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| Other authors / contributors: | Williamson, James A. (James Alexander), 1886-1964.
Skelton, R. A.
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| ISBN: | 9781409417255
1409417255
128312887X
9781283128872
1409414868
9781409414865
1317039521
9781317039525
1315614278
9781315614274
9786613128874
6613128872
9781409414865
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index.
English.
Print version record.
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| Summary: | 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. The evidences are printed here, with an indication of their origins. Some are obscure in meaning, incomplete in statement, or mutually contradictory; and we are left with the certainty that important documents have existed or may now exist, which are still unknown. Dr Williamson interprets the evidence we have. Parts of his undertaking are in the nature of detective work and he does not claim that his solutions are final, which would be impossible in the face of new evidence that may at any time occur. Cabot study is a continuing mental adventure. The maps are an important category of the evidence. Mr R.A. Skelton of the British Museum has contributed a treatment of them, authoritative in its explanations, and a valuable admonition on what can and cannot be expected of the material. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1962.
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| Other form: | Print version: Cabot voyages and Bristol discovery under Henry VII. Farnham, England ; Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate, 2010
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