COVER -- PREFACE -- 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 1503-1504 -- 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 RAIMONDI 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, 2O 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 JOAO FERNANDES FROM THE KING OF PORTUGAL, 28 OCTOBER 1499 -- 42 THE PETITION OF RICHARD WARDE, THOMAS ASSHEHURST, JOHN THOMAS, JOAO FERNANDES, FRANCISCO FERNANDES AND JOAO GONSALVES TO HENRY VII FOR LETTERS PATENT, 19 MARCH 1501 -- 43 LETTERS PATENT GRANTED TO RICHARD WARDE, THOMAS ASSHEHURST, JOHN THOMAS, JOAO FERNANDES, FRANCISCO FERNANDES AND JOAO 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 15O2.

46 GRANT OF PENSIONS TO FRANCISCO FERNANDES AND JOAO GONSALVES, 26 SEPTEMBER 15O2 -- 47 LETTERS PATENT GRANTED TO HUGH ELYOT, THOMAS ASSHEHURST, JOAO GONSALVES AND FRANCISCO FERNANDES, 9 DECEMBER 1502 -- 48 PAYMENT OF PENSION TO JOAO GONSALVES AND FRANCISCO FERNANDES, 1503-4 -- 49 THE COMPANY ADVENTURERS TO THE NEW FOUND LANDS, 1506 -- 50LITIGATION BETWEEN HUGH ELYOT ANDFRANCISCO FERNANDES -- THE NORTH WESTERN VOYAGE OF SEBASTIAN CABOT -- 51 GRANT OF PENSION TO SEBASTIAN CABOT, 3 APRIL 15O5 -- 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 ANDRE THEVET'S ACCOUNT OF SEBASTIAN CABOT'S VOYAGE -- 60 GALVAO'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 GILBERTS 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 By R.A. Skelton -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Z.