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The Voyage of Verrazzano - A Chapter in the Early History of Maritime Discovery in America by Henry Cruse Murphy
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tempe fa trovorno li Lusitani,
quali seguirno piu al septentrione,
pervenendo sino al circulo
artico e'l fine lasciendo incognito.


Translation Narrative.

After sailing between east and
north the distance of one hundred
and fifty leagues more and finding
our provisions and naval
stores nearly exhausted, we took
in wood and water, and determined
to return to France having
discovered VII that is 700
leagues of unknown lands.
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Cosmography.

In the voyage which we made
by order of your Majesty, in
addition to the 92 degrees we ran
towards the west from our point
of departure, before we reached
land in the latitude of 34, we
have to count 300 leagues which
we ran northeastwardly, and 400
nearly east along the coast before
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