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the pole ArAkum, o? no.tfptoarD 10 calico miles, ano from ^atnf Elena fa tfje popnt 
2 HCto Fraunce, for that tn Anno 1 524, lo- of Canauerali.or thelfteeDhfflke iQO.miles, 
' 4" hanncsVerrazanus of Florence, bemgfcnf then to Florida 4C4 miles, toljicl) is in all 
bp the iking ano £htcene mother of France nine hunDreo miles, irs|>ictj is ttje greatnes 
info the ncto toorlo, Dto almo® Oifconer al ofthts lano, tohercofthe lea® latifuoe from 
4 tfjatcoa®, beginning from Tropicus Can- the Equinoctial line is 484 Degrees ano a 
cn,abouf 2 4,Degrees, til be came to 50.0c* fjalfe: this counfrp both on the fea coaff ano 
grees,ano fomeinljat further info the north? othertoife, is berie populous, ano like the 
inhere he crcrteo the JFrench ftanoaro, fo loin countries, becaufe it Ipeth in a comer, 
that from thenceforth that counfrep inas %\)is llano hath manp Iflanocs ipinga* 
calleobpthe name Of Noua Frauncia. ano bout if, as Curia, Regia,Baya BicaStelia, 
Villag3gno Frauncia Antar&ica, %fyz the Cape Of Hope.anD the Brittons Cape,. 
breaolhofthiscountrepisfrom24.oegrees Morepou come to Florida , the prouinee 
fo 54, DegreesfotnarDes the$orth* SLhe Cichora, Ipeth bp theiituer Iordan, anD 
length from280. fo 3 30. miles, thereof anofljerharo bp if,calleD Guada Lup^Xhe 
the Ea® part bp thetoritersinthefeDapes, toe® CDcofNoua Frauncia pall) Diners pro? 
is calico Norumbcga, reaching to the gulfe uinces noin DifcouereD,as Quiuii a;Ccuqia f 
Gamus, inhere it is fcperafcD from Canada. Aftadan,Tetlichichiniich'. HDhefouflj CD? 
$bouf this lano, topieh is not leffein com* of Florida is calleD bp the £>pantarDs Fio- 
paS’e then Europa 5 or inhole ChriHenDome, ridum Pafcha , becaufe I ohannes Ponti o 
lieDtuers Bjflanos, $ among there® T erra Legionenfi founDe it out on Ca®croap,in 
di Laborador, Cretcping foinaiDsGroen- Anno 1512. anD not becaufe of the green* 
land, inhefherDiuersihtpSj fcoth£>pam* nefTcaiiObuDStngoffhe frees in the fame 
arDs, french,anD English, Do often tunes lanD,as Theuettorifetp. 2 the north fibe of 
refort, feefemg fome paffage through the noua Frauncia is as pet not Difcouerco, anD 
fame fo enter into the Calf Indies, but al in becaufe our Caroe Oifcouereth no further 
baine, for themo®parteonfuming ano oe* fhento Flonda,toetoilbcgmthertoith,ano 
Cropingthemfeluestherein, ffounDmucp Defcribe fome part of the fituation thereof, 
ice anD fnoto.SDpe people of this Blflano are becaufe it is toorthie memorie, as hectrtg a 
toel proportioneD ofboDie anD limbes, toel place toherem manp £>paniaros $ iFrencp* 
maDe, aiTD Site to labour: thep paint their men haue lott their liues, as alfo becaufe if 
boDpes,therebp tofeemefaire, aitDtoeare is tpe fir®, $ be® knotone of al ncto France, 
filuer ano Copper rings in their eares,tpeir topereunto the jltcnchmcn pane bfeo to 
apparrel is fpcckleo furres anD marternes, faile, anD therein in the time of Charles the 
ano fuch like,in tointcr theptocaretpefurs ninth,pao acertainefort,tohich&>as ealles 
intoarD,anD infummer outtoarD, likethe bp pts name, Charlesb.urgh- buttoas after 
.iUpelanoers anD tinmen: thep giro them* taken bp the ^>paniarDs,ano .al the ifrcmh* 
felues toitlj cotte gtroles or toith 6fp fkins, men flaine,contrarp fo their fapth anD pro* 
anD fuch like things : their cljeefe fcoOe is mtfe, fpeciallp fuch as peeloeb tpemfclues 
fi{b,fpeciaUp Salmon, although thep haue into fpeirhanosAlButbecaufe mp meaning 
both biroes anD fruit inough: their houfes is not to recite hiffories, J remitthc renDer 
are maDe ofto bd, tohereof thep haue great to the bate toptep make mention thereof. 
quanttfies,ano couercD toith the fkinnes of Florida hath a Cape Iptngfar info the fca 
beaffes or fifhcs» 3 |n this lanD are griffons, ffreteping ^outhtoarD,utemcr of at eng 
tohite beares, anD biroes. Sphere is a reaching an hunDrcD miles,the meafure be 
countrep bnDer 44.Degrees anD a halfe,cal* ing taken from the lotoe® northernc cor* 
IcD Baccalao? ftaktng the name of fome kino ner,fo thefouthpopntXhis Capcprhokc 
ofSthes, tohich thereabouts arc fo aboun* as 31 fapDe,is long ano narroto, like Italy: 
Dant,that thep let the fljippes from failing, in length an hunDreo miles,ano in breaDth 
%his countrcp of Baccaiaos reacheth nine ttoentie or fiftie miles,toherc if is broaDe®. 
hunDreo miles, that is, from the Capede ^Dnfhe Caftfioe if hath Iflanbs of G- 
Baccalaos to Florida, toh®h is acCOUntcD in ehora Bahama,anD Lucaya,on the toe® fiDC 
this fort, fi om the point of Baccaiao to the totoaroes S pa) ne anD the gulf: of Me xico, 
bap of the riuer,are 70.miles,fro the bap of it is DiuiDeD from neto Spame, bp thelano 
theKiuer,to tljcbap de los lflos,7o.miIcs, ofAnauaca. ^Dn the north ®be if borDureth 
from tljence to Rio Fundo 70. miles,from on the firme lano, it lietl) right again®the 
thence to Cabo Baxo 16o.miles,anD again point totoarDs the foutlp 2 5 .miles iuto tlje 
to theriuerof ^>aint Anthony, ico.miles, fea,lieth the famousBiflanD Cuba, other* 
fromthencefothefurfhe®Cape i8o,miles ? toifecalleD Ifabella: the fea ytljat runneth, 
ano againefothe Cape of faint Elena, i io* bettoeen this popnt of Florida anD iuc..can 8 ; 
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