[s E. DAWSON] 



THE VOYAGES OF THE CABOTo 



It will be observed that the only islands in that part of the gulf are, in 

 Lesearbot's own words, Nos. 45, Iles Colombaires, alias lies Rîimées 

 (which we know as the Magdalen) ; 46, Isle des Margaux (Bird Eocks) ; 

 47, lie de Brion (Brion Island) ; 48, He d'Alezay — the sharp pointed rock 

 of Cartier (Deadman's island). Then on the mainland are the Prince 

 Edward Island names — 50, Fleuve des Barques, 51, Cap des Sauvages, 52, 

 Guile Sainct Lunaire. My point is that Lescarbot did not know of any 

 island in the gulf which can be strained to do dut}^ for Prince Edward 

 Island. No. 58 is Cap d'espérance (Miscou Point). 



1 come now to Champlain. No. 1 (tig. 31) is his map of 1611. The 

 only islands are the islets of the Magdalens, which are those he saw 

 when sailing to Quebec. On No 2, (fig. 32, p. 254) (1613) these islands of 

 the Magdalen group are more developed, and are named, and here, just 

 where on Whytfliet, Mei'cator and other maps was placed Cap de St. 

 Jean, Champlain has put Isle St. John, which marks the east end of 



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Fig. 31.— Champlain No. 1, A.D. 1611. 



Prince Edward Island, then separating from the mainland for the first 

 time This map is absolutely conclusive, for Prince Edward Island is 

 given as Isle St. Jean, in addition to the other islands we hav^e seen on 

 the ina])s all along. We now see it begin to a])pear, and the j^roof is posi- 

 tive as well as negative. I give, as next in order of date (tig. 33, jj. 255), 

 Mason's map (1625). It is the mainstay of Judge Prowse's argument for 

 Bonavista, but I place it here because, in the position of Prince Edward 

 Island, he has plainly set down and named Nova Scotia. This map will 

 require to be turned upside down to get the geography right. Lastly 

 (fig. 34. ]). 256), I give Champlain's map of 1632, on which the true Island 

 of St. John — our Prince Edward Island — is shown for the first time so far 

 as my reading goes. If there exist some map of an earlier date showing 

 it, why does not somebody more learned than I produce it ? I cannot 

 prove an absolute negative, but until such a map be produced, rhetorical 

 argument is wasted. 



