Bristol UK Postcards - Matthew

Departure of John & Sebastian Cabot in the Matthew - 1497
Ernest Board - 1906

This unused postcard has the printed text...

L6/SP 11697
J Arthur Dixon
Printed in Great Britain by J. Arthur Dixon
The departure of John and Sebastian Cabot from Bristol on
their first voyage of discovery, 1497
Oil on canvas by Ernest Board, 1906
Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery
Bristol City Council Leisure Services

Departure of John & Sebastian Cabot in the Matthew - 1497

This tobacco silk has just the printed text 1. It was issued around 1926 by the Imperial Tobacco Company of Canada.

Replica of John Cabot's Matthew passing the SS Great Britain

This unused postcard has the printed text...

PAV 42568
J Arthur Dixon Postcards
Published by John Hinde (U.K.) Ltd., Redruth, Cornwall
Tel. 01209 211111
Photography by Jays Photographic

The Replica of John Cabot's Matthew passing
Brunel's SS Great Britain in Bristol Docks on its
maiden voyage. In 1497, the original 100 ton
Matthew journeyed to Newfoundland with John
Cabot, his son Sebastian and eighteen sailors
aboard. Five hundred years later, this epic voyage
wa recreated as the second Matthew set sail from
Bristol docks.

Replica of John Cabot's Matthew under the Clifton Suspension Bridge

This unused postcard has the printed text...

PP40
Photograph by Steve Venton
Produced by Provincial Pictures

The Matthew
John Cabot's replica ship "Matthew" leaving Bristol
on 3rd May 1997 and passing under Clifton Suspension Bridge
at the sttart of her north Atlantic journey to Newfoundland,
Canada on the 500th anniversary of the original voyage.

Replica of John Cabot's Matthew

This unused postcard has the printed text...

Code P25
The Matthew, Bristol Docks
Photo: Huntley Hedworth: 0117 973 0415
Printed by Mid Wales Litho Ltd.
Sky Cards, Clifton, Bristol, 0117 973 4074

To celebrate the 500th anniversary of Cabot's voyage, a replica of the Matthew was built in Bristol. She was dedicated in a ceremony during the first International Festival of the Sea, held in thr Floating Harbour in 1996. The next year, she reran Cabot's original journey on the 500th anniversary of the original voyage. On 24 June 1997, the replica of the Matthew was welcomed into port at Bonavista, Newfoundland by Queen Elizabeth II.

This page created 13th September 2009, last modified 26th September 2009