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A Popular History of the Dominion of Canada, From the Discovery of America to the Present Time. Including a History of the Provinces of
A Popular History of the Dominion of Canada From the Discovery of America to the Present Time Including a History of the Provinces of Author:William Henry Withrow Title: A Popular History of the Dominion of Canada, From the Discovery of America to the Present Time. Including a History of the Provinces of Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, British Columbia, and Manitoba; of the Northwest Territory, and of the Island of Newfoundland General Books publication date: 2009 Orig... more »inal publication date: 1886 Original Publisher: W. Briggs Subjects: Canada History / Canada / General Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER II. EARLY EXPLORATION. John Calxit discovers Labrador and Newfoundland, 1497 -- Sebastian Cabot's explorations -- Cortcreal -- De Lory -- Verrazzani -- Jacques Cartier discovers the St. Lawrence, 1534' -- Visits Stadaeona and Hoehelaga -- Names Mont Royal -- Winters at Stadaeona -- Sufferings from Scurvy -- Roberval, Viceroy, 1541 -- Cartier his Lieutenant -- Founds Charlesbourg -- Roberval winters at Cape Rouge -- Mutiny and Scurvy -- The Robervals founder at sea, 1549. THE discovery of America was the beginning of a new era in the world. It led to the development of great maritime enterprise. The western nations of Europe were eager to take possession of the new-found continent. Numerous voyages of exploration were projected by adventurous spirits under the patronage of their respective sovereigns. England was even then laying the foundations of her subsequent maritime supremacy. Merchants of foreign countries were weleomed to her shores and found both protection and patronage. Among these were John Cabot and his sons, a Venetian family doing business in the ancient seaport town of Bristol. Henry VII., king of England, Sebastian Cabot. eager to share the advantage of the wonderful discoveries that were startling the wo...« less