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banks of ic, as the inhabitanls wtrt; intvlliiiciit ami not iin- 

 fricnaiv, another fort, called by liimfclf Santi Spiiilus, or 

 of the Holy Gholl, and by his followers Cabot's fi«t. 

 He aftcvrturJsdifcoverid tiic fliores of the river Parana, with 

 fevcral illands and rivers, and at length arrived at the nver 

 Par^^iiay, where he found people tilling the ground ; a 

 circumftiiiiec which had not before occurred to him in that 



for Ruflia, and save a liberal eiitcr'.ainnient to the failors on 

 thisoccalion. 'This is the )a!l cirenmllance that is recorded 

 concerning him ; and he is fuppofed to have died in the 

 foUowins- year, when lie I'.arl probably attained the age of 

 nearly 80 years. He was a Ikillul navigator, and pofTefltd in 

 his time a very high reputation. To lirs capacity, integrity, 

 and 7.cal, fociety was veiv nisich indebted. The variation of 



part of the ivorld. In a conflift with the Indians, by v hom the compafs was hi ft obferved by him. bee Vari.\tion 



he was oppofed, he killed many of them, but 2; of his own 

 nien were flain, and three taken prifoners. l)ii'ing this 

 winter he fell in with James Garcia, who had been dif- 

 patched from Galicia for the purpofe of makins? difcoverics, 

 and having returned together to the fort of the Holy Gholt, 

 they fent melTengers to Spain. The two perfons that were 



Cabot pnbliflied a large map, which was engraved by 

 Clement Adams, and hung up in the privy gallery at White- 

 hall ; and on this map was infcribcd a Latin account of 

 the difcovery of Newfoundland. He alfo publiflitrd a work 

 entitled " Niitigationc nclle Parte Scttentrlonali," printed 

 at Venice in 15S3, fol.-, and his inftructions above referred 



countries adjoining to the river L* Plata which he had fub 

 dued, and produced gold, fiber, and other valiuibte com- 

 modities, as tertimonies to their commander's good conduft. 

 At the fame time they demanded a fupply of provifions and 

 ammunition, as well as other articles adapted to the pur- 

 pofes of commerce, together with a recruit of feamen 

 and foldiers. The merchants, however, who had fitted 



deputed bv Cabot gave a verv favourable account of the to were printed in llakluyt's voyages. Biog. Brit. 



' 1- !-: - -^ .1 - -■-..^'- T t. ni. .„ ...i,;„i, I,,. i,,,i PmK. Cabot, in ■ Geogralrk\, a towniliip of America, in the 



county of Caledonia and llate of Vermont, iltuate on the 

 height of land between lake Cbamphiiii and Connecticut 

 river, about 17 miles from the i/, miles falls in this riveiv 

 and containing 1202 inhabitants. 



CABOTE, in Ichthyol.jgy. Sec Corax. 

 _ CABOURG, in Gfofn;/;Ar> a town of France, in the de- 

 out Cabot's fquadron, wire unwilling to comply with thefe partment of Calvados, and dilfria of Caen, ten miles N. of it. 

 requifitions, and chofe to furrendir their rights to the crown C ABRA, a town of Spain in Anddlufia, fitiiatc at the foot 

 of Callile. But the king delayed the necelfary preparations of a mountain, near the fource of a river of the fame name, 

 fo long, that Cabot, who had been five years employed in containing,btfides a church and fix convents, a college for the 

 this expedition, and who was tired with waiting tor ne- lludy of philofophy and divinity ; ac^nii^les S.E. of Cordova. 

 celfary fupplics, determined to return home. Accordingly 

 he embarked his men and effcfts on board the largell of 

 his fliips, leaving the reft behind him; and arrived at the 

 Spanifh court in the fpring of the year i ^.;i. In the mean 

 while prejudices had been excited againll him, on account 

 of the rigour with which he had treated the Spanifh muti- 

 neers, and becaufe he had not proceeded to the Moluccas ; 

 fo that his reception was not favourable. However, he re- 



Cabra, an inconfiderable town of Portugal, in the pro- 

 vince of Beira ; 20 miles E. S.E. of Vifeu. 



Cabra, or Kabra, a town of Africa in the kingdom of 

 Tombuctoo, fituate on the river Guin, or Neel Abecd, weft 

 of the ifland linbala or Guinbala, and about 12 miles S. of 

 Tombucloo, of which it is the port. It is a large town 

 without walls and a place of great trade. The inhabitants are 

 faid to be fubjefttodifeafesthatare attributed to theheteroge- 

 taincd his place, and continued in the fervice of Spain for neous qualities of theirfood, whichis uluallya farrago of milk, 

 many years; till at length, for reafons with which we are fifli, flelli, butter, oil, and wine. Here rcfides a judge, 

 not acquainted, he refolved to return to England. This who is appointed by the king for deciding all controverfies. 

 took place towards the latter end of the reign of Heniy N. lat. 16= 24'. E. long. 1° 30'. 



Vni. at which time he refidcd at Briftol. In the com- CABRAL, or Cabrera, Pedro Alvarez, in A'ojr^ 

 mencement of the following reign he was introduced firft to phy, a Portuguefe navigator, who commanded the fecond 

 the protcftor, lord Somerfet, and by him to king Edward fleet fitted out in 1500 for the Eaft Indies by Emanuel, king 

 VI. who took great pleafure in his converfation, and granted of Portugal. Anxious to avoid the coaft of Africa in the 

 him, in 1549, a penfion of 166I. 13s. 4d. a year; an an- courfe of his voyage, he (lood out far to fea, and after a. 

 iiuity which was allowed him, according to Hakluyt, as month's failing, was driven by a tempcft on the (hore of aa 

 grand pilot of England. From this time he was highly unknown country-, which proved to be that part of South 

 favoured by the king, and confulttd upon all commercial America, now called Brafil. Having landed at Santa Cruz 

 matters. In May 1^52, the king granted a licence, together on the 24th of April, 1 500, he took poffeffion of the whole 

 with letters of fafe conduft, to fuch perfons as were willing country for the crown of Portugal. (SeeBRASiL.) From 

 to embark on board three fhips, deftined for exploring a this new coaft he proceeded to Sofala in Africa, whither 

 paffage by the north to the Eaft Indies. The enterprife he arrived after having loft fix of his thirteen fhips ; and 

 was undertaken by the advice and recommendation of from thence he failed to Calicut, where he obtained leave 

 Cabot, then governor of the company of Merchant-adven- of the fovereign, or zamorin, to form a commercial eftablifli- 

 turers ; and he furnifhed necefl'ary directions, which ment. Some time after there occurred a jealoufy between 

 evinced both his wifdom and integrity. For his trou- him and the inhabitants, which produced hoftilities, in the 

 ble and charge in this bufinefs, his Majefty prefcnted him courfe of which Cabral burnt fcveral (hips in the port, and 

 with a gratuity of 200I. This expedition was entrufted battered the town, fo that the zamorin was at length obliged 

 to the command of Sir Hugh WiUoughby, and it produced to acquiefce in the terms that were propofed. He afterwards 

 the difcovery of the important trade to Archangel, which went to Cananor, where he made a treaty with the prince; 

 Tee. Cabot was alfo appointed by royal charter governor and in 1501 he returned to Portugal with a rich cargo. He 

 for Ufe of the Ruffia company, in whofe concerns he took a publifhed an account of this voyage, printed in an Italian 

 Tcry aftive part ; and in 1555 letters patent were ifllied by tranflation by Ramufio at Venice. Having gained reputa- 

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