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Henry VII authorized Sebastian Cabot to discover northern West Indies
Source: Historical proof of the right of the Catholic King to the territory held to-day by the British King under the name of New Georgia #558
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This claim they rest on the exploration made by Sebastian Cabot, the Venetian, son of John (to whom Henry VII, King of England, gave a patent on March 5, 1496, authorizing him to go and discover lands in the northern parts of the Western Indies), solely because, without having set foot on it, he came in sight of the land of Labrador in 67° 30' north latitude.1 Thus, if the English base their pretensions on that imaginary discovery of this region, although it took place as a matter of fact four years after the real discovery by Don Christopher Columbus, with how much greater reason and justice, on the same ground, should the Spaniards be owners of all, since they were the first explorers, and since Florida is mainland, joined to the kingdoms of New Spain.2 [Bolton note: The name New Spain (Nueva Espana) was applied especially to Mexico and the northern borderlands from Texas to California.]
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