... Gulf. They had traversed a region including what is now known as Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, Kansas, the Canadas and Acadia. [Footnote: As we shall see hereafter, ... Canary Islands, then they followed the track of Columbus to the West India Islands, and thence along the coast of Florida] Gosnold, a master of a small bark (1602), discovered and named Cape ... popular in the time of Cortez, in which appeared a character called California, queen of the Amazons. The Mexicans told the Spaniards that most of their gold and precious stones came from a country...