New-York tribune., 1876-05-19

ah"n five of ile cocSe early In the morning LUIS i %
eaus s SUI pose that part wa reGi tuy y pse he
The first sight fiOm sea Thai s,i y, iil tI rnon tins
crasin as ih!nke because II was discovers no % ' 80
day OF John ne baptist" The rssenual si;i,,s Iuesi n
everything bat the date OF the year. oi the M
49,, Inc t,yo uans lll same day Of the mouth tie sane
hour of the day the same naming oi tie tlu ,g III iii
and the same name given to the neishDofns , ist nj
INDICATE q az boih referred To the same exlediion, hu
that one was COPIED from tie othcf. III uc ,i ~,
wllat more easy an proh1be that the VII s'ouI VII
,hanVc to Ill on thgt nj should be changed 10 "a
That suci "a misiaacif this obvious ekpanaloh y, @
dniculty be accept J-was not made by Clement Au',,
wnose man was Lung up in whitehall, aid WAs az wei @
known in the sixteenth century ,o senI a rjcd or
Temporary s. but that II made by wh3H'er lrio& 49, ~
delncntd the map Of lG44 unheaid oil tii 20 years "s'
there seems to be ample eNdelce' ,. -. ,,,,d. M,
THIS evidence comes from recent resi-. H' ole
bcbalf of the British Government Tor historical noi, @
tion among italian and spanish aioSeS So, ~ ho,nr ON
Also. smne months ago, His Majesty. Henry vll,
sent out IA Venetian, VINO is very good niaiici anu @ a
eund skin In discovering Islands, and he h,s
returned safe, and has found two very if m fge au .
new islands having likewise discovered tic seven cl,i,
four hundred leagues from Ingland on the ~ ~Nes.ean
passage The next spring His Mlrs,! saIs @ ~
im with fifteen twenty ships" Ana III 1 ane t M, n
of Venice s also letter dated Au ust % l49| from QUE
Lorenzo Pasqua!igo, Venetian hVhs III Lonuo"' " '
brother, III wnc. he writcs:- ;,, shi,
rhc Venetian or,r countryman, who went with snip
from Bristol in quest OF new islands, is iethrn anu anu
Land thc territory of tic Grand Cnam he coasted or
huDil ca leagues a1d landed haM 30
hut he Las brought hitler to the King certain sn e.
wuich had been sc to catch game ana hecuie io man
ing nets he also elled trees wherefore e
supposed there inhabitants, ana returhea W HE
ne Was three months the voyage. and on ms re-
turn he saw two islands starbOard but would NOT au
time beir,g precious as lie short OF PROVISIONS
. The KING nas also gwen nm money wherewltn 70
amuse himself till Deu hc next Sprnsl, anu hc u & vT
a bristol with his wiie who il also Venetian ana WIN
hs sons His name is Luan Cabot an he Is st .io w.
Great Admiral vast LO or IN pad MN; nc uressoS W
silk and thee glish run after him like mad people SO
thai hc enlist as many of them as he pieaseS' anu
A s,lniIar letter written about the same time from the
Spanish eInbas sador in England. ana dealing win VIZ 'ne
same ncidcnt-he return Of tins Geoese ui brisol iio
voyage of discoyory-.s found In the Spanish archNes
at seville. Aud unless otncr contemporary Esu%mumS %
equally direct, respectable. ami Impartial sha DC lou
TO ifs; these statements they may be accepted rs SCI
ding points: tirNt that the INST voyase OF ,le "a
bots on winch the western Continent was dscoNei.a %
was mad n lie Summer Of 1897; and 81 cOnd that the
leader OF the enterprise was Jonn lZuan) Cabot.
Tie early voyage OF Verrazano on which the slad-
ow of historic doubt has recently been cast Is treat
ed in the same spirit of cautious reserve, Dut Win
firm reliance on the balance of cyidence:-
Anew impulse WAS gwen to the desire for shorter
northern pissagc To lnia. and Faucs l. OF France
aroused the gfeat even; Of his time Is sld 10 nave ue
clarcd: "Whytt.ese piuccs coolly divide the New
Wori between cnl should Lac To that article OF
Adams will which gives tnrm America III i1s2 Ut ne
proposed with Otuer powers, botn Tor shac
In tnat NgW World, and 10 ind Tor France shorter roue
Win this intent an expedition put 10 from some
port in Bittauy in the AIumn OF 1913. it eonsis.ed
originally OF four vess' Is. bat before mueh 80 mS
ui., these vessels wore first Disabled OF 100,
and terWaId Il third. leaving onl! sluSc SNIP eaiieu
the Dauphiue-DalIna. TIE eomiDandeI was ro' hnn' ~
aa NcrazauO. q native OF Flor nce-it!an by Dhth q"
Columbus and CABOT wrre-Who according 10 tht ulrlV
rams of DepIe, captain oi Que o. Ihohis AuoeIt
ships tcu years be He SAW aud dd i"T aubut 'hl,
can be knowh now. mOIc than Cabot and coficieh
had and done aDout quarter Ol eeh'ui5 peuc'
But e lcft behind MIN, IN letter 10 the sing, n'i
Ialye nf his adveuturc. aud Tor tue INST time NC se,
dim and pl,sil- impse b. actual description. pi ucn
Oi the long stretch oi iho Aildhuo coast ol ~ w
lea tim tue boun All oil ihe uhiieu o.H''h -
yague, indeed and SOM tunes 80 lhcoiice' Il t's 'i
tive, question h.s been raised ""ttHeI ~ "as
no. augc ucs utr Of truth Bul thc al Sueht oi
IT. al. accuracy, based "n htflaI c' d'ho', ns w
brought with equal Io.ee is"nst III in,n! " III. .'J
Of e.nly eX tcdtioms wnl,L ccrtanir were bi'c .
