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510-year-old royal letter points to Englishman’s contact with Canada

British historians have unearthed a letter written 510 years ago by King Henry VII that sheds startling new light on Canadian history.
The letter reveals a previously unknown English expedition to this country in 1499 and may add the name of William Weston — an obscure shipping merchant from the west England port of Bristol — [...]

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