CONTENTS 



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Sebastian Cabot in 1516 or 1517 — Henry VIII.'s attempted expedi- 

 tion in 1521 — Cabot's discovery before its time. 



CHAPTER XV 

 The Portuguese Discoveries in the North-west 345 



Voyages of the brothers Cortereal — Early attempts of the Portu- 

 guese to find new lands — Boundary between the Portuguese and 

 Spanish spheres — Letters patent to Joao Fernandez, 1499 — Letters 

 patent to Caspar Cortereal, 1500 — Pasqualigo's letter to the Council 

 at Venice, Oct. 1501 — Pasqualigo's letter to his brothers, Oct. 1501 — 

 Cantino's letter, Oct. 1501 — The Cantino map, 1502 — Letters patent 

 to Miguel Cortereal, 1502 or 1503 (?) — Portuguese chart of about 

 1520 — Later notices — Caspar Cortereal not the discoverer of Green- 

 land (Labrador) — Joao Fernandez sighted Greenland, 1500 (?) — Gas- 

 par Cortereal — Cortereal's voyage of 1500 — Cortereal's voyage of 

 1501 — Late authorities of the sixteenth century — Galvano on G. 

 Cortereal — De Goes on G. Cortereal — Mention of the natives in 

 Pasqualigo and Cantino — Evidence of the Cantino map as to the 

 Portuguese discoveries — Construction of the Cantino map^Varia- 

 tion in the Portuguese representation of Greenland — The King map, 

 circa 1502 — The Oliveriana map, after 1503 — Miguel Cortereal's voy- 

 age, 1503 — The King despatches ships — Vasqueanes Cortereal refused 

 leave to sail. 



Conclusion 379 



List of the More Important Works Referred To . . . . • 384 



INDEX • 397 



