Show GAVE NAME TO NEW ENGLAND result of capt smiths exploration of shores of north virginia in the year 1614 capt john smith famous for hla his roni antle career particularly the po ile cn ca liontas episode Is generally associated with ut he was also the first to discover the beauties of 0 the southwestern halt half of the maine alaine coast and the first to draw a mop of it an exchange recalls in 1014 1614 lie he explored the shores of what was then known nit as north virginin virginia but which he called new england a name that has stuck its as have ninny many others given by him in A description of new england A in london in 1010 smith wrote 1 I have seen at least forty sev eral crall habitations habitation on the sea coasto and found about 25 excellent good harbors and more than isles from penobscot to a haek this chis coast bastle oas tle Is all mountainous and isles of huge rocks but overgrown with all sorts 0 of good woodes for building bouses boats barks or with oil nn incredible abundance ov bortt of fish much fowle and sundry sorts of good for mans use 0 the salvages compari compare their store la in the sea to the haired of and surely there are an incredible abundance upon this coast the most northern part I 1 was at was the day bay of penobscot which Is east and westworth west north and south more than ten leagues y th te e halt half of 0 the theMa Tny wax wan out nut on the mabby map by champlain ten years before smiths voyage he had visited nova scotia discovered and named the st si john river od aad cruised is far south odthe of the penobscot which he too entered |