History of the United States from the earliest discovery of America to the present time . lse so irrational or blighting as inSpanish America. CHAPTER III. EXPLORATION AND COLONIZATION BY THEFRENCH AND THE ENGLISH How the French fought for foothold inFlorida and were routed by the Spaniardshas just been related. So early as 1504,and possibly much earlier, before Cabot orColumbus, French sailors were familiar withthe fisheries of Newfoundland. To the Isleof Cape Breton they gave its name in re-membrance of their own Brittany. Theattention of the French Government wasthus early directed toward A
History of the United States from the earliest discovery of America to the present time . lse so irrational or blighting as inSpanish America. CHAPTER III. EXPLORATION AND COLONIZATION BY THEFRENCH AND THE ENGLISH How the French fought for foothold inFlorida and were routed by the Spaniardshas just been related. So early as 1504,and possibly much earlier, before Cabot orColumbus, French sailors were familiar withthe fisheries of Newfoundland. To the Isleof Cape Breton they gave its name in re-membrance of their own Brittany. Theattention of the French Government wasthus early directed toward America, and itat length determined to share in the newdiscoveries along with the Spanish and theEnglish. In 1524 Verrazano, a Florentine naviga-tor, was sent by Francis I. on a voyage ofdiscovery to the New World. Sightingthe shores of America near the present DISCOVERY AND SETTLEMENT [1534 Wilmington, North Carolina, he exploredthe coast of New Jersey, touched landnear New York Bay, and anchored a fewdays in the harbor of Newport. In thisvicinity he came upon an island, which was. Verrazano, the Florentine Navigator. probably Block Island. Sailing from herealong the coast as far north as Newfound-land, he named this vast territory New-France. In 1534 Cartier, a noted voyager of , coasted along the north of New-
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