CH R O N O LO G IC A L A R R A N G EM E N T
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was also observed in Italy by Tilli pl, 37 f- Y f f i on Lemnreb y S toffirp - « psendo-stachys
f i n a of the fo6o flo/e
alpina” £ Bauhin y f f i ? # £ „ f f i v ’ in mon/tainous situations in Germany
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o+“ d" b j + d + ‘n to b T + c b . ■ + :+ + .be —
Paris (Steud.). Occurs according to Kunth enrer. m. J , Termed “ foliatus
William Baffin, Robert Fotherby, and others, f f ih sevei ,1= | .’.p inin? of the whale.” Along
outfit, and “ twenty-four Basks, who are _ # n b f f i e £ # £ c e f f i f f i d g / l o d , whiclr the sea bestow?
the shore “ in all places of the countrye there , g, ‘ g g g a g e e ” or “ peace
on the barren lan d ” (brought from the S®®" began” (Lat,
of straight timber” towed p. 29. agreeing with Xoffihern Con te £ ,,g ,g n in g of August,
79°) “ about the toth of June : ” and “ in ver? uncom'fort-
S e . ’” ° i h e L t d q / a d ru / ed s "m r ffil/ were “ tohite b £ r s ” f f i# #
+ i : ' . ” ; + t + + d ° ' o i T o ' J y "■ ' > « > . o o d , - » « a . , , - . . .
n .0 „ . . . ¡nl.abi.od bp anio na.lno. .b ty . «1 „ ¡ „ ¡ „ „ a .i.., ¡ndndm g .wo Jo .u b .
“ The same year (Charlev.. and a Monts Deserts ” (East of the Penobscot), commenced a
from Port Royal, landing on the island of c„,rmpl Ar»oll on a fishing voyage from
settlement there: but were forcibly r# o v e d by # v irg fn ia / an d after
Virginia. Returning, Argoll obtained thiee arme £ s thetoemains of De Monts’ settlement
or ten hundred tun burden f f i f f i # «7/ g g guowing
As ambassartr from the f f i f f f i “ are white and well made,
account from a Japanese £ o had tw £ ..arms consist of a bow and poisoned arrows :
but verv rough and bairy all over their bodie . measures but thirty days journey inland
those who live on the sonth side w e . £ t s a n d i£ a su re s t o ^
they know nothing about them.” The Japanese a fo r t : ” to
except Matchma ” (Matsmae), where are groggffiL in the month of September to lay in their
+ : . r o 7 S ) + p + 4 t = + i ? . « . . . ».¡.. .« p ...... . ¡ .b . . . . .
- J 'i, t F T W i : i , . .'.d » f o .
“ ’ ' / + ‘+ i « + 'd r a b t o + , l + M i e . . . n . . " cow .iri... / / ' Y + “
,, _ termed “ iris xiphinm ” by Jacquin coll. iii. 320, a £ f f io w n to g®# geners,
Wats.), has also become naturalized in a locality in Scotland (G. Don, and A. Dec.).
OF A C C OM P A N Y IN G A N IM A L S A N D P L A N T S . 9 3 3
“ 1614 A. D.” (Stith, Josselyn, and Holmes), arrival at Manhattan of a new governor from Holland,
who refused tribute and acknowledgment to the English, assumed a posture of defence, and
under a grant from the States General, named the country “ New Ñetherlands.” According to Van-
derdonck vertoogh 27, the Dutch in this year had “ traded at the Fresh rive r” (Connecticut), and
“ had also ascended it.”
“ The same y e a r ” (Smith, Purchas, and Holmes), by John Smith, exploration and survey of the
coast between the Penobscot and Cape Cod; and a map presented to prince Charles, who named
the country “ New England.”
“ In this y e a r ” (Major edit. -Strach. p. xvi), Sir Thomas Gates succeeded by Sir Thomas Dale,
now third governor of Virginia.
“ The same y e a r ” (Blair), l o g a r i t h m s , facilitating arithmetical computation, invented by John
Napier of Merchiston.
“ The same y e a r ” publication of the glossarium Graecobarbarum of Meursius,.the earliest glossary
of the kind (E. A. Soph.).
“ 1615 A. D .” (Stith, Chalmers, Holmes, and Major p. xvi), landed property first granted to the
colonists in Virginia : “ fifty acres ” to each adventurer, and his heirs.
