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gested ; the names are generally written in small italic letters. There^ 

 are few or no capitals, and the words are often close together. In that 

 way the Spanish transcriber or the Flemish engraver not understandings 

 French well might have taken isle defarenes for isle desanjean, and on look- 

 ing at legend No. 8, to which the map refers, he would be confirmed in 

 his supposition, as the island appears to be near the prima vista; but, be 

 that as it may, the name is shown to be wrong by the whole series of 

 maps and by the fact that England never made a claim by discovery inside 

 the gulf. 



All this is confirmed by the Dauphin map (1540). I append an 

 extract (fig. 26, p. 249). There the great Magdalen is identified by its 

 shape and by the named Bird Rocks, Brion Island, and Alezay, as well aa 

 by its position in the fairway and the direction of its axis. It is, moreover, 



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Fig. 27.— Gerard Mercator, A.D. 1569. 



Stamped beyond dispute by the little island in the jaws of the main island, 

 which is the very remarkable position of Entry island (compare modern 

 map, fig. 35, p. 257). On the mainland are R. des barques, C. d'angou- 

 lesme, Baye de lunarie, answering to St. Lunario, and on the same coast 

 C. de d'espoir — the Cap d'espérance (Miscou) of Cartier. Prince Edward 

 Island is adherent, therefore, to the mainland, and its north coast is seen 

 extending from the semi-circular bay of St. Lunario down past the Rivière 

 des Barques, to where a break in the coast line marks the inlet at the 

 east end of the strait of Northumberland. Take now the map of Mer- 

 cator (1569) also appended (fig. 27). There the island is identified as the 

 Magdalen by its position, its axis, and the three islets on the northeast^ 

 and the Prince Edward names on the mainland are R. des barques, C. des 



