returned to Palos, March 15, 1493; embarked on second voyage with 17
vessels and 1,500 men, September 25, 1493; discovered Dominica, Porto
Rico, Jamaica, and returned to Spain, March, 1496; started on third
voyage, May 30, 1498; discovered Trinidad and the mouth of the Orinoco;
recalled to Santo Domingo by disorders and finally arrested and sent
back to Spain in chains, October, 1500; released and started on fourth
voyage in March, 1502; discovered Honduras, but was wrecked on Jamaica,
and reached Spain again after terrible sufferings, November 7, 1504;
passed his remaining days in poverty and died at Valladolid, May 20,
1506.

CABOT, JOHN. Born at Genoa, date unknown; became citizen of Venice,
1476; removed to Bristol, England, and in 1495 secured from Henry VII. a
patent for the discovery, at his own expense, of unknown lands in the
eastern, western, or northern seas; sailed from Bristol, May, 1497;
discovered coast of Newfoundland and returned to England in August,
1497; date of death unknown.

CABOT, SEBASTIAN. Son of John Cabot, born probably at Venice, 1477;
accompanied his father's expedition, 1497; commanded an English
expedition in search of a northwest passage, 1517; removed to Spain and
made grand pilot of Castile, 1518; sailed in command of a Spanish
expedition, April 3, 1526; skirted coast of South America, discovered
the Uruguay and Parana, and reached Spain again in 1530; returned to
England, 1546; died at London, 1557.

VESPUCCI, AMERIGO. Born at Florence, Italy, March 9, 1451; removed to
Spain, 1495; claimed to have accompanied four expeditions as astronomer
in 1497, 1499, 1501 and 1503, during which some explorations were made
of the coasts of both North and South America; died at Seville, February