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To authenticate to the full-text of this article, please visit this link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2281.2009.00519.x Byline: Evan T. Jones (1) Abstract: Abstract Little is known about the Bristol discovery voyages of the years 1496-1508 and, as my recent article in this journal has shown, even less is certain. The current article contributes to research in this field by publishing two 'new' documents, which were first discovered in the nineteen-seventies but, for the reasons explained here, have not been published until now. These documents are significant both because they reveal important new information about the voyages and because they serve to confirm some of the remarkable, but previously unsubstantiated, claims made about the expeditions by the late Dr. Alwyn Ruddock. Author Affiliation: (1)University of Bristol

To purchase or authenticate to the full-text of this article, please visit this link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2281.2007.00422.x Byline: Evan T. Jones (1) Abstract: Abstract Dr. Alwyn Ruddock was one of the best scholars to work on the North American discovery voyages of John and Sebastian Cabot (1496-1508). For thirty-five years scholars in this field awaited the groundbreaking volume Ruddock was said to be preparing on this subject. Yet, when Dr. Ruddock died in December 2005, aged eighty-nine, she ordered the destruction of all her research. This article examines the research claims she made in her 1992 book proposal to the University of Exeter Press and in her later correspondence with U.E.P. Her findings are so extraordinary that they will, if proved correct, transform our entire conception of the scale, nature and importance of John Cabot's achievements. Author Affiliation: (1)University of Bristol