John Cabot, the Discoverer of North-America, and Sebastian His Son: A Chapter of the Maritime History of England Under the Tudors, 1496-1557 (Classic Reprint)
Excerpt from John Cabot, the Discoverer of North-America, and Sebastian His Son: A Chapter of the Maritime History of England Under the Tudors, 1496-1557 IN the year 1497, a Venetian citizen, called Giovanni Caboto, having obtained letters-patent from Henry VII. The year previous for a voyage of discovery, crossed the Atlantic Ocean, and, under the British Hag, discovered the continent of North America. In 1498, he fitted out in Bristol a new expedition, and again sailed westward; but scarcely anything further is known of ...
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Excerpt from John Cabot, the Discoverer of North-America, and Sebastian His Son: A Chapter of the Maritime History of England Under the Tudors, 1496-1557 IN the year 1497, a Venetian citizen, called Giovanni Caboto, having obtained letters-patent from Henry VII. The year previous for a voyage of discovery, crossed the Atlantic Ocean, and, under the British Hag, discovered the continent of North America. In 1498, he fitted out in Bristol a new expedition, and again sailed westward; but scarcely anything further is known of that enterprise. Caboto had a son named Sebastian, born in Venice, who lived in England not less than sixteen years, and then removed to Spain, where in 1518 Charles V. Appointed him pilot-major. This office he held for thirty years. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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