John Cabot and Newfoundland

by Alan F. Williams

St. John's, Nfld:
Newfoundland Historical Society, 1996
64p. : bib, ill, maps

ISBN: 0-9680803-0-8

Alan Williams, a native of Bristol, England, and a former Head of Geography at Memorial University of Newfoundland, recently retired as Professor in the Department of American and Canadian Studies at the University of Birmingham, England.

A meticulously researched presentation of the evidence relating to John Cabot's voyages to the New World in 1496-8, together with background information and a look at perceptions and celebrations of the feat. Written in a clear, concise and easily read narrative of short chapters, with full bibliography, maps and illustrations.

"A useful and very readable account of the historical background and the voyages themselves that makes the most of what little information has come down to us...It is Cabot in a nutshell in a user-friendly form."

The Beaver, v.77(1), Feb/Mar 1997

"Scholarly and informative...an excellent resource for those who seriously want to know more about John Cabot"

Resource Links, v.2(4) Apr 1997

The Newfoundland Historical Society gratefully acknowledges the financial support of the Johnson Family Foundation, through whose generosity a copy of this book was presented to every 1997 high school graduate in Newfoundland and Labrador; the John Cabot (1997) 500th Anniversary Corporation; and the Government of Canada through the Canadian Studies Program, Dept. of Canadian Heritage.

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