Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Labrador” in chapter 5 of George Bancroft, History of the Colonization of the United States, Vol. 1, 17th edition.:
... he sold as slaves.
It was soon resolved to renew the ex- pedition; but the adventurer never returned.
His death was ascribed to a combat with the natives, whom he desired to kidnap; the name of Labrador , transferred to a more northern coast, is, probably, a memorial of his crime and is, perhaps, the only permanent trace of Portuguese adventure within the limits of North America.
The French en...
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† | Labrador (Canada) | 156 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes |
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