Archive image from page 649 of The cyclopædia; or, Universal dictionary. The cyclopædia; or, Universal dictionary of arts, sciences, and literature cyclopaediaoruni05rees Year: 1819 CAB CAB banks of ic, as the inhabitanls wtrt; intvlliiiciit ami not iin- fricnaiv, another fort, called by liimfclf Santi Spiiilus, or of the Holy Gholl, and by his followers Cabot's fi«t. He aftcvrturJsdifcoverid tiic fliores of the river Parana, with fevcral illands and rivers, and at length arrived at the nver Pariiay, where he found people tilling the ground ; a circumftiiiiec which had not before occurre
Archive image from page 649 of The cyclopædia; or, Universal dictionary. The cyclopædia; or, Universal dictionary of arts, sciences, and literature cyclopaediaoruni05rees Year: 1819 CAB CAB banks of ic, as the inhabitanls wtrt; intvlliiiciit ami not iin- fricnaiv, another fort, called by liimfclf Santi Spiiilus, or of the Holy Gholl, and by his followers Cabot's fi«t. He aftcvrturJsdifcoverid tiic fliores of the river Parana, with fevcral illands and rivers, and at length arrived at the nver Pariiay, where he found people tilling the ground ; a circumftiiiiec which had not before occurred to him in that for Ruflia, and save a liberal eiitcr'.ainnient to the failors on thisoccalion. 'This is the )al cirenmllance that is recorded concerning him ; and he is fuppofed to have died in the foUowins- year, when lie I'.arl probably attained the age of nearly 80 years. He was a Ikillul navigator, and pofTefltd in his time a very high reputation. To lirs capacity, integrity, and , fociety was veiv nisich indebted. The variation of part of the ivorld. In a conflift with the Indians, by v hom the compafs was hi ft obferved by him. bee Vari.\tion he was oppofed, he killed many of them, but 2; of his own nien were flain, and three taken prifoners. l)ii'ing this winter he fell in with James Garcia, who had been dif- patched from Galicia for the purpofe of makins? difcoverics, and having returned together to the fort of the Holy Gholt, they fent melTengers to Spain. The two perfons that were Cabot pnbliflied a large map, which was engraved by Clement Adams, and hung up in the privy gallery at White- hall ; and on this map was infcribcd a Latin account of the difcovery of Newfoundland. He alfo publiflitrd a work entitled ' Niitigationc nclle Parte Scttentrlonali,' printed at Venice in 15S3, , and his inftructions above referred countries adjoining to the river L Plata which he had fub dued, and produced gold, fiber, and other valiuibte com- modities, as tertimoni
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