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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500 YEARS BEFORE COLUMBUS

IS THIS VINLAND?

THE ONLY KNOWN NORSE SETTLEMENT IN NORTH AMERICA WAS FOUND

AT L'ANSE AUX MEADOWS,

NEWFOUNDLAND

REACHING TOWARDS EUROPE

LIGHTHOUSE AT CAPE SPEAR, THE MOST EASTERLY POINT IN NORTH AMERICA