THE VOYAGES OF CARTIER. 



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doubt visited the Gulf of St. Lawrence and the southern 

 coast of Labrador. Their discoveries were perhaps 

 recorded in Gastaldi's map. 



Labrador first became clearly differentiated from 

 Newfoundland by Jacques Cartier. To him we owe 



New France by tl)e jtalian 3acomo Ai Gaftaldt in about il;c pw ^SSO 



the discovery of the Strait of Belle Isle ; of Belle Isle, 

 the Isola De' Demoni of earlier voyages; of Ch§,teau 

 Bay and other points on the Gulf coast of Labrador. 



Sailing from St. Malo the 20th of April, 1534, he 

 arrived Mav loth on the eastern coast of Newfoundland, 

 near Cape Buonavista. From this cape Cartier pushed 

 northward until he came to what is now called Fogo 

 Island, which was one of the resorts of the great auk, or 



