A Book of Discovery | Page 9

M.B. Synge
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217 From the Portrait at Cuzco.
Peru and South America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219 From the Map of the World, 1544, usually ascribed to SEBASTIAN CABOT.
Peruvian Warriors of the Inca Period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223 From an ancient Peruvian Painting.
Part of North America, showing Sebastian Cabot's Voyage to Newfoundland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 From the Map of 1544, usually ascribed to CABOT.
Jacques Cartier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229 From an old Pen-drawing at the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris.
Canada and the River St. Lawrence, showing Quebec . . . . . . . . 231 From LESCARBOT'S Histoire de la Nouvelle France, 1609.
New France, showing Newfoundland, Labrador, and the St. Lawrence 233 From JOCOMO DI GASTALDI'S Map, about 1550.
Ivan Vasiliwich, King of Muscovie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239 From an old Woodcut.
Anthony Jenkinson's Map of Russia, Muscovy, and Tartary . . . . 242-3 Published in 1562.
Greenlanders as seen by Martin Frobisher . . . . . . . . . . . . 247 From Captain BESTE'S Account of Frobisher's Voyages, 1578.
Sir Francis Drake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249 From HOLLAND'S Heroologia, 1620.
The Silver Map of the World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252 From Medallion in British Museum.
The Silver Map of the World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253 From Medallion in British Museum.
The Golden Hind at New Albion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255 From the Chart of Drake's Voyages.
The Golden Hind at Java . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257 From the Chart of Drake's Voyages.
An Eskimo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261 From a Water-colour Drawing by JOHN WHITE, about 1585.
A Ship of the late 16th century . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266 From Ortelius, 1598.
Nova Zembla and the Arctic Regions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267 From a Map in DE BRY'S Grands Voyages, 1598.
Barents in the Arctic--"Hut wherein we wintered" . . . . . . . . 269 From DE VEER'S Account of the Voyages of Barents, 1598.
Hudson's Map of his Voyages in the Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 275 From his Book published in 1612.
A Ship of Hudson's Fleet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277 From his Voyages, 1612.
Baffin's Map of his Voyages to the North . . . . . . . . . . . . 283 From original MS., drawn by BAFFIN, in the British Museum.
Sir Walter Raleigh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Raleigh's Map of Guinea, El Dorado, and the Orinoco Coast . . . . 289 From the original Map, drawn by RALEIGH, in British Museum.
The first Settlement at Quebec . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291 From CHAMPLAIN'S Voyages, 1613.
The Defeat of the Iroquois by Champlain . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293 From a Drawing in CHAMPLAIN'S Voyages, 1613.
An early Map of "Terra Australis" called "Java la Grande" . . . . 297 From the "Dauphin" Map of 1546.
The Wreck of Captain Pelsart's Ship, the Batavia, on the Coast of New Holland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301 From the Dutch account of PELSART'S Voyages, 1647.
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