A new East India Company established
Shores of Australia first explored by the English
The old and new East India Companies united
Nova Scotia became a British possession
Transportation system abolished
Opening of the Suez Canal
South African Republic annexed
Queen Victoria proclaimed Empress of India
South African Republic restored to the Boers
Addison, Joseph, xi.
Adelaide, 114
Aden, xl.
Afghanistan, Ameer of, xxviii.
Africa, British expansion in, xxxiv.-
xxxix. ; exploration of, 136-139;
gold in, 142-144; ivory in, 144-
148; Livingstone in, 157-176;
British possessions in South, 182
Agra, 94
Ahasuerus, King, 18; 209 n.
Alatamaha River, 47, 48
Alexander the Great, 17; 208 n.
Alfred, King, xiii.; 176
America, English colonies in, xiv.-
xxii.; loss of colonies in, xxiii.;
progress of English colonies in,
52-61; breach with, 72-76
Angola, 149
Anne, Queen, xi.
Appamatuck, Queen of, 35
Arabia, 123
Arcot, Clive at, 85-89
Arthur's Pass, 123
Atibalipa, 26
Atlantic, the, 201, 208
Aurungzebe, 87; 218 n.
Australia, British colonies in, xxxi.-
xxxiv.; description of, 109, 110;
discovery and settlement of,
Carnatic, the, 91; 218 n.
Carolina, foundation of, xix.
Cathay, 16; 208 n.
Cathcart, Sir George, and the
Griquas, 171; and the Sand
River Convention, 180; 223 n.
Chapman, Captain, 160
Charlemagne, 204; 225 n.
Charles I., English colonies under,
xvii.
Charles II., English colonies under,
xviii.; and the East India Com-
pany, 84
Charles's River, 79, 80
Charlestown, 50
Chatham, Earl of (William Pitt the
Elder), extract from speech of,
68-71; 215 n.
Chaucer, xi.
Chunda Sahib, 85, 87
Clarendon, Earl of (Edward Hyde),
and the English colonies, xviii.,
xix., xlii.; extract from, 42-44 ;
Clarendon, Earl of, and the Zam-
besi expedition, 152
Clarke, Marcus, xxxi.
Clerk, Sir George, 180; 223 n.
Clinton, General, 72; 216 n.
Clive, Robert, xxvii.; at Arcot, 85-
89; at Plassey, 90–92; 218 n.
Coleridge, S. T., and "Pantiso-
cracy," 223 n.
Columbus, and the discovery of
America, xii. ; 208 n., 210 n.
Concord, 73, 217
Congo Free State, 222
Congo River, xxxv.
Connecticut, xxi.
Connocke, W., xx.
Cook, Captain, and his exploration
of the Australian coast, 112, 113;
219; 220 n.
Cortez, 25; 210 n.
Dufferin, Marquis of, quoted, xxiv.,
xliv.
Dumdum, 94
Dupleix, Joseph François, 85, 218 n.
East India Company and Cromwell,
xviii., xxvi., xxviii., xxx.; history
of, 83-85
Edward VII., xxx.
Egypt, Great Britain and, xxxv.—
xxxviii.
Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain,
208
Flinders, Matthew, 113; 220 n.
Flinders River, 220 n.
Florida, 31; 211 n.
Fox, Charles James, and
American colonies, 73, 75;
France, and Canada, xxii.; and
India, xxvii. ; and Egypt, xxxv.,
xxxvi. ; wars with, xliv.
Frederick the Great, 200
Frido, Cape, 19
Gage, General, 74, 216; 217 n.
Gambia, xxxv.; river, 136, 138,
139, 145
Garden Island, 152, 153, 154, 156
George II. and Georgia, 47; 213 ".
Georgia, xxi.; 46-50
Germany, union of, 185; 223 n.
Gibbon, Edward, extracts from
letters of, 72-76; 216 n.
Gilbert, Sir Humphry, and his
efforts at colonization, xiv. ; and
the north-west passage, 16-20 ;
208 n.
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