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• An Empire Nowhere: England, America, and Literature from Utopia to The Tempest (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1992), by Jeffrey Knapp (HTML at UC Press)
• John Cabot, the Discoverer of North America and Sebastian, His Son: A Chapter of the Maritime History of England Under the Tudors, 1496-1557 (London: Stevens, 1896), by Henry Harrisse (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Early English and French voyages, chiefly from Hakluyt, 1534-1608 (C. Scribner's Sons, 1906), by Henry S. Burrage and Richard Hakluyt (page images at HathiTrust)
• Voyages of the Elizabethan seamen to America : thirteen original narratives from the collection of Hakluyt (T. De La Rue & co., 1880), by Richard Hakluyt and Edward John Payne (page images at HathiTrust)
• Voyages of the Elizabethan seamen to America : select narratives from the "Principal navigations" of Hakluyt ;Hawkins, Frobisher, Drake (Clarendon press, 1893), by Richard Hakluyt and Edward John Payne (page images at HathiTrust)
• Voyages of the Elizabethan seamen to America : select narratives from the "Principal navigations" of Hakluyt ;Gilbert, Amadas and Barlow, Cavendish, Raleigh (Clarendon Press, 1900), by Richard Hakluyt and Edward John Payne (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Cabot and the transmission of English power in North America : An address delivered before the New York Historical Society on its ninety-second anniversary, Wednesday, November 18, 1896 (Printed for the Society, 1896), by Justin Winsor and New-York Historical Society (page images at HathiTrust)
• Cabot's discovery of North America (J. Macqueen;, 1897), by G. E. Weare and John Boyd Thacher Collection (Library of Congress) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sir Ferdinando Gorges and his province of Maine. Including the Brief relation, the Brief narration, his defence, the charter granted to him, his will, and his letters. (Prince Society, 1890), by James Phinney Baxter, Ferdinando Gorges, Ferdinando Gorges, Massachusetts, and Great Britain (page images at HathiTrust)
• Elizabethan and other essays (The Clarendon press, 1929), by Sidney Lee and Frederick S. Boas (page images at HathiTrust)
• The voyages of the Cabots, latest phases of the controversy (J. Hope & co.;, 1897), by Samuel Edward Dawson and John Boyd Thacher Collection (Library of Congress) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The English rediscovery and colonization of America. (E. Stock, 1891), by John B. Shipley and Marie Adelaide Shipley (page images at HathiTrust)
• The discovery of North America by John Cabot; the alleged date and landfall, also the ship's name, the "Matthew", a forgery of Chatterton? (B.F. Stevens, 1897), by Henry Harrisse (page images at HathiTrust)
• Francis Drake on the northwest coast of America in the year 1579 : the Golden Hinde did not anchor in the bay of San Francisco (F.F. Partridge], 1908), by George Davidson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lives and voyages of Drake, Cavendish, and Dampier: (Oliver & Boyd;, 1837), by C. I. Johnstone (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sir Francis Drake, Thomas Cavendish, William Dampier ... (Werner Co., 1910), by C. I. Johnstone (page images at HathiTrust)
• John Cabot, the discoverer of North America, and Sebastian, his son (B. F. Stevens, 1896), by Henry Harrisse (page images at HathiTrust)
• Remarks on Sebastian Cabot's mappe-monde. (Press of J. Wilson and Son, 1867), by Charles Deane (page images at HathiTrust)
• Early English and French voyages : chiefly from Hakluyt, 1534-1608 (C. Scribner's sons, 1906), by Henry S. Burrage and Richard Hakluyt (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The voyages of the Cabots latest phases of the controversy (s.n.], 1897), by Samuel Edward Dawson and Royal Society of Canada (page images at HathiTrust)
• The three voyages of Martin Frobisher in search of a passage to Cathaia and India by the North-West, A.D. 1576-8 : reprinted from the first edition of Hakluyt's Voyages : with selections from manuscript documents in the British Museum and State Paper Office (Hakluyt Society, 1867), by George Best and Richard Collinson (page images at HathiTrust)
