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tura," are found on the Pedro Reinel chart, 1505," of 

 the Portuguese possessions. The name "bona Ven- 

 tura" is also found on the OUveriana chart. ^^ After 

 1520 the name frequently appears on the coast of 

 what finally differentiates itself as Newfoundland. 



Still another name that may belong to the Corte- 

 Real voyages is C. delgato, or ''Cape of the cat." 

 Alberto Cantino, in his letter already cited, refers to 

 ''. . . animals, in which the country abounds, such as 

 very large stags with long-haired fur . . . ; also wolves, 

 foxes, tigers, and sables" (animali, deli quali el paese 

 abonda, cioe cer\4 grandissimi vestiti di longissimo 

 pelo ... ; et cusi lupi, volpe, tigri et zebellini). Har- 

 risse thinks the tiger was the loup-cervier, or lynx.^^ 

 In 1505, £5 was paid ''to Portyngales that brought 

 popyngais and catts of the mountaigne with other 

 stuf to the Kinge's grace" ; or, as elsewhere stated, 

 "wild catts and popyngays of the Newfound 

 Island. "^° Harrisse expresses doubt about this 

 matter because neither parrots nor catamounts are 

 found in Newfoundland. But popinjays are wood- 

 sy Friedrich Kunstmann: Ueber einige der altesten Karten Amerikas, 

 pp. 125-151 in his "Die Entdeckung Amerikas, nach den altesten Quellen 

 geschichtlich dargestellt." with an atlas: Atlas zur Entdeckungsge- 

 schichte Amerikas, aus Handschriften der K. Hot- und Staats-Bibliothek, 

 der K. Universitat und des Hauptconservatoriums der K. B. Armee 

 herausgegeben von Friedrich Kunstmann, Karl von Spruner, Georg M. 

 Thomas, Royal Bavarian Academy of Sciences. Munich, 1859; reference 

 on PI. I of atlas. 



»8 Raccolta, Part IV, Vol. 2, PI. 2. Also reproduced in Harrisse. 

 Decouverte . . . de Terre-Neuve, PI. 4. 



59 Harrisse, Decouverte . . . de Terre-Neuve, p. 45. 

 fio Markham. op. cit., p. xxii, note 3; Harrisse, Discovery of North 

 America, p. 47, 



