{"product_id":"many-landfalls-of-john-cabot-peter-e-pope-9780802071507","title":"The Many Landfalls of John Cabot","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn 24 June 1497 John Cabot landed somewhere on the eastern seaboard of what is now Canada, yet even today, five hundred years later, no one knows precisely where. Once an issue in diplomatic negotiations over title to a continent, Cabot's landfall has also been the subject, especially in centennial years, of competing attempts to appropriate the meaning of the event.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeginning with the historical context of Cabot's journey, Pope traces the various landfall theories which have placed his landing in locations from the Strait of Belle Isle to Cape Breton. The very uncertainty of our knowledge, he argues, has allowed nationalists in both Newfoundland and Canada to shape the debate about Cabot's itinerary and to stake claims to the landfall that amount to the invention of differing national traditions. As well, Pope concludes, the invented tradition of 'discovery' has allowed Europeans and their descendants to overlook the fact that their possession of North America is based on appropriation from Aboriginal peoples.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWell-illustrated with period maps, engravings, and stamps, \u003cem\u003eThe Many Landfalls of John Cabot\u003c\/em\u003e will appeal to readers interested in early European transatlantic voyages, in the nature of the anniversaries that have celebrated Cabot's landing, and in the question of how national pasts are constructed, often from ambiguous sources.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Pope\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0802071503\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802071507\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.03h x 6.04w x 0.78d","brand":"Peter Pope","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44059739652351,"sku":"9780802071507","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_176e12ea-af70-4d76-a2d7-87419fc7ebc9.jpg?v=1685060046","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/many-landfalls-of-john-cabot-peter-e-pope-9780802071507","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}