Description: Many Landfalls of John Cabot By Peter E. Pope Published: University of Toronto Press 1997.244 pp. Softcover in original binding. Not Ex-Lib.On 24 June 1497 John Cabot landed somewhere on the eastern seaboard of what is now Canada, yet even today, five hundred years later, no one knows precisely where. Once an issue in diplomatic negotiations over title to a continent, Cabot's landfall has also been the subject, especially in centennial years, of competing attempts to appropriate the meaning of the event.Beginning with the historical context of Cabot's journey, Pope traces the various landfall theories which have placed his landing in locations from the Strait of Belle Isle to Cape Breton. The very uncertainty of our knowledge, he argues, has allowed nationalists in both Newfoundland and Canada to shape the debate about Cabot's itinerary and to stake claims to the landfall that amount to the invention of differing national traditions. As well, Pope concludes, the invented tradition of 'discovery' has allowed Europeans and their descendants to overlook the fact that their possession of North America is based on appropriation from Aboriginal peoples.Well-illustrated with period maps, engravings, and stamps, The Many Landfalls of John Cabot will appeal to readers interested in early European transatlantic voyages, in the nature of the anniversaries that have celebrated Cabot's landing, and in the question of how national pasts are constructed, often from ambiguous sources.The North American Society for Oceanic History, John Lyman Book Award 1997 (in the area of Canadian Naval and Maritime HistoryI've done my best to describe the book, but if you have additional questions, please don't hesitate to send me an e-mail.
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Origin: American
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Year Printed: 1997
Topic: Exploration
Binding: Softcover, Wraps
Subject: History
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