1t been supposed by sohr Mitri, thAt neriazano %
may have made IN lJ@J VAIN hlH ioui S"ips
acfu,s tno Atian.ic AMI lhdt me ai''sion, ~ n''
le ter TO d's.S'or %Hch o'eLto"A aH" a m r"'
on "NOrtncIn coast-, refers 70 suSh ~, au a.,
uiion But The l,,ter Is Otherwise taAen UP
win the single voyage OF ,he Dtai'I'nv, -
WLich Lc finally ct sal holh te h'eh ds lh '"i
IA. In iOfy nine days hc "lcdehel dh'N '''.".!
WHICH," Ee wrltcs, nd never before pceh s,n ~ aS
o.r, aud winch Dy ircs d"hE te snoi'' &c ho"
nhdDicd. Hls laid-.dll' ic ~! = "an on - -
fourth parallel, or ahoni t"c Eti.ude "i ''ly " ,, IT,
course amer ieNtnz tho Mdlcii"s "'s iowa l"Ma'uS r''o
west, wan lizzie uoItnWa4diy' iichce hc i'h s'u'"
ward lor MT! ecu - pht h"ihs 40 na .o' 81 ~ t "
hIs couire. Cru''ns llsiIey hioiiS ,I' ''s' i 80
hundred lcigucz, nrst uutcs ii the sh'Ic Va '"l
clcd with lie sdnd. RISING INTO ht'4c 's aDoa' ny
pace, broad tci ti4t arms 81 te go H'"'u ~ lot
iucts making iIcr and ai ouicf bcdch Dut neon"
the cVast-l.nr De saw eouhii, iisI's i''o 80" ,
ncld-. AID broad plu c"'eitd wan in"'n'" i''
lnorc dcusc, ,aiiou- IN i"alr ana c"i" ana Il
tooilrd vii. VINES 14is NcrdIu dni ~ rdsi dnt wan
Wild roses, viO,ts, lines, ana many o"'i =
with many lthCh dad eticAls bca-'H oi th' 'i''' Al
ID % LAY
IHc "dlniY ar oI "A u,c'ons summer p'1" hon's 49,
siuooth a, ami tne long str.tca ol eo'at' th'
wafer was Uc,l, ana tAtic "e'V no Io'Na VI "'"' '
gers 10 NCG tue initi,hcl
The following note is added at the end of the di5-
cu,,.on: Since tins chapter was put IN type vol
ume of neatly two hundred pages by Henry t.
Murphy, on the voyage of Verrazano, has been pub
lished Mr. Murphy ; um is to show that the claims
of discovery made in Vcrrazanos name have no reai
foundation The work is learned, IaboriouS, and eN-
haustiyc and seems to leave nothing more 10 be
said on that side OF the question:"
The landing of the Pilgrims at plymouth is de-
scribed with crcalcr discriminating detail than Is
found i'm most of the current narratives of the event
and in some important particulars new version oi
the whole transaction is presented.
ON Wednesday, the G,h Of December tOld siylt), n
party put oil for more cNlend,d sratch 'ltn 'a ct
been g. Robert Coppin, the gunner oi 'uo h's
Hover was oI iI.s company, ana h' knew, ne ~" 80.
he had been upon ihis coast 0,ioc,oi g@"u h"in =
AMI great nastJbc river ID the oihei hou'uu 81 '',
BAY. On Wednesday and 4 ursday they crul'cd along
the shore, TIE west side Of ihc cape nom fi4Nlnce
Il.thaiu-.s thc region Is noT aiyd,d \ sudden at
tack was ma ic upon ihclh on finay hnui5' py t,it
natives, as thcy were ili- f."l 10 cav ,io ~
campng ground and arqIebus-'hpt ami AFRO" mSht7
were exchanged without narm to ether lafp.
From tnIs pO.ui they -ilcd a"hS ie co9at ioi
leagues, Friday anl eng u' G"o iapoi' 500" %"
Ia search oi that wuch toppn sam NC hne". iue nay
was stormy; IN the course nI u lhc Iu"I'F :" tc n""
was uushIp cd and, before they lhade lhd on iht ON
side of tie bay. she ci! ava! htf mast, spt tl still
ana was near bcS lost altogether. "A ngi tan tAy
reached aud landed upon an islmd sin,e Known i,
C.alks Island because Clark. the MaNinwcrs chicf
mate va, the FIRST To sicp ashoie lhc next day, Tie
ON thty explored the lstud aud on sunday tie lu,ii
tucy resi- 3D. - men would be- sure To rest Wo Ou wgci-
,ay s never IOfot, under any cruusancca 10 ask ih
out>pokcu lr tic blessing Of God upon thcir aruis
on Monday De-. I. tct roscd tnr narhor soun ling
If - tney W. nj aud Ing U oi good depth Tor stii
vessels. Along tie shuie of the mainland tLey found srN-
er,l brooks OF p.crtui waters rmpyug into the bay,
ami Lcr. and there were cleared fields wHcrc tie IN
GIIi, had lducU iuilIr T'dNl TOT th' "rt 81" N, ,''
WIs of t4t parts, al .t tnc best tcA toh AMI, ii
the and thcr present necessity made uen slad ID"
accept IT,"
Ino Incident in Itself IS commonplace enough. seven
teen rough men, WHO for ic ve previous days haa "r,