land God gave (to) Cain

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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the rocky, barren coast of Labrador.

Quotations

1952

In 1534 parts of the coast were charted by Jacques Cartier who designated it "the land that God gave Cain."

1953

"The land God gave to Cain . . . not a cartload of earth on the whole of it." Thus Jacques Cartier described the Labrador Coast in 1534.