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The Boats That Built Britain

Episode 1: The Matthew

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Sailor and writer Tom Cunliffe sails the Matthew, the boat in which John Cabot left Bristol in 1497 and landed 3,000 miles later in what we now know is North America. Show more

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