AME R i t A.
4 e waves, ana to o k polfeffion o f it in the' name o f the ' Spanifli tno-
narch. Th is difcovery feems to have terminated the vsw«*psSa&on
-that .America .formed pa rt o f Aha. ' , -
I t feems nnnecefiàry to trace w ith mifflitem* the o th t r ^ o e h s of
difcovery in this quarter- In , j t j the continent was ettplored.as far a
Rio d e H a tap bur even in # P lW e was known comsenung «»»eftern
parts'; and twenty^lis years had e la te d fince the fit* voyage rfC o lo n
before the -evillence was rumoured o f the emptrcs, o r fcugfams, , f
Merico and Peru. H ilp an io l. and.Cuha Ml continued the fa st
feats o f the Spanifl. power. In t j t 9 Cortes, wtth eleven fma»v#el.,
containing 617 men, proceeds to the conqueft o f Me*«*,, which-was
accotnpliflted in 152 t . Magalhaen. a t th e fame rime having K M
«te Pacific Ocean, live difcovery o f the wcftern coaft of A g e n ç a bw
came a neceffary confequefiCe. After -many report-s ^ e m m ^ the
-fiches o f Pern, th a t country was at length vifited in W Ê Ê Ë È Ê m ™ '-
in a veffel from Panama. > 1 5 3 0 the conqueft'of 'Pern wiT^egnn by
RzarrtT a t th e head o f 36 cavalry and 144 infant-ry-r and ih '^ tr |e a r s
th a t empire was divided among his followers. I n - 'L ^ the fitftJpanlft
viceroy appeared in Peru.
I n North America th e epochs o f difcovery were m ore .flow. '
TAQ7 -Giovanni Gaboto, a Venetian, palled'by the T h g liM o h n
rCabot/who had recéivéd a commlffidn from H e n ry VII M | §
the view o f tracing a nearer paffage to India,
fo called by his failors ; and infpeded the American fliore ]p far |
V irg in ia; b u t this la n d forming merely an obft^cle to W M * ”
he returned to England. T h e Sebafrian
m i rt6 _ was probably the fon, and not the brother of this «1-
venturer.
m o o . Corte de Real, a Fortuguefe captanvin featch pf .a « g
^sreft paffage, difcovered Labrador, which he appears to have H
from the feeming induftry of the natives,.
i t - 17, Florida difcovered by Ponce., a Spanilh Captaip. jj^H
1 ra t. The powerful kingdom of France had hitherto taken #0
(hare in thefe difcoveries-: but in this year Francis I fent
A! M E R I 6 Av ;
zano, a Florentine,. who examined a great part of the coaft of North
America.* •
1534. Ftatfels* I , , ^ ||i d i n - g |a 4 m '’St. ‘IVfe'loes^ td^le'KablM- -aTet-
tlemept in NonIrAmeri^|? Cartier* tMev epmbia^dewy'ohl'tlfei day óf St.
Lawrence, ®|^Wred‘J the fgreAt«!gulf and rivei^cH which' he gaVe the
nam^Sf that mm. In theffMfbwih‘g<5yeaFhel'Mledfa'Mlub^gÖQileagues
up thiü vh^M^’v ftream To a gre^t-chtafaO*, i’bu'ïlt a fort, andvca'lled th
country- New France. -
* *T|ie' ^aniflrè%'pïa?n^S©t« phopèédediftfe'rhllCiiba' !to4,o%iplete
tèeponqueft oïwlo'iirda. ,'‘Hê tfavelea^oï^wardt-^ h ^ ufeliatitude
but, died in Ï542, ajl;d'''Vas burred on’ the bairife oBfletMériMiiSIffiA i 4l|I
'1540. ' Jfetn d é la R o ^u e;vloï'dfof Rob1^ ® É , ^ ^ e f t t { ^ ^ ^ I l 8 a i |f o r , ,
was^ppointed frehtehah#geher^Mqf lMds4óf.iGl^nada', Hochdlls'
lag'll and' S-ag'jie’nay, who feon re tu fn Cdg^withouU fii^ c e fs1 Rbberual
ag l i p lfeent In Erehefil-al-fo attempted a feftlement
H-M#;il.5
1549. «Jebaftian Gabb'tfwas appointed by Edward, VEjgfra’nd1' pilot o f
England, with "a cbiifidêHpflfe'lpénfiÖh^TOr hls feïvicês in the -difcovery
of America. ’ T h is Se’b’dftian was pïóbably-tHè*^ And
refpf^able d e fe n d an ts ‘ó f the family ftilFexiKinihc^LOiii-inoii'wealth -of
MaïTackufëts.0 f -
Ribeaut ’ arrived in' ^Florida Iffqm'TTianGe'-lan'd returned-i'n
i^ ^T ^B u t the ^bl.bfiy wasdfeftfbyéd by th e iSpahlafdsr lA'hkt^^Freiich
cotofnandbr, Gatirgttes, reve’ngetf-, tpfe'infidt,! b u t T s e t u r n i n
l i | S T h e induftfiauSAnd Venerable H&klu<ytv hasf;jptibfiiflied‘ r a B B
counts o ftb o fe Frénch voyages?^ fiiid tb'du'gM®®£ 1 f •£vprd|SatbIei^yr-?'
mari^perhaps d id 'mofé than any p 6 t^ nTO ê ^ ,promèté'#lS^®&Wpi'rit in '
England*.- The o th e r French'jVbya&e§?Hüfrkgi tfi^ fe n tu ry -were^oflitth: ..
moment.. In 1 5 9 1 -they difcbveredr’fpine rifles anti in
ijq jk a lieutenant general was appoimMnfpt^ La^Vadar^, pcc-.
without effe£t.7 In 11605 Mo-h.s'tifited Canada :,E|rca r ü thither
* Bergeron fiiys that in 1504 the Normans and pretpns already vifited thé great filhing banks
near caj)| ^i^tan.
5 Bergeron,^),, io§. s -v * JMoirfe) Amencan Geography, 410. p. 87.
I Bergeron, 122,
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