IN AUDUBON'S LABRADOR 



Jacques Cartier on his first voyage left his 

 native town, Saint-Malo, France, on April 20, 

 1534. His first landfall was Bonavista, New- 

 foundland, and after visiting Funk Island and 

 provisioning with the great auks — think of 

 the sacrilege! — he entered the Straits of Belle 

 Isle and sailed along the southern Labrador 

 coast to Blanc Sablon, From the latter place 

 he sailed to the Port of Brest and then to 

 Jacques Cartier's Harbor, but on June 13 re- 

 turned to Brest. He was so impressed with 

 the number of islands along this coast that he 

 named the locality "Toutes lies." From Brest 

 he sailed to the west coast of Newfoundland, 

 and thence to the Magdalen Islands, Prince Ed- 

 ward Island, the Bay of Chaleur, Gasp6, and 

 Anticosti, and he finally crossed back to Cana- 

 dian Labrador somewhere near Long Point, 

 Mingan. Owing to the lateness of the season 

 he decided to return, and, passing Natashquan 

 Point, which he named Cape Thiennot after 

 the Indian chief there, he reached Blanc 

 Sablon on August 9 and Saint-Malo on Sep- 

 tember 5. 



The original description of these discoveries 

 was published in Rouen in 1598 under the title, 

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