The Origin and Early History of the Russia or Muscovy Company, Taken (Classic Reprint)

The names of Cabot or Cabota are so interwoven with theO rigin and History of the Russia Company, that a reference to the services and merits of these celebrated navigators, as connected with British discovery, and the opening of a trade between Great Britain andR ussia, becomes a subject of curiosity and great interest. In the reign of Henry theS eventh, John Cabot, aV enetian, settled at Bristol, offered his services to this monarch, who commissioned him and his sons Lewis, Sebastian, andS anches, to discover unknown lands. In the year 1497, they disco1497. vered Newfoundland, and afterwards the Continent of A merica.
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