174 CONTENTS. 



Bibliographical, Historical and Critical Notes. 



Chapter. Page. 



I. The voyages of the Northmen 291 



II. The Cabot voyages 295 



III. The Portuguese voyages 298 



IV. Norembegue 298 



V. Baccalaoa on the old maps 299 



VI. Cartography of Cape Breton, 1527-1632 300 



VII. Jacques Cartier oflf Cape Breton 301 



VIII. Extracts fi'om narratives of early voyages to Cape Breton 305 



IX. French sources of information on Cape Breton and Louisbourg 309 



X. English works, memoirs, and general sources of information respecting Louisbourg, 



and the sieges of 1*745 and 1758 314 



XI. Maps and illustrations of Cape Breton and Louisbourg, portraits of Wolfe, etc 322 



XII. Louisbourg medals 325 



XIII. The Micmac Indians .and their language 327 



XIV. The Acadian French in Cape Breton 328 



XV. General bibliographical notes 330 



XVI. Extracts from treaties and other official proclamations, etc., affecting Cape Breton 333 



XVII. Official statement of the military establishment at Louisbourg in 1753 337 



XVIII. Statistical statements of the fisheries and commerce of Cape Breton, 1745-1758 339 



Illustrations in Text. 



I. Part of Cabot's Mappemonde, 1544... 1*77 



II. French medal struck on foundation of fortress of Louisbourg in 1720 193 



III. English medal struck on taking of Louisbourg in 1758 243 



IV. Admiral Ilovenden's cross in Sydney harbour, 1711 278 



V. Cross taken from the French parish church in 1745 and now over the entrance to Gore 



Hall, Harvard University 283 



VI. Old cannon, probably of sixteenth century, found at Louisbourg 284 



VII. Old sketch of entrance of Louisbourg harbour and of the French town in the distance. 323 



Plates. 



Plate I. Map of British colonies and northern New France, including Cape Breton, and indicating 

 dates of the founding of principal forts in the French possessions. 



" II. Fig. 1. View of new village of Louisbourg. 



" II. Fig. 2. Sketch of ruins of old casemates at Louisbourg. 



" III. Plan of the city and harbour of Louisbourg, indicating the position of New England 



Ibrces in 1745. 



" IV. Plan of the city and fortifications of Louisbourg by E. Gridley. 



" V. Facsimile of Nicolas Denys's map, 1G72. 



