Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Family History of New York. In Four Volumes. Volume IExcerpt from Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Family History of New York, Vol. 1 The power of Spain and Portugal precluded all attempts on the parts of the northern nations to make discoveries in South \merica, or to the south of Florida. The storv of whose discov err bv the heroic adventurer. In his vain quest for the fountain of youth, seems a fragment from the realm of fable. But espe ditions from France and England soon found