4 (p. 39).--Denys is said by many writers to have made a chart of the St. Lawrence; but this is now seriously questioned. Dexter (in Winsor's _N. and C. Hist._, vol. iv., p. 4) says: "What now passes for such a chart is clearly of later origin." Harrisse says (_Jean et Sébastien Cabot_, pp. 250, 251) that it could not be found at Paris; and that the chart in the Library of Parliament at Ottawa, purporting to be a copy of Denys's, is "utterly apocryphal;" he also states (_Discov. N. Amer._, p. 181), that researches in the archives of Honfleur have proved fruitless for any information as to the expedition of Denys. Some information concerning his family is given by Bréard, cited by Dionne (_Nouv. France_, p. 107, _note_ 3). 5 (p. 41).--Giovanni da Verrazano: probably born at Florence, Italy, soon after 1480. He was apparently a corsair in French employ, by the year 1521, harassing the commerce of Spain with the New World; while thus engaged, he assumed the name of Juan Florin, or Florentin. Under commission from Francis I. of France, he made a voyage during the first half of the year 1524 (not 1523), "to discover a western passage to Cathay." In the "Dauphine," with a crew of fifty men, he explored the Atlantic coast from about 27° to 43° north latitude (that is, from Florida to Maine); then sailed to "the country already discovered by the Bretons," thence returning to France. His letter to the court, announcing his safe arrival at Dieppe, was published by Ramusio, in vol. iii. of his _Raccolta_ (1556). A translation of this letter (with a note by Edwin D. Mead, the editor), is given in _Old South Leaflets_, general series, no. 17. Little is known of Verrazano's subsequent history; but it is generally supposed that he was hanged as a pirate, at Cadiz, Spain, in November, 1527.--See Dexter, in Winsor's _N. and C. Hist._, vol. iv., pp. 5-9; and Margry's _Navig. Fr._ pp. 194-196, 205-218. H. C. Murphy (_Voyages of Verrazano_, N. Y., 1875), and others, have doubted whether Verrazano ever made this voyage; Harrisse gives an exhaustive discussion of the whole matter in his _Discov. N. Amer._, pp. 214-228, as does Winsor, in _N. and C. Hist._, vol. iv., pp. 16-27. The discoveries of Verrazano are shown on a mappa-mundi, made in 1529 by his brother Hieronimo; this is fully described by Winsor, in above citation. 6 (p. 41).--See vol. ii., _note_ 48. 7 (p. 41).--This chart is probably the one mentioned by Biard in doc. x.; see vol. ii., _note_ 12. 8 (p. 41).--On Norembega, see vol. i., _note_ 11.--Cf. Dionne's _Nouv. France_, pp. 257-263. Biard himself uses this term (_post_) to designate the region wherein lay St. Sauveur. The name Acadia (see vol. i., _note_ 2) was in general use up to the downfall of the French régime (1763).