so ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 



NOTES. 



1. Communication to the Montreal Gazette, July 30th, 1895. 



2. In his notes to the admirable edition of Champlain's Voyages, published in 



Quebec. 6 vols., 4to. 1870. 



3. Histoire du Canada. 2 vols., 8vo. Quebec, 1861. 



4. Trans. Roy. Soc. of Canada. Vol. for 1891. 



5. See Hakluyt, American Voyages ^^assi»i, and later throughout all the nego- 



tiations of the 17th and 18th centuries. This point has ceased to be of any 

 practical value now, and is often overlooked. 



6. The early maps show this beyond all cavil. The Cantino map, 1501, the Canerio 



map of the same date, the King map, 1502-3, the map of Salvatde Palestrina, 

 1.503-4, the Portuguese portolanos of 1.502-4, and, above all, Reinel's map, 

 1.505, and all the later maps, prove this. It can scarcely be seriously disputed, 

 for the names still cling to the coast disguised under English distortions. 



7. John Cabot, the Discoverer of North Amex'ica, and Sebastian, his Son. London, 



1896. 



8. Gordon. Report on Hudson's Bay Expedition of 1886. Ottawa. 



9. See Monograph Trans. Roy. Soc. Canada, 1894, where this confusion between the 



two voyages is unravelled and explained. 



10. That Cabot was in London by Aug. 10th, 1497, is proved by an entry in the King's 



Privy Purse accounts, showing that a gratuity of £10 was given to the man 

 who first sighted land. Cabot landed at Bristol on his return, and in that 

 age some days must be allowed for the news to travfel to London. 



11. Some critics complained that these references were not put at the foot of each 



page. The object of the plan adopted then and now is to enable the hasty 

 reader to grasp the argument quickly, without distracting his attention by 

 the more detailed information required by those interested in the study of 

 these questions. 



12. Trans. Roy^ Soc. Canada. Vol. vii., for 1889. 



13. Dr. Bourinot's monograph was also published separately, but in a limited 



edition, and is now out of print. 



14. Vide Patterson on Portuguese discoveries, cited ante. Frey Luis, now Cape 



Freels ; Cabo d'Espera, now Cape Spear ; Baya Fondo, now Bay of Fundy ; 

 Cabo Razo, now Cape Race, and others ; to which list may be added Rognousi 

 or Rognosco, whence Cartier took his departure home on his second voyage, 

 now called Renews. 



15. The landfall of Columbus is not absolutely settled to the satisfaction of all. 

 Watling's Island has the weight of authority now, and is generally accepted, 

 but Capt. Fox, of the U. S. Navy, argues for Samana in a very elaborate 

 monograph. Navarrete and others argue for Grand Turk's Island, Varn- 

 hagen for Marignana, and Irving, Humboldt and others for Cat Island. 

 These points are not far apart, but Labrador and Cape Breton are so widely 

 distinguished from each other that there should not be much difficulty. 



