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The universal biographical dictionary; or, An historical account of the ... - Page 265
by John Watkins - 1821
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Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences ..., Volume 2

Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1830 - 628 pages
...knowledge required by a seaman, and, at the age of 17, had mode several voyages. In I4i'5, John Cabot obtained from Henry VII letters patent empowering him and his three sons, Lewis, Sebastian and Sanctius, to discover unknown lauds, and conquer and settle them. In consequence...
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Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences ..., Volume 2

Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford, Henry Vethake - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1830 - 618 pages
...knowledge required by a seaman, and, at the age of 17, had made several voyages. In 1495, John Cabot obtained from Henry VII letters patent empowering him and his three sons, Lewis, Sebastian and Sanctius, to discover unknown lands, and conquer and settle them. In consequence...
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A General Biographical Dictionary, Volume 1

John Gorton - Biography - 1838 - 822 pages
...knowledge required by a seaman, and at the age of seventeen had made •everal voyages. In 1495 John Cabot obtained from Henry VII letters patent empowering him and his three sons Lewis, Sebastian, and Sanctius, to discover unknown lands, and conquer and settle them. In consequence...
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The British Cyclopaedia of the Arts, Sciences, History, Geography ...

1838 - 1056 pages
...knowledge required by a seaman, and at the age of seventeen had made several voyages. In 1495 John Cabot obtained from Henry VII. letters patent empowering him and his three sons, Lewis, Sebastian, and Sanctius, to discover unknown lands, and conquer and settle them. In consequence...
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Putnam's Home Cyclopedia ...

G.P. Putnam & Co - 1852 - 846 pages
...who resided at Bristol. He made several voyages with his father, (who had obtained from Henry VIII. letters patent, empowering him and his three sons to discover unknown lands and conquer them,) and they on one occasion discovered Newfoundland, and on another saw the mainland...
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Hand-book of Universal Biography

Parke Godwin - Biography - 1852 - 844 pages
...who resided at Bristol. lie made several voyages with his father, (who had obtained from Henry VIII. letters patent, empowering him and his three sons to discover unknown lands and conquer them,) and they on one occasion discovered Newfoundland, and on another saw the mainland...
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The Biographical Treasury: A Dictionary of Universal Biography

Samuel Maunder - 1853 - 918 pages
...who resided at Bristol. He mode several vovages with his father (who had obtained from Henry VIII. letters patent, empowering him and his three sons to discover unknown lands and conquer them), and they on one occasion discovered Newfoundland, and on another saw the mainlaud...
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Cyclopedia of Universal Biography: A Record of the Names of the Most Eminent ...

Parke Godwin - Biography - 1854 - 840 pages
...who resided at Bristol. He made several voyages with his father, (who had obtained from Henry VIII. letters patent, empowering him and his three sons to discover unknown lands and conquer them.) and they on one occasion discovered Newfoundland, and on another saw the mainland...
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Sketches of Celebrated Canadians: And Persons Connected with Canada, from ...

Henry James Morgan - Canada - 1862 - 812 pages
...required by a seaman ; and, at the age of seventeen, had made s-7eral voyages. In 1495, John Cabot obtained from Henry VII Letters .Patent, empowering him and his three sons— Lewis, Sebastian, and Sanctias—to discover unknown lands, and conquer and settle them. In consequence...
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Cyclopedia of Biography: A Record of the Lives of Eminent Persons

Parke Godwin - Biography - 1866 - 994 pages
...who resided at Bristol. He made several voyages with his father, (who had obtained from Henry VIII. letters patent, empowering him and his three sons to discover unknown lands and conquer them.) and they on one occasion discovered Newfoundland, and on another saw the mainland...
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