Labrador: its discovery, exploration, and development . rojected in 1521, but which wasthwarted by the Drapers Company. The Ribero map of 1529 states that Labrador wasdiscovered by the English, and adds the unflatteringcomment, There is nothing there of much value. In the Carte de Verrazano, 1529, on the land called Terra Laboratoris, is written, which land was dis-covered by the English. In token of which this partof the coast is embellished by the arms of England. The map known as Wolfenbuttel B. (1534), alreadyquoted, not only states that Labrador was discoveredby the English, but gives the
Labrador: its discovery, exploration, and development . rojected in 1521, but which wasthwarted by the Drapers Company. The Ribero map of 1529 states that Labrador wasdiscovered by the English, and adds the unflatteringcomment, There is nothing there of much value. In the Carte de Verrazano, 1529, on the land called Terra Laboratoris, is written, which land was dis-covered by the English. In token of which this partof the coast is embellished by the arms of England. The map known as Wolfenbuttel B. (1534), alreadyquoted, not only states that Labrador was discoveredby the English, but gives the important informationthat the country was so named because a labourer ofthe Azores first sighted it. A Portuguese map (1553), preserved at the Depotde la Marine, Paris, shows the English flag with thecrosses of St. George and St. Andrew on the land calledTerra de Laurador. The Molyneux map which accom-panies the 1599 edition of Hakluyts Voyages also statesregarding Labrador: This land was discovered byJohn Sebastian Cabot for King Henry VII, in
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