Littell's Living Age/Volume 128/Issue 1656/Miscellany

A most valuable MS. has been discovered in the Azores. It refers to the colonization, in the year 1500, of the northern part of America, by emigrants from Oporto, Aveiro, and the Island of Terceira. It was written by Francisca de Souza, in 1570. Barboza Machado states that it was lost during the great earthquake of Lisbon in 1755. This most important document is about to be published by an erudite Azorian gentleman, and will throw great light on the disputed question of the early discovery of America.

Athenæum.