New-found hope
TWO odd sea-going structures were off the coast of Newfoundland this week. One recalled a distant past: a replica of the caravel Matthew in which John Cabot sailed from Bristol to—so he hoped—the Indies in 1497. After eight storm-beaten weeks, today's crew of 18 reached his (claimed) landfall of Bonavista on June 24th, to be greeted by Queen Elizabeth, on a ten-day visit to the country of which she is still head of state.
This article appeared in the The Americas section of the print edition under the headline “New-found hope”
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