Norumbega

He divided the Etchemin into smaller groups, mainly by the river valleys where they lived and traded: the Penobscot, the Kennebec which he called the Norumbega, and the Saint John River.

Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

He divided the Etchemin into smaller groups, mainly by the river valleys where they lived and traded: the Penobscot, the Kennebec which he called the Norumbega, and the Saint John River.

Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

The name Norumbega was for a time applied to the coast lands and to the inland country stretching away indefinitely westward and northwestward from the waters of the gulf.

Fishing Grounds of the Gulf of Maine Walter H. Rich

It was at this time that the territory of Maine became known as Norumbega, called after an imaginary city located in the interior on the banks of the

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913

Among Professor Horsford's conclusions the two principal are: 1. that the "river flowing through a lake into the sea" (Rafn, p. 147) is Charles river, and that Leif's booths were erected near the site of the present Cambridge hospital; 2. that "Norumbega" -- a word loosely applied by some early explorers to some region or regions somewhere between the

The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) with some account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest John Fiske 1871

Champlain quizzed Cabahis about a mythical place in the interior called Norumbega, which a European traveler had reported to be a city of gold.

Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

Champlain quizzed Cabahis about a mythical place in the interior called Norumbega, which a European traveler had reported to be a city of gold.

Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

It is also from the Florentine's voyage that we may date the {28} discovery of that mysterious region called Norumbega, where the fancy of sailors and adventurers eventually placed a noble city whose houses were raised on pillars of crystal and silver, and decorated with precious stones.

Canada J. G. Bourinot

On June 22, 1885, the corner stone of the Decennial Cottage, afterwards called Norumbega, was laid.

The Story of Wellesley Florence Converse 1919

Now this part of America hath formerly beene called Norumbega, Virginia, Nuskoncus, Penaquida, Cannada, and such other names as those that ranged the Coast pleased.

The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles: With the Names of the Adventurers, Planters, and Governours from Their First Beginning, Ano: 1584. To This Present 1624. With the Procedings of Those Severall Colonies and the Accidents That Befell Them in All Their Journyes and Discoveries. Also the Maps and Descriptions of All Those Countryes, Their Commodities, People, Government, Customes, and Religion Yet Knowne. Divided into Sixe Bookes. By Captaine Iohn Smith, Sometymes Governour in Those Countryes & Admirall of New England 1624