The Cabot Voyages and Bristol Discovery under Henry VII.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Original Title Page -- Original Copyright Page -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations and Maps -- Select Bibliography -- INTRODUCTION -- I Knowledge of the Atlantic in the fifteenth century -- II Pre-Cabotian expeditions from Bristol -- III The Cabots to 1495 -- IV The project of John Cabot -- V The voyage of 1497 -- VI John Cabot: between the two voyages, 1497-8 -- VII The voyage of 1498 -- VIII Bristol and the New Found Land -- IX The north-western voyage of Sebastian Cabot -- DOCUMENTS -- BRISTOL AND THE ATLANTIC IN THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY -- 1 Bristol trade with Iceland in the fifteenth century -- 2 The sphere and the westward passage to Asia -- 3 Fifteenth-century indications of unknown lands in the Atlantic -- 4 Portuguese projects for finding the Seven Cities and other Atlantic islands -- 5 Bristol trade with Madeira -- 6 The voyage of 1480 -- 7 The voyage of 1481 -- THE CABOTS TO 1495 -- 8 John Cabot's naturalization at Venice -- 9 Statement that John Cabot was of English origin -- 10 Names resembling Cabot at Bristol, 1483-6: John Corbet, John de Savot, John Chavet -- 11 Records of John Cabot at Venice, 1482-4 -- 12 Johan Caboto Montecalunya, Venetian, in Valencia, 1490-3 -- 13 The visit of Bartholomew Columbus to England, c. 1488-9 -- THE VOYAGES OF JOHN CABOT IN 1497 AND 1498 -- 14 John Dee's statements on the date of the discovery of North America -- 15 Robert Thorne the Younger on the discovery of the New Found Land by his father and Hugh Elyot -- 16 The Spanish Sovereigns to Gonzales de Puebla, 28 March 1496 -- 17 The petition of John Cabot and his sons, 5 March 1496 -- 18 The first letters patent granted to John Cabot and his sons, 5 March 1496 -- 19 Maurice Toby's account of John Cabot's first voyage, 1497 -- 20 The Matthew of Bristol in 1503-4.

21 The Eighth Legend of the World Map of 1544 (the Paris Map) -- 22 Lorenzo Pasqualigo to his brothers at Venice, 23 August 1497 -- 23 News sent from London to the Duke of Milan, 24 August 1497 -- 24 Raimondo de Soncino to the Duke of Milan, 18 December 1497 -- 25 John Day to the Lord Grand Admiral -- 26 Entries from the Daybooks of King's Payments, otherwise known as the Household Books -- 27 Grant of pension to John Cabot, 13 December 1497 -- 28 Warrant for payment of John Cabot's pension, 22 February 1498 -- 29 Payments of John Cabot's pension -- 30 Rental of Philip Grene in Bristol, 1498-9 -- 31 London Chronicles on the voyage of 1498 -- 32 Marco Polo on Cipango and the Archipelago -- 33 Polydore Vergil on John Cabot -- 34 Statements on the navigation to North America, c. 1583, by Sir George Peckham, Christopher Carlile, and Edward Hayes -- 35 The second letters patent granted to John Cabot, 3 February 1498 -- 36 Agostino de Spinula to the Duke of Milan, 20 June 1498 -- 37 Pedro de Ayala to the Spanish Sovereigns, 25 July 1498 -- 38 Pietro Pasqualigo, Venetian ambassador in Portugal, to his brothers in Venice, 19 October 1501 -- 39 Alonso de Santa Cruz on the north-western discoveries -- 40 Extracts from the patent granted by the Spanish Sovereigns to Alonso de Ojeda, 8 June 1501 -- BRISTOL AND THE NEW FOUND LAND -- 41 Letters patent to João Fernandes from the King of Portugal, 28 October 1499 -- 42 The petition of Richard Warde, Thomas Asshehurst, John Thomas, João Fernandes, Francisco Fernandes and João Gonsalves to Henry VII for letters patent, 19 March 1501 -- 43 Letters patent granted to Richard Warde, Thomas Asshehurst, John Thomas, João Fernandes, Francisco Fernandes, and João Gonsalves, 19 March 1501 -- 44 Grant of bounty to Robert Thorne, William Thorne and Hugh Elyot, 7 January 1502 -- 45 Payment to Thomas Thorne, 4 May 1502.

46 Grant of pensions to Francisco Fernandes and João Gonsalves, 26 September 1502 -- 47 Letters patent granted to Hugh Elyot, Thomas Asshehurst, João Gonsalves and Francisco Fernandes, 9 December 1502 -- 48 Payment of pension to João Gonsalves and Francisco Fernandes, 1503-4 -- 49 The Company Adventurers to the New Found Lands, 1506 -- 50 Litigation between Hugh Elyot and Francisco Fernandes -- THE NORTH-WESTERN VOYAGE OF SEBASTIAN CABOT -- 51 Grant of pension to Sebastian Cabot, 3 April 1505 -- 52 Peter Martyr's first account of Sebastian Cabot's voyage -- 53 Peter Martyr's second account of Sebastian Cabot's voyage -- 54 Peter Martyr and the date of Sebastian Cabot's voyage -- 55 Marcantonio Contarini's report on Sebastian Cabot's voyage -- 56 The Mantuan Gentleman's discourse on Sebastian Cabot's voyage -- 57 Ramusio's notes on Sebastian Cabot's voyage -- 58 Gomara's account of Sebastian Cabot's voyage -- 59 André Thevet's account of Sebastian Cabot's voyage -- 60 Galvão's account of Sebastian Cabot's voyage -- 61 Chauveton's account of Sebastian Cabot's voyage -- 62 Richard Eden's note on Sebastian Cabot's voyage -- 63 Ribault's reference to the Cabot discovery -- 64 Sir Humphrey Gilbert's account of Sebastian Cabot's voyage -- 65 Richard Willes on Sebastian Cabot's maps and discoveries -- 66 George Beste's account of Sebastian Cabot's voyage -- 67 Sebastian Cabot's maps and papers, 1582 -- 68 Sebastian Cabot in 1512 -- 69 King Ferdinand to Sebastian Cabot, 13 September 1512 -- 70 Sebastian Cabot's negotiations with Venice, 1522 -- 71 The plans for the expedition of 1521 -- THE CARTOGRAPHY OF THE VOYAGES -- Index.

The voyages of John and Sebastian Cabot and their English contemporaries were made, for the most part, in search of a westward passage to Asia, and they resulted in the revelation of North America.

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