“ June 9th” (Wilmere edit. Champí, p. xxxvii), Champlain, with two Europeans and ten natives,
leaving Sault St. Louis by the “ Rivière des Prairies ” for the Algonquin country. Thence he continued
by land to the Lake of the Nipiserini (Nipising) in “ 45%°,” descended a river to the great
Lake Attigouantan (Huron), and reached the village of Cahiagué on its shore “ Aug. 17th,” having
“ overtaken on the way thirteen or fourteen Frenchmen.” After an unsuccessful attack on a stockade
as allies of the natives, Champlain returned to Cahiagué on the “ 2 3 d ; ” — passed the winter in
exploring the country, and leaving on the “ 20th May,” after “ forty days journey” reached Sault St.
Louis.
“ In this y e a r ” (Winckler, and Spreng,), L. Jungermann publishing his Flor. Altorf, “ written
in 1600 ; ” — his Flor. Giess, “ in 1623,” Cat. hört. Altorf “ in 1646,” and died “ in 1653.”
In this year (Spreng. gesch. ii. 98, and Winckl.), Lobel in Britain as court-botanist to Janies I.,
enumerating A g r o s t i s p n n g e n s ill. p. 32, and P u lm o n a r i a m a r i i im a p. 121. — He died “ in 1616,” and
his Illustr. were published by Howe “ in 1655.”
“ The same year = 52d year of the cycle ” (Couplet, and Pauth. 411), in China, first persecution
of Christians, including P. Alvarez Semedo; by one of the principal mandarins at Nan-king, named
Chin-kio. Of the dispersed converts, many were openly protected by Christian mandarins ; — and at
the end of “ six years,” Chin-kio was disgraced.
“ The same y e a r ” (Crawfurd vii. 11), in the Moluccas, eruption of a volcano on Banda.
“ i 5l 6, Jan. 25th ” (Harris, Churchill coll., and Holmes), by Isaac le Maier and William Corneli-
son Schonten, an island discovered in “ almost fifty-five degrees of south latitude,” and named
“ Staten-land.” Sailing through the Strait between this and Terra del Fuego, and passing islands
which he named “ Barnevelt’s ,” and a cape which he named “ Hoorn,” Schonten found himself in
“ fifty-nine degrees twenty-five minutes ” and beyond the longitude of the Straits of Magellan. He
now changed his course, and in “ ./pril,” discovered several small islands in about fourteen or fifteen
degrees of South Latitude “ inhabited by naked people, none of whom come aboard” (Paumotuans),
nor could he “ come to anchor.” Thence sailing West, in “ May ” he saw many more islands ; and
inclining Northward to avoid falling South of New Guinea, many more islands were met rvith, on
some of which he' landed and procured refreshments. Pie anchored “ July is t ” off the coast of New
Guinea; and following this, in “ half a degree of south latitude” discovered the small island which
has received liis own name “ Schonten.” On reacliing Jacatra (Batavia), his vessel was seized; but
taking passage with his men in one of the Company’s ships, — he reached home; completing in “ two
years and eighteen clays ” the Sixth circumnavigation of the Globe.
“ Early in this y e a r ” (Major p. xvi), Sir Thomas Dale succeeded by Sir George Yeardly, now
fourth goyernor of Virginia. T o b a c c o first cultivated tbere in this year by the English.
“ The same y e a r ” (Forster, and Holmes), passing Davis’ Straits, Robert Bylot discovered
islands in “ seventy-two degrees forty-five min u te s ;” and finding women only there, named them
“ Women's Islands.” Continuing North, he discovered and named Lancaster Sound, Jones Sound,
cape Dudley Digges, Wolstenliolme Sound, and Whale Sound in 77 deg. 30 min. William Baffin in
the same season ( . . . Churchill coll., and Anders, ii. 268), continued North to “ seventy-eight deg
r e e s ” to a sound called by him “ Thomas Smith’s : ” where the c o m p a s s í i t o f e “ fifty-six degrees
to the westward,” making the true North bear “ N. E. by E .” — The Northern expanse of water has
received the name “ Baffin’s Bay.”
“ Oct. 25th ” (inscript., in 'Voyag. Belg.), Australia first visited by a European ship ; commanded
by Hartoghs or Hartogsrade of Holland.— The A u s t r a l i a n s on the Murray were found by Eyre to
have the following account of the origin of the creation, “ That there are four individuals living up
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