866 CHRONOLOGICAL ARRANGEMENT 



San Lucar in Spain, being the first ship that sailed around the World. The names of the "thirty- 

 one " returning companions of Magellan — have been preserved by Herrera. 



"The same year" (Alst. p. 308, 361, and 518), Belgrade in Hungary captured by the Turks 

 under Suliman II. After voting assistance to king Louis of Hungary, the assembly at Nonmberg 

 responding to the request of pope Adrianus VI., Either to convince Luther by sound argument, or 

 enforce the emperor's decree, declared against Luther's doctrines, and urged" convening a general 

 Council, to amend the condition of the church. 



"The same year" (Purchas, and Holmes 1610), Bermuda visited, if not discovered, by John 



Bermudez. 



At this time (according to Encycl. Meth., and Holmes) Newfoundland containing as many as 

 fifty houses, belonging to European settlers of different nations. 



"1523 A. D." (Alst), at Brussels, two Augustinian monks having declared, They would be 

 guided in their faith solely by the Bible, burned alive. 



At the close of this or beginning of the following year (art de verif. contin.), Kicab-Tanub suc- 

 ceeded by his son Tecum-Umam, now "fifteenth" king of Guatimala at Quiche". 



" 1524, Jan. 17th" (letter in soc. Hakluyt, and Churchill coll.), under instructions from the French 

 king Francis, Janus Yerrazzanus of Florence sailing from a rock near Madeira. Continuing West- 

 ward, he came upon a new country in " Lat. 34 ," the coast of fine sand, everywhere low, and covered 

 with immense forests, " palme " (Chamasr ops palmetto), " lauri " {Persia Carolinensis), " cipressi '| 

 (Taxodium distichum) ; the natives wearing a covering of " certe erbe che stavano pendenti a rami 

 deoli alberi" (Tillandsia usneoides) interwoven with cords of "canape silvestra" (Apocvnuin canaa- 

 binum), and having "genere e di le^umi " (Phaseohts vulgaris): he also met with " molte vite" bear- 

 ing grapes "suave e dolce " (Vitis vutpina). "rose silvestre " (Rosa Carolina), " viole " (Viola 

 pedala), "gigli" (Lilium supcrbiuit), deer (Cerviis I'irgnuanus), stags (Cerviis wapiti?), and hares 

 (Lepus Ameiicanus). After proceeding fifty leagues Southward without finding a harbour, he 

 returned and followed the coast Northeast. North of an opening (probably the mouth of the Hud- 

 son), he met with "quercie" (oaks), "cipressi" (Cupressus thuioides), " pomi " (Crataegus tomentosa),* 

 " luculliane " (Ccrasus serotina), " prune " (Primus maritima), and " lupi cervieri " (Felis rufa) ; he 

 reached " Lat. 41° 40'," and speaks of an island about as large as Rhodes "di grandezza simile alia 

 isola di Rodi." From this point, he followed close along the coast " one hundred and fifty" leagues, 

 and " fifty " leagues beyond met with " abeti " (Abies nigra), " cipressi " ( Tkuia Occidentalism and like 

 indications of a cold climate. In " Lat. 50 " he left the coast, and as appears by the date of his let- 

 ter, reached Dieppe in France on or before "July 8th." 



Thuia Occidentalis of Northeast America. The Canadian arbor-vita:, clearly the "cipressi" 

 seen by Verrazzanus at the Northern termination of his voyage, — and the " cedres " seen by Car- 

 tier around Chaleur Bay; T. Occidentalis was observed by F. A. Michaux from "Lat 49° " to 45 

 and along the Alleghanies to the rapids of the Potomac ; by myself, from 48 on the St. Lawrence to 

 44 along the Atlantic and 43 in central New York ; by Elliot, on the Alleghanies of Carolina ; and 

 according to A. Gray, grows Westward as far as Wisconsin. Transported to France in the reign of 

 Francis (Dodoens 858, and Spreng.) the "arbre de vie de Canade " is mentioned by Belon in 1553 ; trees 

 under cultivation by Robin in Paris were known to C. Bauhin (edit. Matthiol.) ; and T. Occidentalis 

 was observed by Clot-Bey and Figari in the gardens of Egypt. 



"April 25 " (art de verif. contin.), Pedro de Alvarado with an army from Mexico entering Gua- 

 timala. 



"Sept. 6th" (Castanh., and San Roman, C. Correa giving "7th"), earthquake in Hindustan, 

 experienced off the port of Chaul by Vasco da Gama on his Third vovage arriving as viceroy. He died 

 " Dec. 24th," and was buried in the cathedral at Cochim : — but the cathedral together with the city 

 and harbour were destroyed by the English "in 1806" (Stanley edit. C. Corr. 429). 



"Nov. 14th" (Francisco de Xeres, and Churchill coll.), sailing of Francisco Pizarro from the 

 Pacific side of the Isthmus. Following the coast farther South than any before him, he reached the 



* Crataegus tomentosa of Northeast America. The pear-thorn is a small tree, its fruit probably 

 the "pomi" seen by Verrazzanus after passing the opening and before reaching Lat. 41 40': — 

 "pommes" brought by the natives, were seen by Cartier in Chaleur Bay, and "aubespines" with 

 fruit as large as prunes, along the St. Lawrence : a " white thorne " that "affords hawes as big as an 

 English cherrie, which is esteemed aboue a cherrie for his goodnesse and pleasantnesse to the taste," 

 was known to W. Wood on Massachusetts Bay • C. tomentosa was observed by Pursh on the Chau- 

 diere; by myself, from Montreal to Western Massachusetts ; by Torrey, on the Hudson to Lat. 41 ; 

 by A. Gray, "common" in central New York, and received frnm ".Michigan, Illinois, and southwest- 

 ward." Transported to Europe, is described by Linnaeus, and Jacquin hort. i. pi. 28. 



