Feathered friend

October 30th, 2019. 7:42am-7:50am. I think I was joined by a heron, I’d never seen one in the Cove before.

“Nautical Atlas of the World, Folio 6 Recto, North Atlantic Ocean”

From Labrador to Acadia (present-day southeast Maine) seen here, only Newfoundland is identified by name (Terra Corte Regalis).

“Nautical Atlas of the World, Folio 6 Recto, North Atlantic Ocean” Holanda, António de, approximately 1480-1556 Illustrator. Homem, Lopo, flourished 1517-1565 Cartographer. Manuel I, King of Portugal, 1469-1521 Patron. Reinel, Jorge, active 16th century Cartographer. Reinel, Pedro, born approximately 1464 Cartographer. [publisher not identified], 1519. https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_18557/?r=0.474,0.02,0.309,0.18,0

Geographical Map of New France

There’s a few settlements noted on the Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia here, “sesembre” being Sambro helps orient Halifax harbor. The settlement between “S” and “R” is of interest, S being “River sainte Margrite” and R “baye senne”.

Watch out for this guy

Champlain, Samuel De, Creator, and David Engraver Pelletier. “Geographical Map of New France Made by Mr. de Champlain of Saintonge, Ordinary Captain for the King’s Navy.” Paris: Jean Berjon, 1612. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021668652/.

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