The Many Landfalls of John Cabot

by Peter E. Pope

Book Overview

On 24 June 1497 John Cabot landed somewhere on the eastern seaboard of what is now Canada, yet even today, five hundred years later, no one knows precisely where. Once an issue in diplomatic negotiations over title to a continent, Cabot's landfall has also been the subject, especially in centennial years, of competing attempts to appropriate the meaning of the event.

Beginning with the historical context of Cabot's journey, Pope traces...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802071503
• ISBN13: 9780802071507
• Release Date: November 1997
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"