 | Reginald Welbury Jeffery - 1908 - 378 pages
...book contains this terse mention of the exploring expedition : " In the year 1497, the 24th of June, on St John's day, was Newfoundland found by Bristol men in a ship called the Mathew." * Carrying out the commands of the charter, John Cabot and his son planted the English standard... | |
 | Francis Whiting Halsey - 1912 - 250 pages
...voyage of Sebastian Cabot. A meager extract from an old Bristol record: "In the year 1497, June 24, on St. John's Day, was Newfoundland found by Bristol men in a ship called the Matthew"—a few dry statements such as might be found in the note-book of any intelligent seacaptain—these... | |
 | Francis Whiting Halsey - 1912 - 236 pages
...Sebastian Cabot. A meager extract from an old Bristol record: "In the year 1497, June 24, on St. John 's Day, was Newfoundland found by Bristol men in a ship called the Matthew" — a few dry statements such as might be found in the note-book of any intelligent seacaptain —... | |
 | Sir Charles Prestwood Lucas - 1916 - 388 pages
...Bristol book contains the following notice of the voyage : — 'In the year 1497, the 24th of June, on St. John's day, was Newfoundland found by Bristol men in a ship called the Matthew'*.' John Cabot and Sebastian his son probably both sailed in the Matthew, and they commanded a crew of... | |
 | ANZAAS. - 1926 - 830 pages
..."History of Bristol," published 1789, page 172, there is a passage: — "In the year 14У7, 24th of June on St. John's Day, was Newfoundland found by Bristol men in a ship called the 'Mathew. ' " THE DISCOVERY OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN. The great discovery of the sixteenth century was that... | |
 | 1895 - 686 pages
...Bristol manuscript which records the event in still curter terms : " In the year 1497, the 24th of June, on St. John's day was Newfoundland found by Bristol men in a ship called the Matthew." Both of these ancient records agree as to the date of the discovery of land, and the name of the ship,... | |
 | 582 pages
...coastline of the North American continent. One old Bristol record reads: 'In the year 1497, June 24, on St. John's Day, was Newfoundland found by Bristol men, in a ship called the "Matthew." ' Again, one entry from the privy purse expenses of Henry VII reads: ' £10 to hym that found the new... | |
 | 1898 - 694 pages
...a short notice taken from the records of the city of Bristol. "In the year 1497, the 24th of June, on St. John's Day, was Newfoundland found by Bristol men in a ship called the Mathew." There are several maps in the archives of some of the cities of Europe which claim to present... | |
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A local manuscript records the fact, that 'in the year 1497, the 24th of June, on St John's Day, was Newfoundland found by Bristol men, in a ship called the Matthew. 
