(56) CHROXOLOGICAL LIST OF VOYAGES. [aPP. x" III. 



A. D. 



1500, P. Gaspar Cortereal, with two ships, fitted out for re- 



search towards the N. W. visited Greenland and La- 

 brador, and discovered the River St Lawrence^ toge- 

 ther with some islands contiguous to the American 

 coast. 



1501, P. Gaspar Cortereal undertook a second voyage in search 



of a N. W. passage with two ships ; he made the coast 

 of Greenland, but being separated from his consort in 

 a storm, was never heard of afterwards. His consort 

 returned home safe. 



1502, P. Michael Cortereal, with three ships, proceeded in search 



of his brother Gaspar Cortereal, when himself and 

 ship's company likewise perished. The two other ships 

 under his direction, however, got safe home. 



1504, F. Newfoundland and Cape Breton visited by the Biscay- 

 ners and Bretons, for the purpose of fishing. 



1506, F. Jean Denis, with Camart, a native of Rouen, as pilot, 

 sailed from Honfleur to Newfoundland, and is said to 

 have been the first who laid down a chart of this coun- 

 try. 



1508, F. The coast of Newfoundland examined by one Aubert, 

 in a ship called the Pensee. 



1524, F. Juan Verazzani sailed to America, and proceeded along 

 the coast about 700 leagues. This part, included 

 between the parallels of perhaps 30° N. and 56° N. 

 was named New France. 



— — Sp. Estevan Gomer, towards the N. W. No discovery ap- 

 pears to have been made. 



1527, En. Two ships, one of which was called the Dominus Vo- 

 biscum, were sent out for discoveries towards the North 

 Pole. One of the ships was lost, and little or nothing 

 accomplished. 



1534, Fr. Jaques Cartier proceeded in search of a W. or N. W. 



passage ; sailed up the Gulf of St Lawrence. 



1535, Fr. Jaques Cartier, with three ships, performed a second 



voyage vip the River St Lazvrenee, which he examined 

 as high as Montreal. He wintered in the St Law- 

 rence, where 25 of his crew died of the scurvy. 



1536, En. A voyage towards the N. W. of the ships Trinitie and 



Mimon, in which Cape Breton and Newfoundland 

 were visited. The crews suffered much from fa- 

 mine. 



