The Bay Bridge was closed for repairs; the trip across the Bay now involved time-consuming roundabout routes. BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) had performed remarkably well during the earthquake, but Caydance was not yet inclined to go underground. "Champlain used his skill as an artist and his personal knowledge to -- at the Court of Henry IV -- promote exploration of Canada, and in the process in 1612, he created a map of magnificent beauty and detail, and he published it, along with an account of his travels. This map has influenced my own work," she recollected on the telephone to Sido.

"Champlain's map ranged from the coasts of Newfoundland and Acadia, to the Saint Lawrence River, to the Ottawa River, and West to the first known mapped image of Niagara Falls. Set into the borders -- as also included on the borders in your Music Box Book of Hours -- are images of plants native to New France. But, in the ocean, Champlain drew only whale-sized fish, and fish are little seen in the navigation maps we know of that were created close to the time of the Music Box Book of Hours -- such as Juan de la Cosa's 1500 Map of the World and the Portuguese Cantino Planisphere (where the date of 1502 is not the date of its creation but the date it was smuggled by Alberto Cantino from Portugal to the Duke of Ferrara). Significantly as regards his possible identity as a fisherman. in vivid color in the swirling ocean, the Master of the Music Box Book of Hours painted cod fish, haddock, and lobsters.”