XIV CONTENTS. CHAPTER VIII. Of the period from 1527 to 1534. CHAPTER IX. Of the voyage of Jacques Carthier to Newfoundland in 1534. CHAPTER X. Of the second voyage of Jacques Carthier, wherein he explored the St. Lawrence, in 1535. CHAPTER XI. Of a voyage of Mr. Hore and others, from England to the north west in 1536. CHAPTER XII. Of the expedition of Ferdinand de Soto to Florida in 1539; and his march thence to the Mississippi; his death in 1541; and the subsequent progress of his troops. CHAPTER XIII. Of the voyage of Jacques Carthier to Canada in 1540. CHAPTER XIV. Of the voyage of Sir John Francis de la Roche, Lord of Rober- val, to Canada in 1542. CHAPTER XV. Of the voyage of Gregorio de Beteta on the Florida coast in 1549; and of Sebastian Cabot from his return to England in 1548, until his death in 1557. CHAPTER XVI. Of an examination of the coast of Florida in 1558, wherein was seen a bay, described as “ the largest and most commodious bay of all on these shores,” which was named then Philipina,