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the Portuguese ever named it." [In passing out from the strait of Canso the veiy bold promontory of 

 Cape St. George for a long time closes out the open water in rear and when that is passed the more 

 distant high lands of the NovaSeotia coast are opened up until Prince Edward island is seen ; so that 

 unless a vessel were to change its course to the southwest the existence of Northumberland strait 

 would not be suspected, and moreover if the strait were well entered and even half sailed through Cape 

 Tormentine and Cape Egmont overlap so as to give the appearance of a land-locked bay, and the dis. 

 tance between the opposite shores is at one point so small that surveys have been made for a projected 

 tunnel to connect them. In confirmation of the late discovery of this strait the maps of 

 Champlain may be cited. That of the voyage of 1611 lays down the Magdalens under the 

 singular^name of Isles aux gros yeux— an error of the engraver for Isles aux margaus — but no hint 

 is given of Prince Edward island. On the larger map of 1613 appears (see p. 9-1") a small island with 

 an illegible name, evidently the western section of it nearest the New Brunswick coast, in its proper 

 place as seen from the mainland. A note on this map explains that Champlain had not himself been 

 upon that coast and yet he and his associates had been sailing in and out of the gulf for some years. 



Contour op the Magdalen on Early Maps. 



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1. Magdalen island correctly drawn. 



2. From the Henry IL, or Dauphin, map of 1546. Alezay is Deadman's island, les Iles aux Margaux are the 

 two Birds, and Bryon island has retained its name until now. Entry island is shown. All are in their relative 

 places and the concave shape of Magdalen island is clearly shown. 



3. From Homem's map (Portuguese) 1558. The'island is identified by its name. IIU de Sabloen — isle of sand.i, 

 and by Bryon island cIosb to it. The concavity is turned the wrong way as in all the Portuguese maps. 



4. From Mercator's map, 1569. Here it is identified by the three small islands on the north. 



5. From the map of 1544. The three small islands on the north and Alezay (Deadman's island) on the west 

 identify the IMagdalen. 



6. From the Vallard map of 1543. 7 This map is'Portuguese. The Magdalen is shown by Alezay on the west 

 and Bryon on the north. The concavity is reversed aa in No. 3. 



7. From Rotz' globe, 1543. The author was French and embodied Cartier's discoveries on his maps. The 

 Magdalen is indicated by its shape, concave in the right direction as in the other French map No. 2. 



8. From Hakluyt's map ; the scarce map of 1600. Here the shape marks out the Magdalen and Deadman's I. 

 (Alezay) and Bryon island further identify it. 



The map of 1632 has Prince Edward island laid down correctly and named Isle St. Jean. In the time 

 of Champlain the islands were known as les isles Bamees — or les isles Bamees-brion. To the English 

 the Magdalen was known under the name of the island of Eamea and under that name it is mentioned 

 often in Hakluyt. The name Eumea has in later years been transferred to an island on the south 

 coast of Newfoundland. We find in Hakluyt a "relation of the first voyage and discovery of the Isle 

 Eamea in the Bonaventure 1591," and a " Voj'age of the Marigold by Fisher in 1595 to the Isle 



