History of the Pilgrims and Puritans, their ancestry and descendants; basis of Americanization . which wasmapped later more accurately on the draught-board ofvoyagers of the time. From 1400 to 1497—the latter thatmemorable year of the Cabots when John and Sebastianarrived and came into their own—map-making seems tohave been at a low ebb. It was through the Cabots at-tractive reports that Norman and Breton fishing industriesobtained foothold on the New England coast. Juan de la Corsa, co-sailor with and another absorber of * The late fourteenth century saw the Zeno brothers of Venice, with the
History of the Pilgrims and Puritans, their ancestry and descendants; basis of Americanization . which wasmapped later more accurately on the draught-board ofvoyagers of the time. From 1400 to 1497—the latter thatmemorable year of the Cabots when John and Sebastianarrived and came into their own—map-making seems tohave been at a low ebb. It was through the Cabots at-tractive reports that Norman and Breton fishing industriesobtained foothold on the New England coast. Juan de la Corsa, co-sailor with and another absorber of * The late fourteenth century saw the Zeno brothers of Venice, with the courageof their race, daring the perils of the rock-bound coast and skirting the shores of theNew World, leaving more or less mist-shrouded records. Nicolo Zeno first sawDruego, or New England, and probably knew our Old Bay State under the name ofEstoland. 36o HISTORY OF THE PILGRIMS AND PURITANS Columbus thought and efifort, scrawled a coast line map inT500, filched in part also from Cabots chart. From the year1500, map makers swarmed by the score, and cartographicalhistory grew CHAMPLAIN AT CAMP UNDER THE CLIFF OF QUEBEC. As late as 1706, Torfacus resurrected, improved upon,and published old Icelandic tracings of the North Atlanticcoast and bordering countries. The Tichborne claimant was a puerile novice beside LANDING OF THE PILGRIMS 361
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