Richard Biddle

A Memoir of Sebastian Cabot

With a Review of the History of Maritime Discovery

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Produktbeschreibung

First published anonymously in 1831, this is a fascinating biography of Sebastian Cabot (c.1481-1557), controversial explorer and cartographer.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 348
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Mai 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 491g
• ISBN-13: 9781108048415
• ISBN-10: 1108048412
• Artikelnr.: 35453274

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction; Book I: 1. The highest northern latitude reached by Cabot.
Authorities collected by Hakluyt. Attempt to explain their supposed
discrepance; 2. The subject continued. Genoa; 3. Cabot penetrated into
Hudson's Bay; 4. First work of Hakluyt. Maps and discourses left by
Sebastian Cabot at his death ready for publication; 5. Comparative agency
of John and Sebastian Cabot; 6. First point seen by Cabot. Not
Newfoundland; 7. Cabot did not confer the name Prima Vista; 8. Richard
Eden's Decades of the New World. Cabot's own statement as to the place of
his birth; 9. Patents of 5th March, 1496, and 3rd February, 1498. The
latter now first published from the Rolls. Total misconception heretofore
as to its terms; 10. Name of the English ship which first reached the
continent of America. How far Cabot proceeded to the southward along the
coast. Subsequent voyage of 1498; 11. Voyage to Maracaibo, in 1499; 12.
Correspondence between Ferdinand of Spain and Lord Willoughby de Broke.
Cabot enters the service of Spain 13th September, 1512. Revision of maps
and charts in 1515. Appointed a Member of the Council of the Indies.
Projected expedition to the North under his command to sail in March, 1516.
Death of Ferdinand in January, 1516. Intrigues. Cabot returns to England;
13. Cabot's voyage of 1517 from England in search of the North-West
Passage; 14. Hakluyt's error with regard to the voyage of 1517; 15. Voyage
of 1517, the one referred to by Cabot in his letter to Ramusio; 16. Cabot
appointed, in 1518, Pilot-Major of Spain. Summoned to attend the Congress
at Badajos in 1524. Projected expedition under his command to the Moluccas;
17. Jealousy of the contemplated expedition on the part of Portugal.
Mission of Diego Garcia, a Portuguese; 18. Interference with the
arrangements for the voyage. Mendez appointed second in command contrary to
the wishes of Cabot. De Rojas. The sealed orders. Prejudices of the Spanish
historians. Expedition sails; 19. Complaints in the squadron. Pretended
causes of dissatisfaction. Mutiny. Quelled by the energy of Cabot. Happy
results. His conduct justified to the Emperor. Ridiculous charges suggested
by Diego Garcia; 20. Cabot enters La Plata. Necessity for caution. His
predecessor as Pilot-Major killed in attempting to explore that river.
Carries the island of St. Gabriel. His progress to St. Salvador where a
fort is erected. Its position. Loss in taking possession; 21. Cabot
proceeds up the Parana. Erects another forst, called Santus Spiritus, and
afterwards Fort Cabot. Its position. Continues to ascend. Curiosity of the
natives as to the expedition. Passes the mouth of the Parana. Enters the
Paraguay. Sanguinary battle thirty-four leagues up that river. Three
hundred of the natives killed, with a loss to Cabot of twenty-five of his
party. Maintains his position. Garcia enters the river. Interview with
Cabot. Mistakes of Charlevoix, etc. Cabot returns to the Fort Santus
Spiritus; 22. Report to Charles V. Its contents. Prospect which it held
out. Peru contemplated in Cabot's original plan of 1524. Specimens found by
him of the precious metals obtained thence by the Guaranis. Emperor
resolves on a great expedition. His pecuniary embarrassments. Pisarro
offers to the make the conquest of Peru at his own expense. Reflections.
The name Rio de La Plata not conferred by Cabot. Misrepresentation on this
and other points; 23. Cabot's residence in the La Plata. Subjection of
remote tribes. Claims of Spain rested on this expedition. Treaty with the
Guaranis. Detailed report to the Emperor as to the productions, etc. of the
country. Misconduct of the followers of Garcia. Leads to a general attack
from the natives. Return to Spain; 24. Employment of Cabot after his
return. Resumes his functions as Pilot-Major. Makes several voyages. Fame
for bravery and skill. Visit of a learned Italian. Cabot's allusion to C