| 翻訳と辞書 |
| Matthew (ship) ： ウィキペディア英語版 |
Matthew (ship)
''The Matthew'' is a replica of a caravel〔Also spelled ''Mathew'' at the time.〕 sailed by John Cabot in 1497 from Bristol to North America, presumably Newfoundland. After a voyage which had got no further than Iceland, Cabot left again with only one vessel, the ''Matthew'', a small ship (50 tons), but fast and able. The crew consisted of only 18 people. ''The Matthew'' departed either 2 May or 20 May 1497. He sailed to Dursey Head (latitude 51°36N), Ireland, from where he sailed due west, expecting to reach Asia. However, landfall was reached in North America on 24 June 1497. His precise landing-place is a matter of much controversy, with Cape Bonavista or St. John's in Newfoundland the most likely sites.
Cabot went ashore to take possession of the land, and explored the coast for some time, probably departing on 20 July. On the homeward voyage his sailors incorrectly thought they were going too far north, so Cabot sailed a more southerly course, reaching Brittany instead of England. On 6 August he arrived back in Bristol.
==History==
Lack of clear documentation has been a problem in studying the history of ''Matthew''. Even its name has been questioned, with some authors suggesting that it was actually named ''Mattea'' after Cabot's wife.〔Wilson, Ian ''John Cabot and the Matthew'' Breakwater Books 2001 ISBN 978-1-55081-131-5 p.22 ()〕 Until the 1950s, all that was known about its size is that it was a small ship carrying about 18 men, but the discovery of a letter from a Bristol merchant named John Day written in 1497 saying that "in his voyage he had only one ship of fifty 'toneles' and twenty men and food for seven or eight months" provided more certainty about its size.〔('Jones, Evan "The ''Matthew'' of Bristol and the financiers of John Cabot’s 1497 Voyage to North America" ''English Historical Review'' Vol. CXXI No. 492 (2006)' )〕 The age of the ship is also uncertain. The name ''Matthew'' does not appear in the 1492/3 customs accounts, so it was either fairly new or an older ship renamed or a foreign ship. It has been suggested that it probably was an ordinary Bristol merchant ship hired for the occasion. The name ''Matthew'' appears in documents in 1503/04 and 1510/11 but in a 1513 survey there is reference to a 'new Matthew' and references to this ship afterward leave out the 'new' suggesting that Cabot's ''Matthew'' no longer existed.〔
抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』
■ウィキペディアで「Matthew (ship)」の詳細全文を読む
スポンサード リンク
| 翻訳と辞書 : 翻訳のためのインターネットリソース |
Copyright(C) kotoba.ne.jp 1997-2016. All Rights Reserved.
|
|