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CHRONOLOGICAL ARRANGEMENT 



"The same year" (Bhir, and Humb. cosm. it.), telescopes invented in Holland. Three instru- 

 ments offered to the government "Oct. 2d" by Hans Lippershey ; and on the " 17th," a similar offer 

 by Jacob Adriansz called Melius, who claimed to have made such instruments for "two years." 



"In this year" (Spreng.), Clusius continuing his botanical investigations, describing Saxifraga 

 hircultis post. 11. — He died "in 1609," and his Cur. post, were published "in 161 1."* 



" In this year" (Spreng.), Schwenckfeld writing his Cat. plant. Hirschb., enumerating Tussilago 

 spuria, T. nivea. 



'■ In this year" (Spreng. gesch. ii. 91), J. Robin and Petr. Vallet publishing their Jardin du 

 Henri IV., enumerating Haemanthus multiflorus. 



" 1609 A. D." (San-kokf transl. Klapr.), Sio-nei (Chang-ning) "twentieth " Loo Choo king of the 

 Tame-tomo dynasty, taken prisoner by the prince of Satsouma and carried to Japan. — After "four 

 years," he was released and returned to his own country : the Loo Choo kings have since continued 

 vassals of Japan. 



"May 15th" (Major introd. Strach. p. xi.), sailing of nine vessels with five hundred emigrants 

 for the new colony in the Chesapeake. The ship containing the three officers, Sir Thomas Gates 

 lieutenant governor, Sir George Sumers admiral, and Christopher Newport vice admiral, became 

 separated "July 28th" (Strach. 42), and was wrecked on Bermuda: where they occupied themselves 

 "in forming a settlement" and building "two small vessels." In the mean time, the seat of Sumers 

 in parliament was declared vacant, on account of his accepting a colonial office : apparently the first 

 notice of Virginia by the English parliament ( Holmes). The remaining vessels, with the exception 

 of one ketch that was lost, reached James Town "Aug. nth." 



" May 19th N. S." (Juet, and Asher edit. Huds. 4(1), Hudson off North Cape on his Third voyage 

 " observed the sunne having a slake " (without the aid of a telescope) : — in " March, 1610 " (Humb. cosm. 

 ii. and iv.), John Fabricius of East Friesland from the gradual change in position of solar spots inferred 

 rotation of the sun : and solar spots were seen " Dec 8th " by Thomas Harriot, who however did not 

 recognize them as belonging to the sun. 



" July 18th N. S." (Juet, Van Meteren, and Asher edit. Huds. 61 to 149), Hudson in the Dutch 

 service entering a harbour in " Nova Francia " in " 44 1' " (near the Kennebec) : he here cut a new 

 fore-mast, one of the natives speaking "some words of French ; " and "on the 19th," two French 

 shallops came in, bringing "red cassockes, knives, hatchets, copper, kettles, trevits, beades, and other 

 trifles" to trade for furs. " Aug. 3d," in about "41 56'," the shallop with five men was sent in to 

 sound, and landing (on the peninsula of Cape Cod) found "goodly grapes" (litis labmsca) and 

 " rose trees " (Kalmia la/ifo/ia) : voices were heard on the following day. and a boat sent on shore 

 "found them to be savages which seemed very glad of our comming," and had " greene tabacco " 

 (Nicotiana rustica). Continuing South, Hudson " on the 18th " in " 37 26' " on the north side of " the 

 entrance into the King's river in Virginia" (Chesapeake) " where our English-men are ;" and " on the 

 24th " was in " 35 41', being farre off at sea." Returning, "on the 28th " he found the land trending 

 " north-west, with a great bay and rivers " (mouth of the Delaware) : but the bay " shoald," and he 

 turned back. " Sept. 3d," he entered an opening in "40 30' " (entrance to the Hudson), finding "a 

 very good harbour," abundance of "blue plums" (Primus maritima), some " currants" brought by 

 the natives " dryed" (Vacciiiiiini), and the country " full of great and tall oakes : " proceeding up the 

 river, " on the 22d " he reached the " end for shipping to goe in," but boats went "eight or nine 

 leagues " farther, finding " but seven foot water," and Hudson himself landed in " 42 18' • " on the 

 "25th," nine or ten leagues down the river, on "the west side" were found "great store of goodly 

 oakes, and walnut-trees" (Carya), "and chest-nut trees" (Castanca Americana"), "ewe trees" 

 (Abies Canadensis), " and trees of sweet wood in great abundance" (Liquidambar styracijlna), "and 

 great store of slate for houses : " on the " 30th,'' the " wind at south-east, a stiffe gale betweene the 

 mountaynes ; " " Oct. 1st," at the end of seven leagues "got downe below the mountaynes," then "it 

 fell calme," and "the people of the mountaynes came aboord;" a thieving native endeavouring to 

 escape with his plunder was shot, and hostilities commenced; "on the 2d," at the end of " i-\-y-\-2 " 

 leagues, "anchored in a bay cleere from all danger of them on the other side of the river," on that 

 side "that is called Manna-hata ; " on the "4th," sailed from the inlet. "Nov. 7th," Hudson with a 

 mutinous crew, composed in great part of Englishmen, arrived at Dartmouth, and was detained by 

 the government. 



" Dec. 29th " (Riccioli, Blair, and Humb. cosm. ii.), through the invention of telescopes, the four 

 satellites of Jupiter discovered by Simon Marius at Ansbach, — and "Jan. 7th 1610," by Galileo: 



* Cassine Capensis of Austral Africa. A Celastroid shrub, transported to Europe, described by 

 Clusius post. 4 — (Spreng.), and Dillenius elth. pi. 236. In its wild state, observed by Burmann afr. 

 pi. 85, and Thunberg prodr. 52, in Austral Africa. 



