Note 53 — Chapter II · STAKING OUT CLAIMS

For the Verrazano voyage, vide B. Smith, An Enquiry into the Authenticity, etc.; New York, 1864; J. C. Brevoort, Verrazano the Navigator; New York, 1874; H. C. Murphy, The Voyage of Verrazano; New York, 1875; B. F. deCosta, Verrazano the Explorer; New York, 1881. The Gomez voyage is important but very obscure. The statement by Fiske (The Discovery of America, vol. II, p. 491) is far too positive. Harrisse (Discovery, pp. 229-43) gives new documents.