CABOT TOWER BRISTOL

CABOT TOWER,

BRISTOL, ENGLAND.

BUILT IN 1897-98 IN MEMORY AND TO COMMEMORATE THE DISCOVERY OF THE CONTINENT OF NORTH AMERICA, 400 HUNDRED YEARS EARLIER, BY JOHN CABOT. JOHN CABOT SET SAIL FROM BRISTOL IN THE MATTHEW AND LANDED IN BONAVISTA, NEWFOUNDLAND, ON 24th JUNE 1497.

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CABOT TOWER ST JOHN'S

CABOT TOWER,

ST JOHN'S NEWFOUNDLAND.

BUILT IN 1897 TO COMMEMORATE THE 400th ANNIVERSARY OF JOHN CABOT'S

DISCOVERY OF NEWFOUNDLAND.

IN 1901, CLOSE TO THE TOWER, GUGLIELMO MARCONI RECEIVED THE FIRST TRANS-ATLANTIC WIRELESS MESSAGE SENT FROM

POLDHU, CORNWALL, ENGLAND.

COMMEMORATIVE WINDOW

STAINED GLASS WINDOW COMMEMORATING JOHN CABOT'S DISCOVERY OF NEWFOUNDLAND IN 1497