant adventurer, 91, 92. “Wardhouse,” 110, 112, 113, 114, 125, 135, 137. “Warspite,” battleship, 384. Watts, John, merchant adventurer, 370. “West England.” _See_ Greenland. West Indies, 8, 14; tradition of discovery by a Welshman, 18, 39–41, 56, 59, 60, 61, 79, 80, 86, 89, 90, 93, 96; Hawkins in, 197, 200, 202, 211, 213, 226; Drake in, 228, 230, 238, 284, 286, 312, 370, 378. Westminster, 27, 30, 77, 88, 129. Westminster Abbey, 30, 388. Westminster School, 19, 42. White, John, artist of Raleigh’s First Colony, 323, 329; drawings by, 323, 350; governor of Raleigh’s Second Colony, 323, 352; grandfather of Virginia Dare, 323, 352, 353, 354, 355, 356, 357, 358, 364, 365; return of, to England, 366, 367, 368; quests for the Lost Colony, 369, 370, 371–379, 382, 386. White Sea, 114, 125, 135, 137. “William and John,” ship, in Hawkins’s third westward voyage, 210, 231. Willoughby, Sir Hugh, 103; Captain-general for the Willoughby-Chancellor voyage, 105; characterization of, 106; journal of, 108, 111; adventures of, as therein recorded, 111–113; tragic fate of, 113, 124, 125, 126. Willoughby-Chancellor voyage of 1553, 104–113; 148. “Willoughbie’s Land,” 112. Wingfield, Edward Maria, patentee South Virginia Company, 386. “Wingina,” Indian king, 315, 329, 330; conspiracy of, to destroy Raleigh’s First Colony, 333–346; name changed to “Pemisapan,” 33, 360, 362. Winter, Capt. John, navigator, 254, 263, 313. Wocokon, Island of, 312, 313, 314, 323, 328, 329, 330, 371. Wolfall, Master, Frobisher’s chaplain, 186, 192. Woods, President Leonard, Bowdoin College, 7. Wright, Edward, 34 Y Yarmouth, England, 174. Yorke, Capt. Gilbert, with Frobisher, 158, 168, 170; “Yorke’s Sound” named for, 171, 178, 183, 187. Yorke’s Sound, 171. Z Zeno, the brothers, navigators, 4; the Zeno chart, 148, 150, 160. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ =First Across the Continent=