Search Lights Through Three Centuries of Franco-Anglo-American History

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Excerpt from Search Lights Through Three Centuries of Franco-Anglo-American History: A Centenary Souvenir Even after that memorable day when the joyful cry of Land! Land!! from the crew of the "Santa Maria" awoke the slumbering echoes on her shores, then trodden for the first time by Christian men; nearly a century and a half passed away ere any attempts were made at colonization by the European nations. This is not to be understood of voyages of exploration and discovery made by navigators in the employment of Spain, Portugal, France and England, either in search for gold or the hoped for passage to the East. As early as 1517 French fishermen, from the Basque and Norman coasts, themselves a maritime people, as well as those of Portugal, were the first "to till the deep sea pastures of American waters." Having discovered the shoals of cod fish on the "banks" of Newfoundland, they carried home full fares long before a single Englishman had ventured into the same seas to prosecute this lucrative branch of industry. From the shores of Dieppe, Rochelle, St. Malo and other ports of France, came these hardy adventurers, who in frail craft, hardly larger than the smallest fishing schooner of our sea coasts, dared all the dangers of these then unknown seas, and later on, planted the first colonies on the shores of Acadia, or on the banks of the St. Lawrence. With wonderful discrimination they selected those harbors and bays, best adapted for ™ and modern enterprise has never denied the wisdom of their choice. Louisburg, Quebec, Montreal, Detroit and New Orleans, still remain to attest the sagacity and foresight of the French Pioneer. It is not within the scope of the present work to follow the fortunes of the various explorers or navigators who, during the sixtehnth century, made voyages across the broad ocean. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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