CAETOGRAPHY TO CHAMPLAIN. 



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odd expression, meauiug, probably, " coast to tbe west." It may be a part of some of the 

 inscriptions which Cartier's maps probably contained. " S. Laurens," " S. Nicolas " and 

 " C. Tienot " are clear, bnt " posilles " I do not understand, nor " acarty isles." I find no 

 trace of these words in the narratives or on other maps. The other names on this coast 

 are clear, " Isles a la demoiselle " being mentioned by Allefonsce. The west coast of 

 Newfoundland literally shows no trace of Cartier's visit. 



H.— 27je Whytfiiet Map, 1591. 



This map appeared in 1569. From that time until after the close of the century no 

 better one was published. All that followed until the time of Lescarbot and Champlain 

 were either retrogressions, or were copies of this, or combinations of it with others we have 



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Fig. 7.— The Whytfliet Map, 1597. 



considered. As a type of the very best of the later maps of that century we take that of 

 Whytfliet of 1.59'7, which is contained in his " Ptolemy " of that year. It will be seen that 

 the topography, far from improving, has become poorer, while the nomenclature is almost 



Sec. U, 1889, 6. 



