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is an evident error for No. 8, because legend No. 8 does refer to Bacallaos 

 and No. 3 to Mexico. Mr. Harrisse goes further, and puts the bears on the 

 island of St. John/-" and thus adds another count to his long indict- 

 ment of Sebastian Cabot's mendacity. I feel sure that if Clement 

 Adams's text be taken alone, and apart from all glosses, it will be seen 

 that no such meaning is intended. All the misconception has arisen from 

 reading the extract of the map — the American portion as usually pi-e- 





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 icnri. Johctrv 

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Fig. 16.— Pedro Reinel's Map, A.D. 1505 (from Kohl). 



sented — and not taking the map, as a whole, and referring legend No. 

 8 to its corresponding heading on the map, as every reader at once does 

 with the other legends. Legend No. 8 covei*s all Acadia, Canada East, 

 Newfoundland and Labrador to the farthest north. 



I trust that the student of this question will refer to the map of 

 1544, given at the end of this paper in photographic facsimile. No 

 other photographic copies of the comjDlete map, excepting the twelve 

 made for the late Dr. Deane, are known to me, and it is a great privilege 

 to be able to publish this in easily accessible form. Close under the feet 

 of the two bears will be found the reference in two lines : 



De la tierra delos bacalla | os ue a tabla primera No. 3, 



