History of the Pilgrims and Puritans, their ancestry and descendants; basis of Americanization . jIt t/v Humfrri Li:rr,tu tor ;(»fcTr r/yi^f, t:> . ioiIkI at his liojic clHcd tht: Lod^t\i„ Chancer) agaiftftLm---. !_„„ :- colneslnnc. lei*. _ ,3 ^^ ?^ % ;--?•;;?. BOOKS WRITTEN BY CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH. 362 HISTORY OF THE PILGRIMS AND PURITANS those old worthies, who made maps and labeled points ofland with utter abandon, the main issue with them evidentlybeing in each case fealty to the fatherland. They submergedparts of New England deeper than James T. Fields
History of the Pilgrims and Puritans, their ancestry and descendants; basis of Americanization . jIt t/v Humfrri Li:rr,tu tor ;(»fcTr r/yi^f, t:> . ioiIkI at his liojic clHcd tht: Lod^t\i„ Chancer) agaiftftLm---. !_„„ :- colneslnnc. lei*. _ ,3 ^^ ?^ % ;--?•;;?. BOOKS WRITTEN BY CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH. 362 HISTORY OF THE PILGRIMS AND PURITANS those old worthies, who made maps and labeled points ofland with utter abandon, the main issue with them evidentlybeing in each case fealty to the fatherland. They submergedparts of New England deeper than James T. Fields sankNantucket and Old Marm Hacketts garden. Map makersrepeatedly drew Cape Cod as an island, set the river Charleson end, and confused the entire eastern coast line, with CapeCod the only and often but faintly recognizable feature. Thisanarchy of draughtsmanship continued until Captain JohnSmith, in 1614, came to the rescue of the sea and landsearcher, and drew the first fairly accurate map of NewEngland and our Cape. Preceding Captain John Smiths map-making, and fol-lowing Corsas journeyings, Miguel and Gasparo Cortoreal,Portuguese discoverers, also saw New England about the year1500. Like many other sea rovers of many nations, thesemen coupled slave hunting and kindred pastimes with explo
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