Labrador: its discovery, exploration, and development . e are several interesting refer-ences to Labrador. Of the landes of Labrador and Baccalaos, it is saidthat many had travelled to Labrador in search of apassage to Cathay, that Gaspar Corte Real had beenthere in the year 1500, and had sent back a number ofmen as slaves, and that the land of Baccalaos is agreat tract lying to the south of 48 deg. Quoting Jacobus Gastaldus, a description is given ofBaccalaos and the land of Labrador to the north ofBaccalaos. Quoting Olanus Gothero, he says:— Gruntland, as some say, is fyftie leagues from the

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Labrador: its discovery, exploration, and development . e are several interesting refer-ences to Labrador. Of the landes of Labrador and Baccalaos, it is saidthat many had travelled to Labrador in search of apassage to Cathay, that Gaspar Corte Real had beenthere in the year 1500, and had sent back a number ofmen as slaves, and that the land of Baccalaos is agreat tract lying to the south of 48 deg. Quoting Jacobus Gastaldus, a description is given ofBaccalaos and the land of Labrador to the north ofBaccalaos. Quoting Olanus Gothero, he says:— Gruntland, as some say, is fyftie leagues from thenorth part of the firme lande of the West Indies, bythe lande of Labrador. But it is not knowen whetherthis land be adherent with Gruntland or if there beany streyght or sea between them. In Gomaras History of the West Indies we find thefollowing statement :— The north part of the West Indies is in the samelatitude as Iceland. The first two hundred leagues toRio Nevado have not been explored ; from Rio Nevado •..i^.i«!»».,ll!ill. 4. 1 .V-, i: ^^ ^iS^ %-J^

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