John Cabot : A Man of the Renaissance

Collaborators : Glover, Guy | Parker, Morten | Office national du film du Canada

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To the 15th-century European the dream of a westward route across the sea to the Orient was as challenging as today’s probes of outer space. John Cabot was a man eager to make the venture. Here is a vital story, exploring not only the geography of the Renaissance world, but also its social and intellectual character.

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