avantureux

Updated: January 28, 2026

In the printed work, called Les voyages avantureux du Capitaine Jean Alphonse, Saintongeois, which was first published in 1559, after the death of Alfonse, it is expressly stated that the river of Norumbega, was discovered by the Portuguese and Spaniards.

Henry Cruse Murphy - The Voyage of Verrazzano : A Chapter in the Early History of Maritime Discovery in America