The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-12-09
TWO ANNIVERSARIES.
Notable Ordinations to he Held by Can
ada and Portugal.

nda and Portugal.
Philadelphia Inquirer: Next year Ca
NADIA and Portugal will each celebrate
Il four hundrcdth anniversary. which,
although It may not by some people
be considered as important al the
four hundrcdth anniversary OF the dis
COYCry Of Columbus, which was COM
memOSatcd by the United States ard
Spain. may, especially that Of P0rtu-
gal, be In many quarters hailed with
much satisfaction. Canada VIII Cele-
brate the discovery OF Labrador In
1897 by John Cabot. and outside OF the
story OF the wandering OF the Vikings
to SOvia Scotia and also TO what Is
row New England. the discovery OF
Labrador was really the first recorded
historical account OF the discovery OF
the North American continent. The cell
ehratiOn by Portugal Will be In honor
of Nasc0 de Cana. who. In the unmer
Of 1927, left Lisbon, sailed TO the Cape
OF Good Hope. and returned In 1893.
having doubled the Cape and crossed
the Indian Ocean 10 Malabar, on the
coast OF Hindostan.
When he set out on his voyage along
the coast Of Africa to find a waterway
w Allt "a lAAANIo l' ma tlhN wv
bravcd the Cape OF Good Hope, al
though It was believed that there Was
n point Of land there, and II was given
It's present name before De Cana
reached 1t. When tho East Indies was
reached. the daring navigator saw
splendid cities. talked with powerful
princes, and brought back ruhiCs and
emcralds, damaSk robes. bronze chairs.
trumpets % ivory, and swords in silver
~scabbards. These material results
were CoRtraStet with the work OF Col
umbus. who. the Portuguese claimed,
had only led men to strange lands TO
starve. and the SlOrieS OF Cipango and
Cathay were looked upon as nothing 10
the discoveries OF Da Cana. The great
object Of Spain after this was to get In
to the Indian Ocean and come as near
as possible to the rich countries d!scov-
cred by the hardy Portuguese explorer.
and the fourth voyage OF Columbus
was in direct response TO that Of Da
Canaan attempt to get into the In
dian Ocean by way O: the Atlantic,
Columbus. too. Il will he remembered.
died In the belief that he had only dis
covered the eastern part OF the East
IndSs. and had It not been for Da Ga
ma 1t would have remained for some
other navigator 10 veal the honors
that are the heritage OF the immortal
GcnoeSa.
So far as Labrador Is concerned hut
little is known OF Il to-day than there
was when Cabot discovered II In 1897.
To all lntents and purposes Il IS terra
iNCOEnita. and It's Interior has never
been trOddcn ny the foot OF ma : 'me
tine ago n cataract was discOveted In
Il. which Is said ta he almost equal In
MAGNITUDE to the Falls OF Niagara. An
adventurous party 81 Ph!lndelIhiaus
recently visited the country and learn
cd something Of It's characteristics, and
il Is probable hat We shall known
more Of Il within the next ten years. It
Is singular that Just as Columbus i'm
aSircd WatlinG's Island, where nc
landed. to he Il portion OF the East In
dies. SO Cabot assumed that Labrador
was a part OF the domlnkons OF the
Great Cham. 1t may also be noted that
the birthplace Of Cabot Is unknown,a all
that is recorded OF him being that he
lived In Venice for fifteen years and
thai; he was afterwards Il resident OF
Bristol. England. and was given I'M
portant commissions by Henry VII. In
these days OF research II may be that
the approaching Canadian and P0rtu-
Gucsc anniversaries may stimulate
some persons to find out more as to the
life OF this mar without a country"
and also that there may he given to
history new facts In tho career OF that
daring, although cruel, navigator, Vas
co Da Cana, lord of the conQuests OF
ETHIOPIA. Arabia, Persia and India"