THE WEST SHORE.
June, ifc8i
144
MUTISM t'Ol.l'MIUA-HISTnKHAI.
In th early part of the tfith century,
treaty had liren cniirludrd between
Sjwiin ami I'orluul, .il thai lime the
two great Hiariilime Mwer of Euth
by which I lie funnel urit lo xmh
all sea ami leirilnries tl of a me
ritlian linr pawing mime o leagues
wel of C'aM Verde MjiihU, while the
The English people, who hut re
cently hail repudiated the Papal power,
; wan hy no mean- inclined to consent to
thik partition of the unknown world hy
the Court of Rome, nnd the Spanish
j Ambassador wan informed hy the Min
ister of Queen Klizakth that she "did
not unilemtand why her subjects should
1 1 debarred from traflic in the Indies.
As she did not acknowledge the Span-
! The Gulf of Mexico and the south
! western shores of the Atlantic soon saw
j English suilors, free-traders and free
booters, who not only made discoveries
for themselves, but unhappily, took the
Spanish vessels and plundered their
I colonies.
j Sir Francis Drake, in 1578, in his
I first voyage round the world, entered
: the Pacific, from which his countrymen
f :r
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IH-I.VIN HAV M.HT. U TUKIA, & C. AS IT AI'I'KAkKl) IX ,80a
ZJrV.'.' '7vi,rKMl,;;.'h-' -)'lc hy l.m.iof h.ul been debars! by, heirdread of the
2.!? " 'ri'' . ... "'-. kn Str.it of Magellan. Anxious ,0 avoid
formr were to ha
of discovei
Tfca Spaniant were the firol Ku
ropcan who hail h-I ee ujmmi the
coat of the Paolic, ami (be Pope a.
tapectnl to confirm the averment, but
loci wa another powrt in lluropc,
whnh, although not al that time of
rrat Imr1atce, n dctiited in the
uiur to ccliM lhcir' mliiTly.
right they had to any place other than
tto they were in actual poMctsion of."
We may l tunc that out-.poken word
like thce found an echo in the heart
of live turdy mariners of her day.
cry willing were they to enter with
ant.Hir upon a career of discovery in
the Vet. '
thee Straits himself, he, when return
ing home, sailed west and northwest,
in hope of reaching home that way,
but when he had gained the 4,ad (by
ome asserted the 48th) parallel of lati
tude, the adverse winds and the foggy
weather of winter had such a depress
ing effect upon his crew no long used.