Footnotes
- Rose , S. 1982 . The Navy of the Lancastrian Kings , London : Allen and Unwin for the Navy Records Society .
- Sandahl , B. 1958 . Middle Enghlish Sea terms, II Masts Spars and Sails , 76 119 Uppsala : AB Lundequistska, Bokhandeln .
- Hutchinson , G. 1994 . Medieval Ships and Shipping , 41 London : Leicester University Press .
- Taylor , E. G. R. 1956 . The Haven‐finding Art , 143 London : Hollis and Carter .
- Chaucer , G. The General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales, lines 388 – 410 . Several versions of this text are on the internet including http://icg.fas.harvard.edu/∼chaucer
- Carus‐Wilson , E. M. 1967 . “ ‘The Iceland Venture,’ ” . In Medieval Merchant Venturers , London : Methuen . gives a full account of this trade
- Rose , S. The Navy of the Lancastrian Kings , 157 163 164
- Oppenheim , M. , ed. 1896 . Naval Accounts and Inventories of the reign of Henry VII, 1485–8 and 1495–7 , 323 London : Naval Records Society .
- Taylor , E. G. R. 1956 . The Haven‐finding Art , 131 London : Hollis and Carter .
- The Catalan Atlas can be viewed at http://www.bnf.fr/enluminures/texte/atx2_07.htm (http://www.bnf.fr/enluminures/texte/atx2_07.htm)
- Quinn , D. B. 1935 . ‘Edward IV and Exploration,’ . The Mariner's Mirror , 21 : 280 – 1 .
- Quinn , D. B. 1992 . ‘Columbus and the North: England, Iceland, and Ireland,’ . William and Mary Quarterly , 49 : 278 – 97 .
- The full text of the patent can be found at, http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/cabot01.htm (http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/cabot01.htm)
- The full text of all these letters is at http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1497cabot‐3docs.html (http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1497cabot‐3docs.html)
- The so‐called John Day letter is at http://www.heritage.nf.ca/exploration/johnday.html (http://www.heritage.nf.ca/exploration/johnday.html)
- Mcgrath , P. 1997 . Bristol and America , 8 Bristol : Historical Association Branch .