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George Bancroft, History of the Colonization of the United States, Vol. 1, 17th edition., Colonial History (search)
the admiration which was due to greatness Chap. I.} 1496. that seemed more divine than human; and there was great talk of it in all the court of Henry the Seventh. A feeling of disappointment remained, that a series of disasters had defeated the wish of the illustrious Genoese to make his first great voyage under the flag of England. It was, therefore, not difficult for John Cabot, a Venetian, then residing at Bristol, to interest that politic king in plans for discovery. On the fifth of March, 1496, he obtained under the great seal a commission, empowering himself and his three sons, or either of them, their heirs, or their deputies, to sail into the eastern, western, or northern sea, with a, fleet of five ships, at their own expense, in search of islands, provinces, or regions, hitherto unseen by Christian people; to affix the banners of England on city, island, or continent; and as vassals of the English crown, to possess and occupy the territories that might be found. It was