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John Cabot
Giovanni Caboto
June 1497
The first official English voyage of exploration in the Western Ocean
Photographs of
Monument
Aspy Bay
Victoria County
Nova Scotia
GPS location: 46°56'31"N 60°27'45"W
Also see: Transtlantic Telegraph historic site 1856 Aspy Bay
This sign marks the entrance.
Photographed on 24 June 2003
Photographed on 24 June 2003
Photographed at dawn on 3 September 2003
Photographed in 1999 by Mr. W.J. Phillips
Photographed on 24 June 2003
Photographed on 24 June 2003
Photographed on 24 June 2003
Photographed on 24 June 2003
Sunrise at Aspy Bay
Photographed at 6:24am on 3 September 2003
Photographed on 24 June 2003
"...this port..." refers to Bristol, England
Photographed at dawn on 3 September 2003
John Cabot plaque by the Public Monument and Sculpture Association
http://pmsa.cch.kcl.ac.uk/BL/BR128.htm
Photographed on 24 June 2003
24 June 1958
The Commanding Officer of RCAF Station Sydney, F/L GW Young, COpsO and F/O KM Morgan, CAdO, accompanied G/C NW Timmerman, CO of Station Chatham, who was representing the AOC, together with a party of 29 airmen, today attended the unveiling of the John Cabot Memorial at Cape North. The Memorial, which had been erected by the Cape Breton Historical Society, was unveiled by the Honourable Stephen Pyke, Provincial Minister of Labour and the occasion was marked by full participation by all branches of the Armed Forces. A fly-past by three Neptune aircraft was arranged by MACHQ and three Navy ships were standing off shore throughout the ceremonies.
Source: http://www.pinetreeline.org/other/other42/other42q.html
Links to Relevant Websites
The Cabot Dilemma: John Cabot's 1497 Voyage & the Limits of Historiography
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/journals/EH/EH33/croxto33.html
John Cabot article in the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica
http://37.1911encyclopedia.org/C/CA/CABOT_JOHN.htm
John Cabot, the Discoverer of North America... an 1896 book now online
http://www.canadiana.org/cgi-bin/ECO/mtq?doc=05393
Cape Breton Landfall Argument
http://www.heritage.nf.ca/exploration/bretonfall.html
Patent Granted by King Henry VII to John Cabot and his Sons, March 1496
http://www.heritage.nf.ca/exploration/1496patent.html
John and Sebastian Cabot by the National Maritime Museum
http://www.nmm.ac.uk/site/request/setTemplate:singlecontent/
contentTypeA/conWebDoc/contentId/135/navId/00500300f005
The John Day letter
http://www.heritage.nf.ca/exploration/johnday.html
Matthew of Bristol
http://www.matthew.co.uk/history/jcabot.html
John Cabot
http://www.win.tue.nl/~engels/discovery/cabot.html
Who was John Cabot?
http://www.italian-american.com/cab1.htm
The Matthew Legacy
http://janus.northatlantic.nf.ca/~ea972579/cabot.html
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Nova Scotia Trail commemorative plaque, Bristol, England
by the Public Monument and Sculpture Association
http://pmsa.cch.kcl.ac.uk/BL/BR251.htm
THIS TRAIL, OFFICIALLY OPENED OCTOBER 15, 1932, BY THE PREMIER
OF NOVA SCOTIA, IS NAMED IN HONOUR OF JOHN CABOT
WHO LANDED AT CAPE NORTH, JUN 24, 1497
(signature) PREMIER (signature) MINISTER OF HIGHWAYS
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In 1932, the Premier was Gordon S. Harrington,
and the Minister of Highways was Percy C. Black.
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Photographs of War Memorials, Historic Monuments and Plaques in Nova Scotia
http://ns1763.ca/remem/plaques.html
Transtlantic Telegraph historic site 1856 Aspy Bay
http://ns1763.ca/victco/cabotcablem.html
St. Margarets Village war memorial St. Margarets Village
http://ns1763.ca/victco/stmargvillm.html
South Harbour war memorial South Harbour
http://ns1763.ca/victco/southhbrm.html
Neils Harbour war memorial Neils Harbour
http://ns1763.ca/victco/neilshbrm.html
Ingonish war memorial Ingonish
http://ns1763.ca/victco/noringonishm.html
Indian Brook war memorial Indian Brook
http://ns1763.ca/victco/indianbrook.html
North River war memorial North River
http://ns1763.ca/victco/northriver.html
Port Dauphin Naval Base monument, 1713-1719 Englishtown
http://ns1763.ca/victco/portdauphin.html
Englishtown war memorial Englishtown
http://ns1763.ca/victco/englishtownm.html
Middle River war memorial Middle River
http://ns1763.ca/victco/middlerivr.html
Belle Cote war memorial Belle Cote
http://ns1763.ca/inverco/bellecote.html
Cheticamp war memorial Cheticamp
http://ns1763.ca/inverco/chetcmpwar.html
French Mountain war memorial French Mountain
http://ns1763.ca/inverco/frenchmtn.html
Inverness coal miners monument Inverness
http://ns1763.ca/inverco/invminemem.html
Whycocomagh war memorial Whycocomagh
http://ns1763.ca/inverco/whycocom.html
A.G. Bell National Historic Park Baddeck
http://ns1763.ca/victco/bellhistpark.html
Three plaques: Bell, Baldwin, McCurdy Baddeck
http://ns1763.ca/victco/bellmusbbm.html
First Aeroplane Flight monument Baddeck
http://ns1763.ca/victco/baddckcrth.html
Captain James Cook monument Halifax
http://ns1763.ca/hfxrm/cookjmon.html
Rawding Captains Monument Clementsport
http://ns1763.ca/annapco/rawdingm.html
Donald McKay memorial Jordan Falls
http://ns1763.ca/shelbco/dmckay.html
Go To: Index to other online Nova Scotia History
http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/300/nova_scotias_electronic_attic/07-04-09/www.littletechshoppe.com/ns1625/histindx.html
Go To: History of Railway Companies in Nova Scotia
http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/300/nova_scotias_electronic_attic/07-04-09/www.littletechshoppe.com/ns1625/railways.html
Go To: History of Electric Companies in Nova Scotia
http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/300/nova_scotias_electronic_attic/07-04-09/www.littletechshoppe.com/ns1625/electric.html
Go To: History of Automobiles in Nova Scotia
http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/300/nova_scotias_electronic_attic/07-04-09/www.littletechshoppe.com/ns1625/automobiles.html
Go To: History of Telephone Companies in Nova Scotia
http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/300/nova_scotias_electronic_attic/07-04-09/www.littletechshoppe.com/ns1625/telephone.html
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