The Discoveries of America to the Year 1525Weise, Arthur James
History
The Discoveries of America to the Year 1525
Weise, Arthur James
America -- Discovery and exploration
[443] In different historical works and documents the following modes of
spelling the word appear: Manatans, Manates, Manate, Manath, Manathans,
Manathe, Manathes, Manatte, Manetto, Menates, Minates, Manhates,
Manhatas, Manna-hatta, Manhattes, Manahattes, Manahatta, Mahates,
Manahatas, Manahatans, Manahata, Manhatens, Manhathans, Manhatoes,
Manhatoos, Manhatos, Manhattans, Manhatten, Manhattoes, Manhattons,
Manhattos, Manhuttons, Manahactas, Manchatas, Manades, Manadoes, Manados,
Menade, Monhatous, Munhaddon, and Manhattan.—_Vide_ General index to
documents relating to the colonial history of the State of New York.
[444] “_Anormé, ée, & anormal, adj. Ces mots ne sont plus en usage. Borel
dit qu’ils signifient qui est contre la régle commune, & qu’ énorme
vient de ces mots.... Énorme, adj. m & f. Prodigieux, éxcessif. Immanis,
immensus._”—Dictionnaire Trevoux.
“_Par extension de la signification morale à la signification physique,
extraordinaire par sa grosseur ou par sa grandeur. Un énorme bloc
de granit.... Rem. Quand énorme signifie excessif en grandeur ou en
grosseur, il se met avant ou après son substantif._”—Dictionnaire de la
langue Française. Littré.
[445] “_Berge (bèr-j’). s. f. 1°. Bord relevé, escarpé, d’une rivière,
d’un fossé, d’un chemin. 2°. Terme de marine. Certains rochers élevés à
pic sur l’eau...._
“_Etym. Espagn. et ital. barga. Diez ne veut pas qu’ il soit d’origine
germanique, et il en rapproche le kymri bargodi, surplomber, bargod,
bord. Cependant le bas-latin berga, garde, défense (qui vient de
l’allemand bergen, défendre, protéger), n’ aurait-il pas pu donner, par
une série de sens, défense, fortification, meule, et finalement bord
escarpé?_”—Dictionnaire de la langue Française. Littré.
[446] “_On appelle aussi en tèrme de Mèr, bèrges, ou barges, les grands
rochers, âpres & rélevez à pic; c’est-à-dire, droitement & à plomb,
comme les bèrges ou barges d’Olone: telles sont Sylla & Carybde vers
Messine._”—Dictionnaire Trevoux.
[447] Gerard Mercator was born at Rupelmonde, in East Flanders, on the
fifth of March, 1512. Mercator is the Latinized form of his German
name, _Kremer_, a tradesman, merchant. After studying at Bois-le-Duc,
in Brabant, he entered the university of Louvain. He selected for his
profession the manufacture of mathematical instruments and the art of
drawing and engraving. His cartographic fame began with the engraving
of a map of Palestine, in 1537. Next followed a map of Flanders, in
1540. Then in 1541, a large terrestrial globe, which he dedicated to the
“_Illustriss Dno Nicolao Perrenoto, Domino à Granuella_”; the original
drawings of which are preserved in the Royal library of Belgium, in
Brussels. In 1552, Mercator removed from Louvain to Duisburg, where, in
1569, he made his famous map of the world. He died in December, 1594.
[448] The original map is now in the possession of the count of Crawford
and Balcarres, Scotland.
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