The discovery of America . ia. Thewestern hemisphere was emerging in mens mindsas a distinct and integral whole. Though peoplegenerally were not as yet enlightened to this extent,^there were many navigators and geographers whowere. ^ The sketch here given is taken from Winsor (iv. 98) after uh,Kohls copy in his Washington Collection. ^ The legends on Dees map are as follows : — 1. EstotUand. 14. C. de S. Roman. 2. Drogeo. 15. C. de Sta HeUena. 3. Belisle. 16. La Bermuda. 4. C. de Raso. 17. La Emperada. 5. 18. Terra Florida. 6. S. Brandan. 19. Rio de Spirito Sant<X 7. Norombega.
The discovery of America . ia. Thewestern hemisphere was emerging in mens mindsas a distinct and integral whole. Though peoplegenerally were not as yet enlightened to this extent,^there were many navigators and geographers whowere. ^ The sketch here given is taken from Winsor (iv. 98) after uh,Kohls copy in his Washington Collection. ^ The legends on Dees map are as follows : — 1. EstotUand. 14. C. de S. Roman. 2. Drogeo. 15. C. de Sta HeUena. 3. Belisle. 16. La Bermuda. 4. C. de Raso. 17. La Emperada. 5. 18. Terra Florida. 6. S. Brandan. 19. Rio de Spirito Sant<X 7. Norombega. 20. Rio de Palmas. 8. R. de Gamas. 21. Mexico. 9. R. de San Antonio. 22. S. Thoma. 10. C. de Arenas. 23. C. California. 11. C. de St. lago. 24. Ts de Cedri. 12. C. de S. John. 25. Y del reparo. 13. C. de terra falgar. ^ Thomas Morton, of Merrymount, in his New English , 1037, writes of New England, what part of thismane continent may he thought to border upon the Country ofthe Tartars, it is yet 528 THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA. The most striking difference between Dr. Deeamap and that of Louis Joliet, to which we shallpresently invite the readers attention, is in theknowledge respecting the St. Lawrence and Mis-sissippi rivers. Dee fails to give the informationobtained by Sotos expedition. He interprets theSt. Lawrence correctly as a river and not a strait,as many were still inclined to regard it. But thisinterpretation was purely hypothetical, and includedno suspicion of the existence of the Great Lakes, for in 1580 no one had as yet gone above^eat French the sitc of Montreal. The exploration of the St. Lawrence and Mississippi val-leys, with the determination of their relations toeach other, was the most imjjortant inland workthat was done in the course of American was done by a succession of great Frenchmen,among whose names those of Champlain and LaSalle are the most illustrious; and it was a resultof the general system upon which Fren
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