Verrazano the Navigator, Or, Notes on Giovanni Da Verrazano and on a Planisphere of 1529 Illustrating His American Voyage in 1524: With a Reduced Copy of the Map |
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Page 79 - ROBINSON (Conway) An account of discoveries in the west until 1519, and of voyages to and along the Atlantic coast of North America, from 1520 to 1573. Prepared for " The Virginia historical and philosophical society," and published by the society : 8vo large — Richmond, printed by Shepherd & Colin, 1848 ; deposited by William Maxwell.
Page 53 - Secondly, that master John Verazanus, which had been thrise on that coast, in an olde excellent mappe which he gaue to King Henrie the eight, and is yet in the custodie of master Locke, doth so lay it out...
Page 155 - La mort aussi n'a point craint son effroy, Ses gros canons , ses darts , son feu , sa fouldre , Mais, l'assaillant, l'a mis en tel desroy Que rien de luy ne reste plus que poudre.
Page 53 - Indians aforesaide, and by Urdaneta, the Frier of Mexico. Also divers have offered the like, unto the Frenche King, who hath sent two or three times to have discovered the same.
Page 152 - Relazione sopraccennata, conservasi manoscritta una Narrazione cosmografica assai bene distesa di tutti i paesi ch'egli avea in quel viaggio osservati, e da essa raccogliesi ch' egli ancora avea formato il disegno di tentar per que'mari il passaggio all'Indie orientali.
Page 43 - XXX of their little barges, with innumerable people, who passed from one shore and the other in order to see us. In an instant, as is wont to happen in navigation, a gale of unfavorable wind blowing in from the sea, we were forced to return to the ship, leaving the said land with much regret because of its commodiousness and beauty, thinking it was not without some properties of value, all of its hills showing indications of minerals.
Page 158 - An Inquiry into the Authenticity of Documents concerning a Discovery in North America claimed to have been made by Verrazzano.
Page 77 - Cabote, in the vi. booke of the thyrde Decade. But Cabote touched only in the north corner and most barbarous parte hereof, from whense he was repulsed with Ise in the moneth of July.
Page 142 - ... due to the French under Jacques Cartier, and which could properly belong to no other exploration of the French." This statement was made in rebuttal of that by Brevoort in his Verrazano the Navigator (p. 141), where he says that "the first published map containing traces of Verrazano's exploration is in the Ptolemy of Basle, 1530, which appeared four years before the French renewed their attempts at American exploration. It shows the western sea without a name, and the land north of it called...
Page 111 - West :l and therefore was it commonly sayde both in Fraunce and Spaine, and also among vs, that it was impossible for vs safely to arriue thither, whither the Lord did conduct vs. Al which perswaded but of ignoraunce and lacke of attempting : which wee haue not bin afrayde to giue aduenture to prooue. Albeit...