Esthambruges

Hist. Brit. (1) 5. 15. (See also Henault.) Est aim bourg is a town in Hainaut, near the River Scheldt. Ortelius on his map of Hainaut shows a forest near Estambruge, northeast of the junction of the Haine and the Scheldt. (P. 38.) See also Mercat or, p. 393, map. Estotiland. P. L. 10. 686. A fabulous island near the northeastern part of North America. Hakluyt gives the following narrative of certain sailors who were shipwrecked in that region: “They discovered an Island called Estotiland, lying to the Westwards above 1000 Miles from Frisland, upon the which one of the boats was cast away, and sixe men that were in it were taken of the inhabitants and brought into a faire and populous citie. They dwelt five years in... the Island, and learned the language, and one of them was in divers partes of the Island, and report eth that it is a very rich countrey, abounding with all the commodities of the world, and that it is little le e than Island, but farre more fruit full, having middle thereof a very high mount aine, from the which there spring foure rivers that pa e through the whole countrey. in the The inhabitants are very wittie people, and have all artes and faculties, as we have; and it is credible that in time past they have had trafficke with our men, for he said, that he saw Latin bookes in the kings Librarie, which they at this present do not understand. They have a peculiar language, and letters or They have mines of all maner of metbut especial they abound with gold. They have their trade in Eng rone land, from whence they bring furres, brimstone and pitch; and he saith that to the Southwards there is a great populous countrey very rich of gold. They sow corne, and They have mighty great woods, make beere and ale. they make their buildings with wals, and there are many cities and castles. They build small barks and have sayling, but they have not the load stone, nor know the use of the compa e.” (Hak. 3. 124.) Hakluyt adds: “I have heere annexed judge caract ers to themselves. tals,. ment that of.. famous Cosmographer Abraham Ortelius, or rather the yealding and submitting of his judgment thereunto, who... boroweth proofe and author i tie out of this relation, to shew that the Northeast parte of America called Estotiland, and in the original always affirmed to bee an Islande, was about above 100 yeeres before ever the yeere 1390 discovered, Christopher Columbus set saile for those Westerne Regions, and that the Northern Seas were even then sayled by our European Mer{Ih. 3. 127.) Pilots through the helpe of the loadstone.”... cat or applies the name to the northeastern coast of Labrador. Heylyn speaks of the “extream cold” of the (P. 689, map.) country. 132