ESKIMAU, sometimes called New Britain, and Terra de Labrador, is an extensive country of North America, situated between 59° and 80° W. long, and between 50° and 64° N. lat.

It is bounded by Hudson's Straits, which separate it from Greenland, on the north; by the Atlantic ocean, on the east; by the river and bay of St Lawrence, on the south-east; and by Hudson's bay, on the west.