"Matthew" Caravel Ship John Cabot Canada Newfoundland c40 Y/O Trade Card

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"Matthew" Caravel Ship John Cabot Canada Newfoundland c40 Y/O Trade Card
NOTE:
THESE ARE NOT POSTCARDS
THEY ARE TRADE/ADVERTISING CARDS.
THEY ARE MUCH SMALLER THAN A STANDARD POSTCARD
AND
THERE IS ADVERTISING TEXT ON THE BACK!
THE CARD DIMENSIONS ARE APPROXIMATELY
3 1/2 '' x 2 ''  or  9.0 cm. x 5.0 cm.
ORIGINAL c40 TRADE - ADVERTISING CARD
THE "MATTHEW"
The Matthew was the ship in which John Cabot sailed from Bristol to North America in 1497.
Little is known about it. A few documents corroborate that it was named the Matthew (also
spelled Mathew or Mathewe), and some historians have speculated that it may have been named
after Cabot's wife, Mattea. John Day, a Bristol merchant, wrote in 1497-98 that Cabot had only
one ship of fifty toneless [tons] and twenty men and food for seven or eight months. This makes
it a relatively small vessel - Bristol customs accounts refer to it as a navicula, similar to a
caravel. These were maneuverable vessels with three masts.
NOTE:
THE REVERSE SIDE HAS TEXT ABOUT THE IMAGE ON THE FRONT SIDE
THE CARD DIMENSIONS ARE APPROXIMATELY
3 1/2 '' x 2 ''  or  9.0 cm. x 5.0 cm.
NOTE:
THE IMAGES ABOVE IS LARGER THAN THE CARD
TO SHOW THE DETAIL.
SEE IMAGES ABOVE WITH THE RULER AS A SCALE!
THIS CARD IS NOT A MODERN REPRODUCTION - IT IS AN ORIGINAL
THERE MAY BE:
PAPER LOSS - SMUDGING - BENT and/or ROUNDED CORNERS
SEE IMAGES ABOVE!
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