Cabot Reaches Newfoundland
“A North Atlantic coast, June 24, 1497. John Cabot's Matthew anchors off a wooded shore as a longboat lands ashore. Foreground shows Cabot planting a Venetian and English flag in moss; midground reveals sailors gawking at vast schools of cod beneath the keel; pines, fog, and an empty new-world coastline stretch away under a cold misty sun.”
