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Author : Justin Winsor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 614 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1884
Category : America
ISBN : UOM:39015070465177
Author : Justin Winsor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 578 pages
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Release : 1884
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:61811010
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1884
Category : America
ISBN : UIUC:30112003421093
Author : Justin Winsor
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
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Release : 2022-10-27
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1018386041
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Justin Winsor
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 734 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2016-10-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1539130169
Originally published in 1884.
Author : Various Authors
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
Page : 1059 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2020-09-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781465608086
“WE derive our rights in America,” says Edmund Burke, in his Account of the European Settlements in America, “from the discovery of Sebastian Cabot, who first made the Northern Continent in 1497. The fact is sufficiently certain to establish a right to our settlements in North America.” If this distinguished writer and statesman had substituted the name of John Cabot for that of Sebastian, he would have stated the truth. John Cabot, as his name is known to English readers, or Zuan Caboto, as it is called in the Venetian dialect, the discoverer of North America, was born, probably, in Genoa or its neighborhood. His name first appears in the archives of Venice, where is a record, under the date of March 28, 1476, of his naturalization as a citizen of Venice, after the usual residence of fifteen years. He pursued successfully the study of cosmography and the practice of navigation, and at one time visited Arabia, where, at Mecca, he saw the caravans which came thither, and was told that the spices they brought were received from other hands, and that they came originally from the remotest countries of the east. Accepting the new views as to “the roundness of the earth,” as Columbus had done, he was quite disposed to put them to a practical test. With his wife, who was a Venetian woman, and his three sons, he removed to England, and took up his residence at the maritime city of Bristol. The time at which this removal took place is uncertain. In the year 1495 he laid his proposals before the king, Henry VII., who on the 5th of March, 1495/6, granted to him and his three sons, their heirs and assigns a patent for the discovery of unknown lands in the eastern, western, or northern seas, with the right to occupy such territories, and to have exclusive commerce with them, paying to the King one fifth part of all the profits, and to return to the port of Bristol. The enterprise was to be “at their own proper cost and charge.” In the early part of May in the following year, 1497, Cabot set sail from Bristol with one small vessel and eighteen persons, principally of Bristol, accompanied, perhaps, by his son Sebastian; and, after sailing seven hundred leagues, discovered land on the 24th of June, which he supposed was “in the territory of the Grand Cham.” The legend, “prima tierra vista,” was inscribed on a map attributed to Sebastian Cabot, composed at a later period, at the head of the delineation of the island of Cape Breton. On the spot where he landed he planted a large cross, with the flags of England and of St. Mark, and took possession for the King of England. If the statement be true that he coasted three hundred leagues, he may have made a periplus of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, returning home through the Straits of Belle Isle. On his return he saw two islands on the starboard, but for want of provisions did not stop to examine them. He saw no human beings, but he brought home certain implements; and from these and other indications he believed that the country was inhabited. He returned in the early part of August, having been absent about three months. The discovery which he reported, and of which he made and exhibited a map and a solid globe, created a great sensation in England. The King gave him money, and also executed an agreement to pay him an annual pension, charged upon the revenues of the port of Bristol. He dressed in silk, and was called, or called himself, “the Great Admiral.” Preparations were made for another and a larger expedition, evidently for the purpose of colonization, and hopes were cherished of further important discoveries; for Cabot believed that by starting from the place already found, and coasting toward the equinoctial, he should discover the island of Cipango, the land of jewels and spices, by which they hoped to make in London a greater warehouse of spices than existed in Alexandria.
Author : Justin Winsor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1884
Category : America
ISBN : UOMDLP:acp2377:0003.001
Author : Bernard G. Hoffman
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1961-12-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781487590154
This study was prepared in an attempt to clarify seemingly contradictory interpretations of the early history of the discovery of North America, as well as to survey the early historical sources which may contribute to an ethno-historical study of the Indians of those coasts first explored. A major part of the book is devoted to a re-analysis of the cartographical materials and to an attempt to present a more logical interpretation of this material. In the course of this attempt the work discusses and rejects previously widely held viewpoints concerning the early exploration of North America and the development of North American cartography. A new hypothesis is presented in this respect and is shown to fit the available evidence more adequately. The study also reconsiders the documentary materials deriving from the Cartier voyages and develops new conclusions concerning their origin, particularly with respect to the so-called "Cartier vocabularies." This is a pioneer summary and original analysis based upon exhaustive research, and is the most comprehensive collation available to scholars; in combination with the recent map bibliography published by the Public Archives, it will be of great aid to research students. Dr. Hoffman's hypotheses are brilliantly presented and highly stimulating. The line-cut illustrations and listing of nomenclature are most valuable.
Author : Justin Winsor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 620 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1884
Category : America
ISBN : UCAL:B3407393
Author : Justin Winsor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 574 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1884
Category : America
ISBN : UOM:39015029498204
Author : Justin Winsor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 622 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1884
Category : America
ISBN : HARVARD:32044019785336
Author : American Historical Association
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1890
Category : Electronic journals
ISBN : UCAL:B3478820
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1890
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB11619796
Author : New York. Free Circulating Library. Jackson Square Branch
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1889
Category : Library catalogs
ISBN : MINN:31951002153564Z
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 964 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1890
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB11548439