John Cabot

John Cabot
"The departure of John and Sebastian Cabot from Bristol on their first voyage of discovery, 1497." Oil on canvas by Ernest Board, 1906.

From J.R. Smallwood, ed., The Book of Newfoundland, Vol 1. (St. John's: Newfoundland Book Publishers, 1937) 1.

John Cabot

John Cabot, n.d.
John Cabot in the Matthew off Cape Bonavista in 1497.

From J.R. Smallwood, ed., The Book of Newfoundland, Vol 2. (St. John's: Newfoundland Book Publishers, 1937) 1.

19th century interpretation of John Cabot's discovery of North America.
Over the years, the exact location of John Cabot's 1497 landfall has been a great subject of debate for scholars and historians.
"Discovery of North America, by John and Sebastian Cabot" drawn by A.S. Warren for Ballou's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion, April 7, 1855. From Charles de Volpi, Newfoundland: a Pictorial Record (Sherbrooke, Quebec: Longman Canada Limited, ©1972) 1.