History of the United States . antic, where, four years earlier, john^Cabot!land had been discovered by Columbus. Cabots ex- ^^^^plorations were to be conducted in the interest of the Enghsh,whereas Columbus had made his discoveriesunder the patronage of Ferdinand andIsabella, King and Queen of Spain. Although Spain and Portugal, under thespecial sanction of the Pope, had alreadydivided between themselves the whole of theNew World, the shrewd English sovereigndetermined that England also should explorethe unkno^vn waters in the west. It was thisaction of Henry VII that laid the founda-tion for
History of the United States . antic, where, four years earlier, john^Cabot!land had been discovered by Columbus. Cabots ex- ^^^^plorations were to be conducted in the interest of the Enghsh,whereas Columbus had made his discoveriesunder the patronage of Ferdinand andIsabella, King and Queen of Spain. Although Spain and Portugal, under thespecial sanction of the Pope, had alreadydivided between themselves the whole of theNew World, the shrewd English sovereigndetermined that England also should explorethe unkno^vn waters in the west. It was thisaction of Henry VII that laid the founda-tion for English claims and settlements inNorth America. Fortunately for such anoutcome, it had happened that Columbus inhis various voyages had not touched the shores of the NorthAmerican continent, but up to this time had discovered Discoveriesonly the islands to the southeast. These he had called °^ Coiumbusthe West Indies in the belief that they were somewhere off thecoast of Asia. No one seems to have suspected that a new con- 1. COLUMBUS From painting in the Ma-rine Museum at Madrid DISCOVERY AND EXPLORATION tinent and another ocean lay between western Europe and theeastern shores of Asia. With the hope, therefore, of finding a route to India, JohnCabot set sail in May, 1497, in a small vessel, manned, it is said,by only eighteen men. Partly in order to keep at a good distancefrom the Spanish in the West Indies, who already had Discovery ofthe contin-ent of North the contin- entered a vigorous protest at the English court against
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