The Lost Voyage of John Cabot by Henry Garfield

The Lost Voyage of John Cabot by Henry Garfield

1498. Sebastian Cabot age fifteen, can only wait and wonder. His famous father has abandoned him at home in Bristol, England, but has taken the boy's older and younger brothers, Ludovico and Sancio, on his second voyage in search of the Asian mainland. On his first journey, sailing north across the Western Ocean in 1497, John Cabot had discovered the New Found Land. He returned to England a hero.

Five years earlier, Spain had given Christopher Columbus a similar welcome. He had found Asia, he claimed. And by a southern route.

Cabot was skeptical and set out to the north again to prove his old friend a fraud.

But silence followed.

Now, Sebastian and history are confronted with a tantalizing mystery. What has become of Cabot's second endeavor? Letters to the boy from fourteen-year-old Sancio tell of a fearsome storm and its aftermath. They, and the surprising climax to Sebastian's and Sancio's shared story, make for unforgettable voyaging.

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ISBN 13	9780689851735
ISBN 10	0689851731
Title	The Lost Voyage of John Cabot
Author	Henry Garfield
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Atheneum Books
Year published	2004-07-06
Number of pages	309
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