Davis County Clipper | 1934-08-24 | Page 2 | Discovery of Newfoundland

Discovery of Newfoundland I Although the Icelandic sages ages re- re re- re relate re relate late that lief I let Ericson and his crew I discovered uell e about 1000 A D the first authentic discovery ery I Is accredited to John Cabot In Cabot a Genoese mariner ob obI a charter from King Henry henryl I l II 11 of or I to seek new terril tern I tory In the ew world orM which Co Columbus Columbus lumbus hid discovered ered the five Cabot reached readied a port In the I ew Land on the feast lay of St John and ind the name or of St t Johns vv was as gh given en to the pal harbor