The Story of Majorca and MinorcaMarkham, Clements R. (Clements Robert), Sir
History
The Story of Majorca and Minorca
Markham, Clements R. (Clements Robert), Sir
Balearic Islands (Spain) -- History
Burgues, noble family of Majorca, 108;
arms, 157;
title given, 193
Burgundy, Duke of, founded a principality in the Morea, 128, 129
Butler, Captain H.M.S. _Dunkirk_, sent to capture Fornells, 248
Byng, Admiral Sir George, sent to the Mediterranean to hinder Spanish
designs on Sicily, 254;
at Port Mahon and Naples, 255;
chased the Spanish fleet, 256;
victory off Cape Passaro, 257;
visited Count Mercy, 258, 259;
at Genoa, 260;
success of all his measures, 262;
created Viscount Torrington, 262
Byng, Admiral John, sent to relieve Minorca, 273;
with his father off Cape Passaro, 273;
at Gibraltar, 273;
off Minorca, 274;
his fleet, 274;
evaded an action, 275;
his court martial, 277;
executed, 279
Cabrera, Isle, 88
Calabria, 96, 103
Calatabellota, 103
Calatayud, 74
Cambrils, Jayme’s fleet assembled at, 13, 285
Cammock, Irish renegade, Spanish rear-admiral, 256
Camprodon, François, architect of the Almudaina at Palma, 111
Canet, fight for the water-supply, 27, 29;
country house of the Torrellas, 27, 28;
fayence factory at, 200;
noble family of Majorca, viscounts, 108
Cannæ, 225
_Canterbury_, H.M.S., 257
_Captain_, H.M.S., in Sir G. Byng’s action, 257;
in Byng’s fleet off Minorca, 274
Carbonell, his story not to be believed, 234, 235
Carcassonne, 6
Carlists imprisoned at Belver, 211
Carlos (_see_ Viana, Prince of; _see_ Charles), 167
Caro, noble family of Majorca, 108, 201.
_See_ Romana.
Carob-trees, area covered by, in Majorca, 213
Carroz, Don Francisco, in command of the expedition to restore order in
Majorca, 184
Carroz, a German knight, 13
Cartailhac, M., on prehistoric remains in Minorca, 221
Carthaginians in Minorca (_see_ Mago), 225;
founded Port Mahon, 227
Cartuja at Valdemosa, 161, 162
Castro Giovanni, 261
Catalan language, 4;
King Jayme’s Journal written in, 11;
Chronicle of Muntaner, 55;
dialect in Majorca, 214
Catalans army, conquest of Majorca by, 26;
naval power, 59;
victory, 66;
crossbowmen, 86, 87;
naval victories, 85, 86;
Company in the east (_see_ Company);
as navigators, 170, 172;
Portolani, 172;
abandoned by Treaty of Utrecht, 251;
grief of the Archduke Charles at their treatment, 252
Catalonia, 1;
French invasion, 84
Catania, granted to Prince Fernando, 128, 129;
death of Isabel of Andria at, 130
Catona, 63
Caulfield, Captain H.M.S. _Aurora_, 283
Caves, description of the Cueva del Drachs, 35, 36;
Cueva de Arta, fugitives in, 37;
in Minorca, 221
Cefalu, 79, 81, 100
_Centaur_, H.M.S., Captain Markham, 283;
chases Spanish frigates, 285;
on coast of Catalonia, 285, 286;
capture of French frigates, 287;
off Brest, 288
Centelles, Gilabert de, Governor of Majorca for Pedro IV., 148
_Centurion_, H.M.S., off Minorca, 247;
sent to Fornells, 248
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