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A58781 The model of the government of the province of East-New-Jersey in America and encouragements for such as designs to be concerned there : published for information of such as are desirous to be interested in that place. Scot, George, d. 1685. 1685 (1685) Wing S2036; ESTC R35166 110,424 282

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is apparent that it hath been long inhabited Laetius in his discourse anent the Original of the Americans Declaring That the Spaniards destroyed thirty mi●lions of them in these parts of America usurped by them which is not the 100 part of that continent And since it is by all agreed that after the Flood Noah and his three Sons had their habitations in some parts of Asia there being no probable evidencies that any of their Descendants led out the first Collonies thither being so divided from the rest of the World to wit from the Western coast of Europe and Africa by the vast Atlantick Ocean from the North parts of Europe by the great frozen Seas lying betwixt it and Green-land appearing to be the Northern Coast of America from the Northern part of Asia Tartaria and Cathat by the Fretum Annium from the Fast part of China and the Philippine Islands by the Oceanus Pacificus above 2000. Leagues in breadth and divided from the great lately discovered Island Delphago by the Straits of Magellan and that Island divided again from the uttermost Southern Continent if any be by a great Sea not formerly known to the Europeans and Asiaticks being divided from Asia and Africa by the great Indian Ocean lately discovered by De La Mers Navigation the only probable means of such a Migration being of a far later perfection than what could answer such a population of so great a continent To this apparently difficult question I find a very satisfying answer given verie fullie by the Learned Hales his Assertion to wit That notwithstanding these apparent difficulties a Migration unto America from the Descendants of Adam and Noah was not onely possible but probable that the samine was successive that tho the time or manner of these Migrations cannot certainly be defined yet many of them were long since some thousand of years Yet after the universal Deluge that the means of this Transmigration of the Descendents of Adam and Noah from Asia unto America hath been both by Sea and Land That the readiest means of the Migration of Colonies unto the Western World from the Eastern was by the help of Navigation whereof much might be casual by Tempests or contrary Winds But the more Principle from design he judging it probable that the use of Ships was not unknown to the Old World before the Flood tho not in that perfection that after But that the Ark of Noah being an exact piece of Arihitecture did give a patron for Vessels of a greater burden that from that time the skill of making and navigating Ships had been certainly improved Heathnish Histories giving us accompt that Navigation was ancient among the Grecians especiallie among the Phenicians Tyrians and Carthaginians Pliny in his Natural History relating That the Navigation of the Argonauts to Colchis for the Golden Fleece happened about 1000. years after the Flood And that 200. years before that Danaus sailed out of Aegypt unto Greece And tho there be no express mention of the Pixis Nautica for manie years after the mention of the use of Navigation yet the same Author relates That the Phenicians steered their Course by observation of the Stars But the Sacred Scripture gives a better accompt of the Antiquitie of Navigation Jacob died 600. years 〈◊〉 the Flood yet he mentioned Ships and Havens for shipping as things well known and particularlie Sidon as a great Port for shipping where Zebulons Lott was to be cast Gen. 49.13 Balaam in the time of Moses mentions the Ships of Chittim or Grecians as a known thing Numb 24.24 In the Reign of Solomon the Tyrians are noticed as expert Seamen he having a Navie upon the Coast of the Red-Sea from thence making Voyages with the Tyrans to Ophir and Tarshish places apparentlie in the East Indies thence bringing Gold and other Commodities 1 Chr 8.18.9.21 The Histories of all succeeding Ages of the Grecians and Persians of the Tyrians Phenicians and Carthaginians of the Romans Aegyptians and Chinenses And in the latter times of the Venetians Sicilians and Rhodians Spanish Dutch French and English give us a full accompt how Sedulous and Industrious all Maritim Coasts have been in advancing of Navigation in multiplying of Shipping in Merchandizing and Trading in searching out and subduing Forraign Countries when either afflicted at home by war or otherway● 〈◊〉 or growen over populous And therefore sayes the forecited Author as latter years hath given us of this Age witness of the Transplantations to America from Spain France Portugal England Scotland and Holland and some Ages before that have given instances of Transplantations f●om Norway unto Green-land and Iseland So it appears not onely possible but probable that either by Casuality or Tempest or by Intention and Design either for Lucre of Gold or for disburthening of the Countries sur charged with multitudes of Inhabitants or by greatness of mind affecting Noble Vndertakings or by Reason of Hardships Oppression and Warrs at home or by some of all these wayes several parts of this great Continent at several times have been planted with Inhabitants which through process of time have multiplied unto these many Nations and have forgot ther Original and the Manners Religions and Customes of these People from whom they descended in Asia Europe or Africa His Judgement is That the Countries in Asia and Europe which with greatest probability have first Peopled America appear to be the British the Norwegians the Tartars or Scythians the Phenicians Carthaginians or the Chineses Not mentioning the late Migrations of the Spanish French Portuguize Dutch English or Scottish Doctor Powels relates That anno 1170 Madoch one of the Sons of Owen Guineth went over twice unto the Northern coast of America and made there a British plantation This is at large prosecuted by Laetius in his second Observation Grotius hath some Observations touching the Migrations of the Norwegians Laetius grants that Iseland and some part of Green-land were planted by Ericus Rufus anno 928. that probably from hence Collonies were brought over unto the Northern parts of America over the Fretum Anian in respect of the easiness and shortness of that passage from Nova Zembla and the farthest North-east part of Tartary over that narrow Sea and partly by Reason of the congruitie of the Barbarous customs of the Americans and Scythians Hornius thinks the Migration of the Phenicians and Carthaginians especially unto the South-east part of the continent of America as Mexico and Brasile very probable upon many accompts 1 Vpon the great skill and long practise of Navigation and the multitude of Shipping of the Phenicians and Carthaginians 2 Vpon the Accommodation of the Port of Carthage and other African ports bordering upon the Mediterranean Sea to make their Voyages West-ward and the great advantage of the constant Easterlie Windes which makes the Voyage to Mexico and Brasile more easie 3. Vpon some ancient Histories intimating the progress of the Phenicians and Carthaginians Fleet unto some Islands or