The beginnings of colonial Maine, 1602-1658 . A Part of thb New En6i,and ( See J. LlNB ON THE SiMANCAS MAP OF and 47. CHAPTER English Voyages to thb American Coast. BETWEEN the close of the fifteenth century and the first partof the seventeenth, events are recorded that were moreor less clearly connected with the beginnings of colonialMaine. The influences that were operative in these beginningswere largely of English origin. Primarily, the basis of Englandsclaim to territory on the American coast is to be found in JohnCabots discovery of the North American continent in 1497. B
The beginnings of colonial Maine, 1602-1658 . A Part of thb New En6i,and ( See J. LlNB ON THE SiMANCAS MAP OF and 47. CHAPTER English Voyages to thb American Coast. BETWEEN the close of the fifteenth century and the first partof the seventeenth, events are recorded that were moreor less clearly connected with the beginnings of colonialMaine. The influences that were operative in these beginningswere largely of English origin. Primarily, the basis of Englandsclaim to territory on the American coast is to be found in JohnCabots discovery of the North American continent in 1497. Butother navigators and explorers, sailing from English ports, fol-lowed Cabot in the sixteenth century, and all are worthy ofmention as aiding in opening the way to English colonization onthe Atlantic coast of that continent. The sources of information concerning Cabots voyage arescanty. From these we learn that Cabot, a native of Genoa ^ butfor some time a resident in Venice, made his home in Bristol,England, about the year 1490. Then, as now, Bristol was animportant English
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