Labrador: Bears a name which is believed to testify to the early maritime enterprise of the Portuguese. Hence the country seems to have acquired the name of Tema de Lavradores, the "land of the laborers." According to another explanation, Bradore Bay, formerly called Labrador Bay, acquired that name from the visit of a Basque whaler called the Labrador, the name of the bay being subsequently extended to the whole coast.

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