364 



ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 



clature ought to be reckoned with the aberrent forms. Sir William 

 Alexander's attempt to colonize Acadia is well-known, and this map 

 shows his attempt, entirely futile, to replace the French by a Scottish 

 nomenclature. Some of these names reappeared upon Grreen's map (Fig. 

 35) of 1755, but otherwise I know of no map which adopts any of 

 them. Argal's Bay was named, no doubt, for the captain of that name 

 who ravaged the French settlements on the Bay in 1613. 



Fig. 17.— DeLAET, 1630. 

 From original ; full size. 



Most important of the followers of Champlain's map, however, is 

 that of DeLaet (Fig. 17). This beautiful map of 1630, while based 

 mainly upon that of 1612, has on the north shore a marked resemblance 

 to that of 1632. Possibly Champlain published, or at all events prepared 

 a map, now lost, before 1630, on Avhich the island was laid down, and 

 which DeLaet has copied. But on our north shore, some of Cartier's 

 names appear. DeLaet was unaware, as was Lescarbot and everybody 

 else until recently, that Cartier's names, E. des barcques and Cap des 



