AndbythatIcouldgatherbyeachman’sseveralrelation，IhavedrawnabriefdescriptionoftheNewfoundland，withthecommoditiesbyseaorlandalreadymade，andsuchalsoasareinpossibilityandgreatlikelihoodtobemade。Neverthelessthecardsandplotsthatweredrawn，withtheduegradationoftheharbours，bays，andcapes，didperishwiththeAdmiral：whereforeinthedescriptionfollowing，I
mustomittheparticularsofsuchthings。
ThatwhichwedocalltheNewfoundland，andtheFrenchmen/Baccalaos/，isanisland，orrather，aftertheopinionofsome，itconsistethofsundryislandsandbrokenlands，situateinthenorthregionsofAmerica，uponthegulfandentranceofagreatrivercalledSt。
LawrenceinCanada；intothewhich，navigationmaybemadebothonthesouthandnorthsideofthisisland。Thelandliethsouthandnorth，containinginlengthbetween300and400miles，accountingfromCapeRace，whichisin46degrees25minutes，untotheGrandBayin52
degrees，ofseptentrionallatitude。Thelandroundabouthathverymanygoodlybaysandharbours，saferoadsforships，thelikenottobefoundinanypartoftheknownworld。