Young folks' history of the United States . uld suppose that they wouldhave soon learned its outline thoroughly. But theywere just like the boys by the lake. There was not aharbor along the Atlantic shore, from Labrador toTerra del Fuego, that had not been entered before thismap was made. But no one captain had visited allthe harbors. Nobody knew about the interior of thecountry, or its general form ; and so no two explorersagreed about the actual shape of the coast. Whenthey came to draw its outline, we can see what workthey made, if we look at this series of sketches, takenfrom old maps made
Young folks' history of the United States . uld suppose that they wouldhave soon learned its outline thoroughly. But theywere just like the boys by the lake. There was not aharbor along the Atlantic shore, from Labrador toTerra del Fuego, that had not been entered before thismap was made. But no one captain had visited allthe harbors. Nobody knew about the interior of thecountry, or its general form ; and so no two explorersagreed about the actual shape of the coast. Whenthey came to draw its outline, we can see what workthey made, if we look at this series of sketches, takenfrom old maps made between 1534 and 1560. TheRiver St. Lawrence seemed to puzzle them particu-larly: sometimes they made it run south, and some-times east; and, as for Cape Cod, it appears in allmanner of shapes. But even after Europeans had begun to understandhow large the new region was, and after they hadimproved in map-drawing, there came the still morepuzzling question, To whom was it all to belong ? Here, again, these great nations were very much like. COAST OF NORTH AMERICA, FROM MAPS MADE BETWEEN 1534 AND 1560. 49 50 YOUNG FOLKS UNITED STATES. Claims ofthe differ-ent Na-tions. First permanent settlement, Differentnames ofthe Conti-nent. boys who have explored the shores of a lake, and whoplay at taking possession of its different islands andcapes. Perhaps a boy has claimed a part of the shorefor his own, and has given his name to it; perhaps he hascut his name on a tree as a sign of ownership: but, assoon as he is gone, another boy may come and seize ityand give it another name. There is no way to keep ityexcept to stay and guard it; and this is what few willtake the trouble to do. Just so it was with thesenations. The Spaniards wished to own all they hadexplored; so did the French; so did the English:but nobody liked very well to stay there and keep pos-session. Each claimed a certain portion by right ofdiscovery : the trouble was to occupy what they at last the Spaniards ma
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