Revised Transcription of Pedro Ayala’s Report from 1498 on the English Discovery Expeditions
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https://doi.org/10.3989/revindias.2014.021Keywords:
Pedro de Ayala, 1498, John Cabot, Bristol, figure, Gustav A. Bergenroth, Henry P. BiggarAbstract
The report sent by Pedro de Ayala to the Catholic Monarchs from London in 1498 is one of the main sources on the earliest English expeditions to North America. The history of its deciphering, interpretation and translation is presented and, as none of the transcriptions carried out up to now is found to be entirely satisfactory, a new one is proposed based on a literal deciphering of the document, along with translations into French and English. Furthermore, some particularly difficult parts of the text are discussed in detail that, having been misunderstood in earlier editions of the report, led to probably erroneous conclusions about the biography of John Cabot, the itinerary of his voyage of 1497, and the name of the monk who went with him on his expedition of 1498.
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