John Cabot's Voyage.; ITS IMPORTANCE TO ANGLO-SAXON CIVILIZATION POINTED OUT BY LORD DUFFERIN -- A MEMORIAL TOWER AT BRISTOL.

To commemorate and cash in on John Cabot’s June 24, 1497 landing in North America, the BBC is producing a six-part documentary television series, the centrepiece of which will be a record of the ...

Cabot did set out on a follow-up voyage, leaving England with five ships in 1498, but he didn't make it back to his "New Found Land." All five ships and all hands aboard them were lost at sea.

Cabot returned to England, presented his finds to King Henry and with more funding began to plan a second expedition. In May 1498, he set out on a further voyage, again from Bristol, with a fleet ...