Where is the. Bay of Biscay? It does not exist to-day in French geographies. The name "Biscaye". occurs only once in the best French atlas, and then it is applied to a district on Spain's northern coast on a sixteenth century map. From that time to this the name has disappeared, as far as the French cartographer is concerned. The main.body of the sea from Cape Ortega! in Spain to the island of Ushant, off Britanny, which is known on English maps as the Bay of Biscay, is simply the AtJantie Ocem m French geographies.
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Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 85, 7 October 1929, Page 7
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95Page 7 Advertisements Column 1 Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 85, 7 October 1929, Page 7
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