King Henry VII Patent to John Cabot (March 5, 1496):
<Henry, by the Grace of God, king of England...Greeting. Be it known that we have given...our well beloved John Cabot citizen of Venice...authority...to sail to all parts, country, and seas of the East, of the West, and of the North, under our banners...to seek out, discover, and find whatsoever isles, countries, regions or provinces of the heathen and infidels whatsoever they be, and in what part of the world soever they be, which before this time have been unknown to all Christians.> 1496KH001
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Endnotes:
1496KH001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). King Henry VII, March 5, 1496, Patent granted to John Cabot.