268 ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 



THE MAPS. 



I . Map or Juan de La Cosa. 



This has been reproduced from the facsimile in Jomard's " Monuments de la 

 Créographie," because, being in black and white, it was less costly to reproduce than 

 the facsimile in colours by Valiejo and Traynor published at Madrid in 1892. There 

 have been many reproductions of the American portions of this map. That portion 

 may be conveniently referred to in the following books — Kohl, History of Maine ; 

 Winsor, Narrative and Critical History ; Harrisse, Discovery of America ; Markham, 

 Hakluyt Society, Vol. 86 ; Kretschmer, Atlas ; and in two previous papers in Vol. 12, 

 R. S. C, 1st series, and Vol. 2, R. S. C, 2nd series. Both Jomard's and Humboldt's 

 copies have omitted the second island ofï Cavo de Ynglaterra. This has been inserted 

 in its place, on the present copy, after the Madrid facsimile. It will be found, also> 

 in Harrisse, Winsor and Markham. 



The scale is a little less than half che size of the original. Those who may wish 

 to see the American portion on a larger scale will find tracings elsewhere in the pre- 

 sent volume. 



II. The Map of 1544 (Cabot's). 



There is a facsimile of this map in Jomard ; but, inasmuch as a photograph of 

 the original at Paris was available through the courtesy of the Minister of Agricul- 

 ture, it has been possible to give the members of the society the privilege of study- 

 ing this important document with as much certainty and more conveniently than if 

 they were in Paris. The scale is a little less than one-half, but with a reading glass 

 the lettering may easily be made out. Extracts of the American portion of this map 

 are easily accessible, but in order to make the present volume as complete as possible 

 one of these is reproduced here on a larger scale, and at p. 204 is a magnified outline 

 of the region of the prima vista. The extract now given shows the names in the 

 Gulf, and is taken from Vol. 3 of Winsor's Narrative and Critical History. The best 

 reproduction of an extract on a large scale is in Harrisse's Jean et Sébastien Cabot. 

 The present photographic reproduction is, however, the true image of the original, 

 untouched by hand, and all these extracts may betaken as commentaries. 



The legends are in Spanish and Latin. The student will see they are welded to 

 the map by the numbered references. He will find No. 3 under the feet of the two 

 bears, and be able to see for himself that the reference is to No. 8 on the margin, in- 

 asmuch as Bacallaos is the subject of both, and No. 3 refers to Central America, and 

 he will also see that these legends cover widely extended regions. In order, how- 

 ever, to include in the present volume a complete apiKtratus criticus on the Cabot 

 question, it has been thought desirable to 'give a translation of the legends, as an 

 appendix to Section 2. In Volume 6 of the Proceedings of the Massachusetts His- 

 torical Society, Second Series, this work was done once for all and cannot be im- 

 proved upon. The translations were made under the direction of the late Dr. Char- 

 les Deane, and formed part of a paper written by him. As the volume is not easily 

 accessible, the reproduction of the translations will assist greatly in forming a 

 reasoned opinion on this difficult question. 



