[Abe Sargent]

Explorations Without and Within

2 January, 1555 – Venice stupidly declared war against Austria.

9 January, 1555 – NSD: Cape Hatteras, another Castillean province, Pamlico was also discovered.

13 January, 1555 – NSD: Chesapeake Bay

17 January, 1555 – NSD: Massachusetts Bay

22 January, 1555 – NSD: Bay of Fundy, NLD: Abnaki, a Portugese colony here in the north.

30 January, 1555 – NSD: Fortune Bay

3 February, 1555 – NSD: Cabot Strait, NLD: Taqamkuk, unclaimed.

7 February, 1555 – NSD: Gulf of St Lawrence, NLD: Micmac, unclaimed

14 February, 1555 – NSD: Strait of Belle Isle, NLD: Labrador, unclaimed.

24 February, 1555 – NSD: Labrador Strait

6 March, 1555 – NSD: Hudson Straits

17 March, 1555 – NSD: Eastern Hudson Bay

24 March, 1555 – NSD: James Bay, NLD: Nunavik, unclaimed

31 March, 1555 – NSD: Western Hudson Bay

I order my fleet to return to the Castillean provinces I call home here.

10 April, 1555 – NSD: Foxe Basin

28 April, 1555 – NLD: While sailing home, we find Ungava. An unclaimed fur province.

19 May, 1555 – NLD: Innu, unclaimed

26 May, 1555 – NLD: Acadia, Epekwitk, both unclaimed

18 June, 1555 – I dock my ship at Santee and send out a ship I have docked in the Caribbean and send over my explorer. I intend to hit up South America.

8 July, 1555 – NLD: Cayenne, an unclaimed SUGAR province.

20 July, 1555 – NSD: Coast of Brazil

Austria has finally defeated the Venetian army and begun a siege of Venezia

26 July, 1555 – NSD: Coast of Recife

2 August, 1555 – NSD: Coast of Pernambuc, NLD: Pernambuco, a British colony.

8 August, 1555 – NSD: Todod Santos Bay, NLD: Rio de Janeiro, an unclaimed SUGAR province with mild natives. Need to mark this for later.

14 August, 1555 – NSD: Rio de Janeiro, NLD: Santo Amaro, an unclaimed SUGAR province and, wait for it, wait for it, wait for it, wait for it…Santana, an unclaimed ***GOLD*FREAKIN*GOLD*** province. 500 natives, fairly mild group of guys.

19 August, 1555 – NSD: Baia Parangua, NLD: Banda Oriental, unclaimed

24 August, 1555 – NSD: Rio de la Plata.

26 August, 1555 – We have set up a colony at Turks Island!

29 August, 1555 – NSD: Bahia Blanca, NLD: Tehuelmapu, unclaimed

3 September, 1555 – NSD: Coast of Patagonia, NLD: Patagonia Oriental, unclaimed

14, September, 1555 – NSD: Strait of Magellan, NLD: Patagonia Occidental, unclaimed.

23 September, 1555 – NSD: South Chile Coast

25 September, 1555 – Austria has captured Venezia.

I discovered an Aragonian colony in Unami (New Jersey).

4 October, 1555 – NSD: Coast of Chile

12 October, 1555 – NSD: Atacama Coast, NLD: Picunmapu, unclaimed, NLD: Atacama, a French colony.

19 October, 1555 – NSD: Arica Gulf, NLD: Arica, unclaimed

20 October, 1555 – I ask France for military access and they grant it. I can now use Atacoma as a base of exploration here on the west coast of the Americas.