A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 06 / Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time

HISTORY OF THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA, AND OF SOME OF THE EARLY CONQUESTS IN THE NEW WORLD.
Early English voyages of discovery to America. Introduction.
SECTION I. Discovery of Newfoundland by John and Sebastian Cabot in 1497, in the service of Henry VII. of England.
SECTION II. Discourse by Galeacius Butrigarius, Papal Legate in Spain, respecting the Discoveries in America, by Sebastian Cabot.
SECTION III. Notice concerning Sebastian Cabot by Ramusio, in the Preface to the third Volume of his Navigations.
SECTION IV. Notice respecting the voyage of Sebastian Cabot to the north-west, from Peter Martyr ab Angleria.
SECTION V. Testimony of Francisco Lopez de Gomara, concerning the discoveries of Sebastian Cabota.
SECTION VI. Note respecting the discoveries of Sebastian Cabot; from the latter part of Fabians Chronicle.
SECTION VII. Brief notice of the discovery of Newfoundland, by Mr Robert Thorne.
SECTION VIII. Grant by Edward VI. of a Pension and the Office of Grand Pilot of England to Sebastian Cabot.
SECTION IX. Voyage of Sir Thomas Pert and Sebastian Cabot about the year 1516, to Brazil, St Domingo, and Porto Rico.
SECTION X. Brief note of a voyage by Thomas Tison to the West Indies, before the year 1526.