Buy this book on-line Williamson, James A : The Cabot Voyages and Bristol Discovery Under Henry VII with, The Cartography of the Voyages, by R. A. Skelton(Cambridge, The Hakluyt Society, 1962)
Series II, Vol. CXX. Issued for 1961. 8vo; original blue cloth gilt; pp. xvi + 332, incl. index; monochrome plates; maps, incl. some folding. Spine gilt dull; endpapers foxed; sporadic light foxing; pages unopened. Good to very good condition. "The voyages of John and Sebastian Cabot and their English contemporaries were made, for the most part, in search of a westward passage to Asia, and they resulted in the revelation of North America. The evidences are printed here, with an indication of their origins. Some are obscure in meaning, incomplete in statement, or mutually contradictory; and we are left with the certainty that important documents have existed or may now exist, which are still unknown. Dr Williamson interprets the evidence we have. Parts of his undertaking are in the nature of detective work and he does not claim that his solutions are final, which would be impossible in the face of new evidence that may at any time occur. Cabot study is a continuing mental adventure. The maps are an important category of the evidence. Mr R. A. Skelton of the British Museum has contributed a treatment of them, authoritative in its explanations, and a valuable admonition on what can and cannot be expected of the material." Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Williamson, James A : The Cabot Voyages and Bristol Discovery Under Henry VII with, The Cartography of the Voyages, by R. A. Skelton. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including collectables, livres rares, first editions, livres illustrées and incunabula. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |