. Pearls and pearling . ■■•■-■..*. II. M. QUEEN ALEXANDRA The History of the Pearl 33 ties of these gems, which were probably from the pearloyster. In a letter to Pier Soderini, Amerigo Vespucci relatedthe account of his first voyage and mentioned that theIndians did not realize the worth of their gold, jewels,pearls and other riches, and were liberal with theirgifts. In the year 1499 Sebastian Cabot made his third tripto America, visiting the lands bordering the Gulf ofMexico. He also found the Indians with large quanti-ties of pearls. Pamfilo de Narvaez, in 1501, found pearls in SantoDomingo
. Pearls and pearling . ■■•■-■..*. II. M. QUEEN ALEXANDRA The History of the Pearl 33 ties of these gems, which were probably from the pearloyster. In a letter to Pier Soderini, Amerigo Vespucci relatedthe account of his first voyage and mentioned that theIndians did not realize the worth of their gold, jewels,pearls and other riches, and were liberal with theirgifts. In the year 1499 Sebastian Cabot made his third tripto America, visiting the lands bordering the Gulf ofMexico. He also found the Indians with large quanti-ties of pearls. Pamfilo de Narvaez, in 1501, found pearls in SantoDomingo, and later found them on the American conti-nent. In 1512 the aged Juan Ponce de Leon came to Floridaand found pearls among the natives. When Vasco Nunez de Balboa crossed the Isthmus ofPanama in 1513, he found the Indians along the shore ofwhat is now the Bay of Panama taking pearls from oys-ters which had been washed ashore during storms andalso diving for them near the shore. In 1526 Hernando Cortez discovered Lower California
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