• John Cabot's landfall in 1497, and the site of Norumbega a letter to Chief-Justice Daly, President of the American Geographical Society (J. Wilson, University Press, 1886), by Eben Norton Horsford and Charles P. Daly (page images at HathiTrust)
• Cabot's discovery of North America (J. Macqueen, 1897), by G. E. Weare (page images at HathiTrust)
• The remarkable life, adventures and discoveries of Sebastian Cabot, of Bristol the founder of Great Britain's maritime power, discoverer of America, and its first colonizer (S. Low, Son, and Marston, 1869), by J. F. Nicholls (page images at HathiTrust)
• Cabot's Head (Lake Huron), Cabot and Cabotia (Press of The Week, 1892), by Henry Scadding (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sir William Alexander and American colonization including three royal charters, a tract on colonization, a patent of the county of Canada and of Long Island, and the roll of the knights baronets of New Scotland, with annotations, and a memoir (Prince Society, 1873), by Edmund F. Slafter and Mass.) Prince Society (Boston (page images at HathiTrust)
• The rival claimants for North America, 1497-1755 (C. Hamilton, 1895), by Justin Winsor (page images at HathiTrust)
• Intorno a Giovanni Caboto, genovese, scopritore del Labrador e di altre regioni dell'alta America settentrionale documenti pubblicati ed illustrati (s.n.], 1881), by Cornelio Desimoni and Società ligure di storia patria (page images at HathiTrust)
• Cabot's discovery of North America the dates connected with the voyage of the Matthew of Bristol : Mr. G.E. Weare's further reply to Mr. Henry Harrisse. (Privately printed for the author, 1897), by G. E. Weare and Henry Harrisse (page images at HathiTrust)
• Cabot's discovery of North America the dates connected with the voyage of the Matthew of Bristol : Mr. G.E. Weare's reply to Mr. Henry Harrisse. (Privately printed for the author, 1897), by G. E. Weare, G. R. F. Prowse, and Henry Harrisse (page images at HathiTrust)
• The true date of the English discovery of the American continent under John and Sebastian Cabot (s.n.], 1870), by Richard Henry Major (page images at HathiTrust)
• The story of our colonies (J. Hogg, 1888), by H. R. Fox Bourne (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sketch of Henry Hudson, the navigator ([s.n.], 1867), by G. M. Asher (page images at HathiTrust)
• A philosophical and political history of the British settlements and trade in North America (Printed by C. MacFarquhar :, 1776), by Guillaume Thomas Raynal (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Cabot controversies and the right of England to North America (J. Wilson, 1896), by Justin Winsor and Massachusetts Historical Society (page images at HathiTrust)
• Narrative and critical history of America (Houghton, Mifflin, 1884), by Justin Winsor (page images at HathiTrust)
• A historical inquiry concerning Henry Hudson his friends, relatives, and early life, his connection with the Muscovy Company and discovery of Delaware Bay (J. Munsell, 1866), by John Meredith Read (page images at HathiTrust)
• The principall navigations, voiages, and discoveries of the English nations made by sea or over land to the most remote and farthest distant quarters of the earth at any time within the compasse of these 1500 years : divided into three several parts according to the positions of the regions whereunto they were directed; the first containing the personall travels of the English unto Indæa, Syria, Arabia ... the second, comprehending the worthy discoveries of the English towards the north and northeast by sea, as of Lapland ... the third and last, including the English valiant attempts in searching almost all the corners of the vaste and new world of America ... whereunto is added the last most renowned English navigation round about the whole globe of the earth (Imprinted at London by George Bishop and Ralph Newberie, deputies to Christopher Barker, printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majestie, 1589), by Richard Hakluyt (page images at HathiTrust)
• The English in America from the first English discoveries to the present day (Hurlbut, Kellogg, 1861), by Henry Howard Brownell (page images at HathiTrust)
