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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, A book of American explorers, chapter 3 (search)
Book III: Cabot and Verrazzano. (A. D. 1497-1524.) Ship of the 15th Century. The first of these extracts in regard to the Cabots may be found in one of e same series, entitled Hakluyt's Divers Voyages, London, 1850, pp. 23-26. Verrazzano's narrative is taken from Hakluyt's Divers Voyages, same edition, pp. 55-71. latter part of this volume are put certain relations of John De Verarzana, Verrazzano. a Florentine, and of a great captain, a Frenchman, and the two voyages of Jaatter. The 17th of January, the year 1524, by the grace of God we departed Verrazzano. from the dishabited rock, One of the Dezertas. Dishabited means uninhab of very little strength, but of prompt wit; farther we observed not. . . . Verrazzano in Newport harbor. Departing from hence, following the shore, which trendsometimes our men staying for two or three days on a little island Cabot and Verrazzano. near the ship for divers necessaries,—as it is the use of seamen,—he return
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, A book of American explorers, chapter 5 (search)
o the Grand banks of Labrador, he desired to make an exploration farther west. For this purpose an expedition was fitted out by King Francis I. Of France, as is described below.] The first relation Description. of Jacques Cartier of St. Malo, of the new land called New France, In the map of Ortelius, published in 1572, the name of New France is applied to the whole of both North and South America. The application of this name dates back to a period immediately after the voyage of Verrazzano; and the Dutch voyagers are especially free in their use of it, out of spite to the Spaniards.—Parkman. newly discovered in the year of our Lord 1534. . . . After that, Sir Charles of Mouy, Knight, Lord of Meilleraie, and Vice-Admiral of France, had caused the captains, masters, and mariners of the ships to be sworn to behave themselves faithfully in the service of the most Christian King of France. Under the charge of the said Cartier, we departed from the Port of St. Malo with two s
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, A book of American explorers, Index. (search)
Biarni, 3, 4, 5, 6. Billington, Francis, 332. Birds, American, 352. Bouwensz, Tymen, 307. Bradford, Governor, William, 314, 318. Brereton, John, 202, 203, 213. Brodhead, J. R., 280. Bute, Michael, 300, 301, 302. C. Cabot and Verrazzano, 53-70. John, 55. J. Elliot, 2. Sebastian, 56-59. Cabeza de Vaca, Voyage of, 7r-96. Canada, The French in, 97-118, 267. Cape Cod visited by Standish, 312. Caribbees, The, 21, 23, 28, 29, 35, 39, 50. Cartier, Jacques, 58, 998, 300, 301. Thorvald, 10-12. Tilley, Edward, 314, 319. Tobacco used by Indians, 336. Tyrker, 8. U. Ucita, 127, 128 129, 130. V. Vaca, Cabeza (or Cabeca) de, Voyage of, 71-94, 122. Vasconselos, Andrew de, 122, 124. Verrazzano, John de, Letter of, 60-69, 54 99. Vetamatomakkin, 261. Vinland, 2, 9, 10. Virginia, Colonies in, 186, 189, 229, 263. W. Wassenaer's Historie van Europa, 280. Water of New England, The, 349. Waymouth, Captain, George, Voyage of