Replica of the Matthew, the ship John Cabot (Giovanni Cabotto) sailed in 1497 to (re)discover North America, Bristol Harbourside
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Replica of the Matthew, the ship in which the Genoese explorer Giovanni Caboto or John Cabot set foot in Newfoundland in 1497, running trips in Bristol’s Floating Harbour. Behind are the masts of the SS Great Britain, the restored transatlantic steamship; in the foreground (fore-water?) a pair of swans for scale
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