River Names, 16th Cent

[James Smith]

--- carljweber <carljweber at MSN.COM> wrote:
> Re: River Names, 16th Cent
>
> Carl Jeffrey Weber
> Café Nouvelle France
> Alliance Francaise
> Chicago (USA)
....
> "Chiogigua," clearly the name of a mighty mythical
> river in the late 1500s
> emptying into the North Sea. For a great shot, see:
> (Click year 1593)
> http://www2.biblinat.gouv.qc.ca/cargeo/accueil.htm
.....

According to the map you cite, Chiogigua clearly is a
city or town on the Obilo River, which empties into
what one might suppose to be the Northwest Passage.


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