John Cabot's Landfall in 1497, and the Site of Norumbega
Cambridge: John Wilson and Son. University Press, 1886. Softcover. Lg. quarto. 42pp. Original printed wraps. Photographic frontispiece in duo tone. Some pages unopened, as issued. Facsimile of a letter from 1885 by E. N. Horsford to Chief Justice Daly, who was the President of the American Geographical Society in the latter part of the 19th century. The letter recounts Cabot's 1497 'discovery' of North America. Giovanni Caboto (known in English as John Cabot; c. 1450 - c. 1499) was an Italian explorer and navigator. Illustrated with b/w maps. Eben Norton Horsford (1818-1893) was an American scientist who is known for his interest in Viking settlements in America, and the monuments he built to Leif Erikson. He was determined to prove that North America had been discovered not by a Mediterranean Catholic, but by an Aryan. He wrote many books, articles and pamphlets about the Viking's visits to Massachusetts. After his death, his daughter Cornelia took up the cause. Chipping to outer edges of wraps, water staining, soiling and creasing on front and rear covers. Small closed tear on fore-edge of first eleven leaves, that area creased. Edges of wraps and leaves brittle. Fair condition. fair. Item #27438
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