CONTENTS 



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 Idrisi, 1 154 A.D.— Ibn Sa'id, thirteenth century— Qazwini, thirteenth 

 century— 'Ash- Shirazi, circa 1300— Dimashqi, circa 1300— Book of 

 Wonders, tenth century— The Arabs and the compass— Oldest au- 

 thorities on the compass in Europe — Oldest sea-charts — Extent of 

 the compass-charts— Carignano's chart, circa 1300 — Sanudo's work 

 and Pietro Vesconte's charts, circa 1320 — Dalorto's map, 1325 — The 

 Isle of Brazil— Dulcert's (Dalorto's) map of 1339— Viladeste's chart 

 of 1413— The Medici Atlas, 1351— Pizigano's map, 1367— Scandina- 

 vian view of Greenland as mainland— Saxo on the far North— The 

 tale of Halli Geit — Land at the North Pole— The Outer Ocean— Gin- 

 nungagap — Saxo Grammaticus — The King's Mirror, circa 1240 (?) — 

 Fire derived from force (labor) — The inland ice of Greenland— The 

 glaciers of Greenland a pole of maximum cold— Claudius Clausson 

 Swart, born 1388— Clavus's maps— Mystification in Clavus's geo- 

 graphical names— Different views of Clavus's maps and their origin 

 — Sources and genesis of the Nancy map— Clavus's later map and 

 text, and their genesis— Clavus's west coast of Greenland taken di- 

 rectly from the Medici map— The position of Iceland— Clavus's 

 merits — Clavus's influence on later cartography — Nicolaus Germanus, 

 circa 1460-1470 — Henricus Martellus, circa 149a — Ilia verde — Las- 

 caris's journey to Norway and Iceland, fifteenth century— Fifteenth 

 century maps of the world — Walsperger's map of 1448 — The Borgia 

 map, after 1410 — Fra Mauro's map, 1458 — Genoese mappamundi, 1447 

 — Globes of the fifteenth century — Behaim's globe, 1492 — Laon globe, 

 1493- 



CHAPTER XIV 



John Cabot and the English Discovery of North America . . agi 



Awakening of geographical research — Connection of Bristol with 

 Iceland — The Isle of Brazil — Expedition to find Brazil, 1480 — Gio- 

 vanni Caboto — John Cabot arrives in England, circa 1490? — Cabot's 

 letters patent, 1496 — Cabot's preparations and plans — Sebastian 

 Cabot's participation in 1497 doubtful — Most important authorities 

 for the voyage of 1497 — Pasqualigo's letter of Aug. 23, 1497 — Son- 

 cino's letters of Aug. 24 and of Dec. 18, 1497 — Toby's chronicle — 

 Cabot's western course in 1497 — Cabot sighted America Jime 24, 1497 

 — La Cosa's map represents Cabot's discoveries in 1497 — Cabot's 

 discovery, according to La Cosa's map, is probably Nova Scotia — 

 Cabot's homeward voyage, 1497 — Legend on the map of 1544 — The 

 island of St. John — Cabot's return — Cabot's voyage of 1498 — Au- 

 thorities for the voyage of 1498 — Puebla's letter of July, 1498 — 

 Ayala's letter of July 25, 1498 — Cottonian Chronicle — Fabyan's ac- 

 count — John Cabot probably never returned from the voyage of 

 1498 — Sebastian Cabot's voyages doubtful — Beginning of the New- 

 foundland fishery — Expeditions from Bristol in 1501 and following 

 years — Expedition in 1502 — English voyage in 1503 — Accounts of a 

 voyage of Sebastian Cabot in 1508- 1509 — Another doubtful voyage of 



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