156 ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 
The reservation of the western world for the particular exploitation 
of Spain and Portugal was naturally enough not recognized by other 
nations as binding upon themselves, and little or no attention was paid 
to it. In 149% Henry VII. of England sent John Cabot exploring to 
the westward with results we now know in main outline. His probable 

Map No. 3. To illustrate early voyages. 
course on his two voyages is shown by the accompanying map No. 3. 
Cabot made his landfall on the eastern coast of British America, in all 
probability on Cape Breton Island, and he probably explored the south 
coast of Newfoundland on his way home again ; and another longer 
Cabot voyage was made the next year. Cabot’s explorations are 
believed to be shown upon the LaCosa map of 1500, where they are 