• The history of America, books IX and X containing the history of Virginia to the year 1688, and New England to the year 1652 (Printed for A. Strahan, T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies ... and E. Balfour, Edinburgh, 1796), by William Robertson (page images at HathiTrust)
• The adventures of Henry Hudson (D. Appleton;, 1843), by Lambert Lilly (page images at HathiTrust)
• The English in America from the first English discoveries to the present day (Hurlbut, Williams, 1862), by Henry Howard Brownell (page images at HathiTrust)
• An account of the European settlements in America in six parts : I. A short history of the discovery of that part of the world. II. The manners and customs of the original inhabitants. III. Of the Spanish settlements. IV. Of the Portuguese. V. Of the French, Dutch, and Danish. VI. Of the English .. (Printed for J. Dodsley ..., 1777), by Edmund Burke and William Burke (page images at HathiTrust)
• The new world embracing American history (G. Bill, 1856), by Henry Howard Brownell (page images at HathiTrust)
• An account of the European settlements in America in six parts : I. A short history of the discovery of that part of the world. II. The manners and customs of the original inhabitants. III. Of the Spanish settlements. IV. Of the Portuguese. V. Of the French, Dutch, and Danish. VI. Of the English .. (Printed for J. Dodsley ... , 1766), by Edmund Burke and William Burke (page images at HathiTrust)
• Discoveries of the English, French and Dutch in America with Sir Francis Drakes [sic], Schouten's and LeMaire's voyage round the world. (Printed for T. Newbery, 1786) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Voyages of Drake & Gilbert: select narratives from the "Principal navigations" of Hakluyt (Clarendon Press, 1909), by Richard Hakluyt (page images at HathiTrust)
• English exploration and settlement in North America, 1497-1689. (Houghton, Mifflin, 1884), by Justin Winsor (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sailors narratives of voyages along the New England coast, 1524-1624. (Houghton, Mifflin & company, 1905), by George Parker Winship, Giovanni da Verrazzano, Bruce Rogers, and Mass.) Riverside Press (Cambridge (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Cabot controversies and the right of England to North America (J. Wilson, 1896), by Justin Winsor (page images at HathiTrust)
• Voyages of the Elizabethan seamen to America : select narratives from the P̀rincipal navigations ́of Hakluyt (The Clarendon press, 1893), by Richard Hakluyt and Edward John Payne (page images at HathiTrust)
• The English exploration of America. (Old South meeting house, 1901) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Discoverie of the north part of Virginia (Readex Microprint, 1966), by John Brereton (page images at HathiTrust)
• A discourse vpon the entended Voyage to the hethermoste partes of America: ([n. p., 1583), by Christopher Carleill (page images at HathiTrust)
• A history of Pemaquid, with sketches of Monhegan, Popham and Castine (MacDonald & Evans, 1925), by Arlita Dodge Parker (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sir Francis Drake, description of his landing at Drake's Bay, Marin County, California, June 17, 1579. Being an exact copy of parts of the original report of this voyage, in his caravel the "Golden Hind," including a description of the first religious service in English ever held in America, and also the date of his departure for England, July 25, 1579. ([San Francisco, 1915), by Francis Drake, E. F. Green, and Archibald L. Hettrich (page images at HathiTrust)
• An English expedition to America in 1527. (F. Alcan, 1913), by H. P. Biggar (page images at HathiTrust)
• Nova Albion--1579 (Worcester, Mass., 1919), by Alexander McAdie (page images at HathiTrust)
• The La Cosa map and the Cabot voyages. Was New York Bay discovered by John Cabot, 1498? (Tall Tree Library, 1946), by George E. Nunn, Sebastian Cabot, John Cabot, and Juan de la Cosa (page images at HathiTrust)
• Voyages of Hawkins, Frobisher and Drake; select narratives from the 'Principal navigations' of Hakluyt. (Clarendon Press, 1916), by Richard Hakluyt and Edward John Payne (page images at HathiTrust)

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