Purchas his pilgrimes. part 1 In fiue bookes. The first, contayning the voyages and peregrinations made by ancient kings, patriarkes, apostles, philosophers, and others, to and thorow the remoter parts of the knowne world: enquiries also of languages and religions, especially of the moderne diuersified professions of Christianitie. The second, a description of all the circum-nauigations of the globe. The third, nauigations and voyages of English-men, alongst the coasts of Africa ... The fourth, English voyages beyond the East Indies, to the ilands of Iapan, China, Cauchinchina, the Philippinæ with others ... The fifth, nauigations, voyages, traffiques, discoueries, of the English nation in the easterne parts of the world ... The first part.

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• NAbon a place where Sugar groweth in great abundance, and Cotton-wooll, and all manner of Graine, and where all kind of Victuals are very cheape, 236
• Nairos, the K. of Calcecuts Guard and Souldiers so called, 28
• Narsinga an Indian Iland, the Kings offer to the English for Trade, 326. The Kings death, and his Wiues burning themselues quick with his Corpes, ibid.
• Nassau Ilands, a pitifull fight be∣tweene the Inhabitants and Hol∣landers, 72.73
• Natiuidad Port, 84
• Nauigation hath two later helpes vnknowne to antiquitie, 2. The poore prentiship which it serued in former ages, 6. The aduance∣ment thereof by King Iohn the second▪ 7. Spaniards taught to ob∣serue the Sunne and Pole in their Nauigations, 12
• Neccius his Voyage to China, 712
• Needle the vse thereof, 2. The first finders out of the Variation ther∣of 3. It is the soule of the Com∣passe▪ 4. Variation thereof in the Magalian Voyage, 36
• ...Negapatan, 314.320
• Negroes of curled haire, 26, 96, 336 Their weapons, ibid. Certaine I∣lands and Townes inhabited by them, 58.96. An Iland called the Iland of Negroes almost as bigge as England, 68. The Ne∣gro King his Throne, Garments, Palace, Prouision, &c. 79
• Nera the chiefe place in the Ilands of Banda, 186.198. The King of Englands Letters and presents to Nera, 198. The Castle of Ne∣ra, and the state thereof, 698
• Netherberi a Towne where is a Market of all brazen wares, shirts of Maile, Swords, and Bucklers, Lances, Armours for Horses: Cotton-woolls, Cotton-yarne, Pintados, Shashes, and all manner of Drugges, 236. It is a place where Cloath would be very vendible, ibid.
• Newberie his Trauels, 110
• New Holland an Iland which hath great store of Cinamon and Pre∣cious stones, Mines, Elephants, fertile fruites and odoriferous plants, 711
• New-yeeres festiuall solemnitie, 543.566
• Neylackey a little Iland neere Po∣laroone, 665
• Nicobar Ilands how situate, 123.152. They are pleasant and fruit∣full, haue good road for Ships, the people most base, 124
• Nights in the Sraight of Magelane very short in the moneth of Octo∣ber, 35
• Nill. vid. Indico.
• Nine a remarkeable number, 557
• Ningim Roote, where found, the right and ripe time to gather it, 319. It is a medicinable roote much prized in Iapan, somewhat like a Skirret; how sold, 528
• Nintam Iles, 449
• Norose a solemne Feast, and the rites thereof, 543
• North Starre the sight thereof lost, by those that sayled past the E∣quinoctiall line, 34
• Nos••aseres or Nuiasira Iles, 196
• Noua Albion a description of the people and Countrey, 52. Their King, his Crownes, and Guard, 53. The causes why the Coun∣trey was called Noua Albion, 54. Gold and Siluer there, ibid.
• Nouelties the effect thereof, 573
• Nutmeg Trees, 44
• Nutmegs plentifull in the Ilands of Banda, 33. In the Iland of Bara∣tene, 56. In Coteway, 85