[694] Map: ‘Tabula Nautica’
This map illustrates the fourth voyage of Henry Hudson in June 1610, in search of a northern route to the east, entering the straits into Hudson’s Bay. His ship, the ‘Discovery’ became trapped in the ice during that winter in James Bay and by Spring of the following year his crew mutinied and cast him adrift among the ice-flow in an open boat, along with his son and seven others. They were never seen again. The chart is important because it shows the ‘Mare Magnum’, which Hudson believed was the great sea to the East, whereas it was none other than the great bay that bears his name.
Map 1
(14.9x33.2), from Part X(p), first published in 1613 with either German or
Latin text: 
[177] Introducing various voyages to New England and New Foundland
This title page introduces various voyages and travels (see ref. 43) to New England ‘which the English call the New Found Land which was unknown until now …’. The title panel is surrounded by the natives of those parts, also by fruit and parrots. Above are mermaids, supposedly encountered by Captain Whitbourne’s fleet, shown below, while in the harbour of St. Johns.
Title Page
(14.9x95.0), from Part XIII(g), first published in 1627 with German text and
in
1634 with Latin text:
[178] A strange creature at St. John’s Harbour
In 1610, while Captain Whitbourne was in Newfoundland, he saw a strange creature swimming towards him in the harbour of St. John. It seemed so beautiful, having round about the head blue streaks resembling hair and when it swam away he saw its shoulders and back was square like those of a man but from the middle to the hind part, pointed like an arrow. The same creature came shortly after to a boat in which William Hawkridge was. It put both hands upon the side and tried to come in, whereat they were afraid and struck it on the head so it fell back in the water. There were other reports of such sightings but Whitbourne concludes: ‘ … whether it was a mermaid or not, I do not know, I leave it for others to judge’.
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(14.7x17.3), from Part XIII(g), first published in 1627 with German text and
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Page 4 in 1634 with Latin text:
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[179] The English meet the natives of Trinity Bay
On 30th October, 1612, John Grey who was the governor of the English colony in Newfoundland and his crew sailed to the north side of Trinity Bay where they anchored in a natural harbour near some steep cliffs, which they called ‘Alhallowes’. About a week later some natives approached their ship in canoes, waving a white flag of wolf’s skin. One of the crew, Marther Wittington, went ashore followed by another, one Francis Tipton. The Indians returned to land and exchanged a necklace of periwinkles, a feather and a headless arrow for knives, a linen cap and a hand towel. The Indians were delighted and danced together with their visitors, making signs of great joy and gladness.
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(14.8x17.4), from Part XIII(g), first published in 1627 with German text and
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[180] Hunting moose on Mansel Island in the Hudson Bay
There was a certain beast in those parts that the natives called ‘Mosse’. It had a body and legs like an ox, a head like a fallow deer and hair, long like an elk. Many were seen on a great island near the coast, called Mount Mansell, where Indians went at certain times of the year. They lit fires to frighten the animals into the sea where other Indians were waiting in canoes with bows and arrows. The known commodities of the region were mainly fish of various sorts and there were three kinds of vine, also hemp and flax. The Indians liked the region very much and worked hard to cultivate it and they had several plantations along the coast nearby.
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