CONTENTS. Page I. The Discovery Attributed to Verrazzano II. The Verrazzano Letters not Genuine III. The Letter untrue. I. No Voyage of Discovery made for the King of France, as it states IV. II. Misrepresentations in regard to the Geography of the Coast. The Chesapeake. The Island of Louise. Massachusetts Bay V. III. Cape Breton and the Southerly Coast of Newfoundland, here claimed to have been discovered, were known previously. Perversion of the Text of the Letter by Ramusio VI. IV. The Description of the People and Productions of the Land not made from the Personal Observations of the Writer of the Letter. What distinctly belonged to the Natives is unnoticed, and what is originally mentioned of them is untrue. Further important Alterations of the Text by Ramusio, VII. The Extrinsic Evidence in Support of the Claim. I. Discourse of the French Sea Captain of Dieppe, VIII. II. The Verrazzano Map. It is not an Authoritative Exposition of the Verrazzano Discovery. Its Origin and Date in its present Form. The Letter of Annibal Caro. The Map presented to Henry VIII. Voyages of Verrazzano. The Globe of Euphrosynus Ulpius IX. The Letter to the King founded on the Discoveries of Estevan Gomez. The History of Gomez and his Voyage. The Publication of his Discoveries in Spain and Italy before the Verrazzano claim. The Voyage described in the Letter traced to Ribero's Map of the Discoveries of Gomez X. The Career of Verrazzano. An Adventurous Life and Ignominious Death. Conclusion Appendix Index [Proofreaders note: ILLUSTRATIONS and MAPS omitted] THE VOYAGE OF VERRAZZANO: A CHAPTER IN THE EARLY HISTORY OF MARITIME DISCOVERY IN AMERICA. I. THE DISCOVERY ATTRIBUTED TO VERRAZZANO.