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SAMUEL EDWAED DAWSON ON THE 



river in their full extent up to Hochelaga. It is true that the narrative of his voyages was 

 not jirinteil until 1545 ; hut the Dieppe school of cartographers had commenced their 

 labours of making known the achievements of French mariners while preparing charts to 

 assist them in their further ventures; and on Rotz' map and the mappemonde Harleyenne 

 in 1542, the main features of Cartier's voyages were given. Whoever compiled the map of 

 1544 had abundance of material in the French and Portuguese maps, as for the Spanish 

 maps they had been far in arrears ; but in 1537 the Padron Real, or royal standard map, 

 as before stated was revised by a commission, and from the description given by Oviedo 

 of its main features, it is clear that the map of 1544 was not based upon it, and was there- 

 fore not of Spanish origin, and not by Sebastian Cabot, the grand pilot of Spain. 



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The North American Portion of the (Cabot ?) Mappemonde of 1544. 



The map now under discussion, the celebrated map of 1544 (so called) of Cabot, has been 

 described by Dr. Bourinot in his history of Cape Breton, where also the sketch here repro- 

 duced of the North American part of it may be found. It is unique, only one copy being 

 known to exist, and was secured for the National Library of Paris. It was found in the 

 year 1843 by Von Martins in the house of a Bavarian curate. It is engraved on copper ; 



