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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Cortereal , Gasper 1500 - (search)
Cortereal, Gasper 1500-
Portuguese navigator; born in Lisbon; was in the service of the King of Portugal when, in 1500, he left the mouth of the Tagus with two ships well equipped at his own cost and proceeded to make discoveries in the Northwest.
Cortereal was a gentleman of enterprising and determined character, who had been reared in the household of the Portuguese monarch and had an ardent thirst for glory.
He first touched, it is believed, the northern shores of Newfoundland, discovered the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and sailed along the coast of the American continent to lat. 60°, and named the neighboring coast Labrador.
Cabot had visited that coast two years before, but did not land; Cortereal landed in several places, and gave purely Portuguese names to localities.
The natives appearing to him rugged and strong and capital material for slaves, he seized fifty of them, and, carrying them to Portugal, made a profitable sale of his captives.
The profits of this voyage excit
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Pinzon , Martin Alonzo 1441 - (search)