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Authorities 



There are not yet any authorities which deal with the colony, or with 

 colonization, exclusively ; but colonization is still part of the naval, 

 commercial, or industrial history of the country concerned. The three 

 countries most concerned are England, Spain, and France. 



William L. Clowes, The Royal Navy, A History, 7 vols., 1897 

 et seq. 



C. Fernandez Duro, Disquisitiones Nauticas, 6 vols., 1876-81, and 

 other works by him. 



R. Hakluyt, Principal Navigations, vols, vii and viii, of the edition 

 of 1904. 



Calendars of State Papers : Colonial Series, America and West 

 /WzVj-, 1574 to 1700 ; Domestic Series', Carew MSS. These Calendars 

 are invaluable, and where I quote from them reference to the originals, 

 is unnecessary ; in cases where such reference is advisable I quote from 

 the originals direct. 



Professor W. Cunningham, Growth of English Industry and Com- 

 merce, 1892. 



Charles Leigh {ante p. 41) wrote, Oct. 4, 1597, A brieffe platforme 

 ffor a voyadge with three ships unto the Hand of Ramea, Br. Mus., Add. 

 MSS., 14027, fol. 289, in which he proposed next year to sail to the 

 Magdalens, 30 days before the French, to garrison a port there, to 

 ' forbid the frenchmen from the trade of fishing in that place who this 

 last year by force (as having first possession of the harbours) did expel 

 myself and others her Highness's subjects from the said island.' Some 

 of his crew were to remain and ' betake themselves to tillage planting 

 and building' and the rest were to fish, and while returning homeward 

 to search the harbours of Cape Breton Island and of the south coast of 

 Newfoundland, and to drive away * such ships of Bayonne, St. Jean de 

 Luz, and Ciborrow {sic^ in France which are apparently known every 

 year from these parts to serve the King of Spain with fish ', thus crippling 

 the King of Spain, ' who were not able to maintain his ships at sea if he 

 were not supported by these fishermen '. His ideas of ruling the Gulf, 

 of colonizing the Magdalens — at a time when no French or English 

 colonies existed in North America — and of striking first at the French 

 Basques, as though Spain depended upon them, were unique and did not 

 bear fruit. 



The Plan of Sir H. Gilbert to annoy the King of Spain, 1577, aw/^ 

 p. 36, Sir F. Walsingham's Project, 1585, ante p. 40, an account of 

 Sir B. Drake's expedition, 1585, a;z/^ p. 41, and Charles Leigh's proposal 

 to colonize the Magdalens, ante p. 41, are given respectively in Appen- 

 dices A, B, C, and D to this book, pp. 242-50. 



