Summary: | latten One is _lathan_ 'trap'. _P. latina_ near Placentia is on Cook's map. Peter Martyr in _Decades of the Ocean_, writing during Sebastian Cabot's lifetime, says Cabot "declared also that in many places of those territories he saw plenty of _latten_ amongst the inhabitants. Bamfylde Moore-Carew making his journey north to New England, having escaped from Maryland, writes: "The Indians are great friends to the English and trade wit us for _lattens_, kettels, frying pans, guns, powder and shot." PRINTED ITEM WK Not used Not used Withdrawn Checked by Jordyn Hughes on Mon 08 Jun 2015
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