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marked, in general contour agrees perfectly Avith the one on our latest 

 chart. 



Airain, if we consider the Island of La Trenidat, we find a most con- 

 vincing proof of the truth of our contention ; its shape is so peculiar, and 

 its bearings toAvards the coast so unusual, that we are certain the 

 man who sketched it must, have seen and sailed around it. Xow, there 

 is onl}' one such island on the whole coast of North America, and that is 

 Ogua-Lik (Cod Island) in latitude 57° 40'. It may be seen on many 

 good atlases and maps almost as it appears on this chart. The number and 

 position of its indentations on its inner side correspond exactl}' with 

 those that actually exist, whilst the bluff or peak where ihe flagstaff 

 stands is unmistakable, as well as the inlets of its eastern coast. We 

 shall learn from "The Pilot" [4'jO] why Cabot named it Trinity Island. 

 Eeferring to this island it says : "To the southward is a remarkable hill 

 2,000 feet high >!= * ^ The island has two other dome-shaj)ed hills 

 1,500 feet high on the east side." Seeii g these three remarkable hills 

 Cabot, naturally enough, named it Trinity Island, and this appropriate 

 name is an additional proof of the island's locality. 



To the northeast of Cava de Ynglaterra we see a large unnamed 

 island. Applying our scale we find its latitude corresponds exactly with 

 that of Iceland. That it is intended for Iceland there can be no reason- 

 able doubt, just as there can be no reasonable explanation of it if Cavo 

 de Ynglaterra be Cape Eace. Euysch's map of 1508, which has in a dis- 

 torted way many of the features of this chart, shows and names Iceland 

 in the position occupied by Cabot's unnamed island. When the chart is 

 hung aright, there is no need to mark it Iceland, it cannot be any other 

 island. 



There are some small i-slands which deserve attention. It would 

 appear that Cabot marked on his chart only such islands as were to sea- 

 Avard of him ; the innumerable little ones along the shore are, in places, 

 sugg'ested rather than noted by dots in and near the coast line. Using 

 our scale ^ for the small island north of the second flag, we find its latitude 

 43° 50', and identif}' it at once as Sable Island. Note, now, the shore 

 line almost opposite, and the opening of the Ba}' of Fund}^ is clearly 

 seen ; not merely is there a break in the coast, but it falls back to the 

 left, and the line on the right is not intended as a resumption of it, for it 

 projects out into the sea, showing it to be a cape and not connected with 

 the shore on the left, as its inner line falls to the right. We can see from 

 this how carefully Cabot scrutinized the shore in his search for a passage 

 across to Cathay ; and yet, Ave are asked to believe that he did not 

 percei\^e the Avide opening into the. Grulf of St. LaAvrence. 



If we take the latitude of the small island just north of C. de Jorge^ 

 Ave find it to be about 47°. Ordinary maps shoAV no island there, 



1 It is by this scale we shall take the latitudes of all places on this chart. 



