Young folks' history of the United States . ans. It was agreed that, whenever he haddone so, nobody but the family of Cabot was to beallowed to trade with any such countries unless theCabots gave permission. They were allowed to sail inany direction, — east, west, or north ; but what theyreally desired was to get to India by a northwestpassage. At any rate, wherever they might go, one-fifth of the profits of their trade must be given to theKing of England. First So John Cabot and his sons set sail in 1407. Sebas- Voyag*. , - ^^ tian is the best known of these sons, and became morefamous than e
Young folks' history of the United States . ans. It was agreed that, whenever he haddone so, nobody but the family of Cabot was to beallowed to trade with any such countries unless theCabots gave permission. They were allowed to sail inany direction, — east, west, or north ; but what theyreally desired was to get to India by a northwestpassage. At any rate, wherever they might go, one-fifth of the profits of their trade must be given to theKing of England. First So John Cabot and his sons set sail in 1407. Sebas- Voyag*. , - ^^ tian is the best known of these sons, and became morefamous than even his father. We do not know exactly40 THE SUCCESSORS OF COLUMBUS. 4I what their ships were ; but they probably looked likethis picture, which is taken from a map made by Sebas-tian Cabot. We do not know much of their voyage; He reachesonly that they reached Labrador, and found it, as wemay well suppose, cold and dismal. They said, whenthey got home, that the country was very barren, andthat they had seen a great many white bears. They. had not much more to say; for they had not remainedlong, having reached home again in three maps and journals are all lost; but we knowthat they were the first Europeans, after the Northmen,to visit the mainland of North America. A letter from a Venetian merchant, who was then in JohnLondon, says that great honors were paid to John on his return to England. He was called * TheGreat Admiral, went about richly dressed in silk, and 42 YOUNG folks united STATES. SebastianCabot. Ponce deLeon. was followed by crowds of admirers. The merchantsletter adds, These Englishmen run about after himlike mad people ; so that he can enlist as many of themas he pleases, and a number of our own rogues year after, in 1498, Sebastian Cabot sailed againwith two ships and three hundred men; some of thesebeing Italian rogues, very likely. Such expeditionswere very popular among reckless and daring men inthose days. The explorers
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