John Cabot: A Man of the Renaissance

196428 min 5 secFilm: Fiction

G

Direction: Morten Parker

Production: Guy Glover

Script: Morten Parker

To the 15th-century European the dream of a westward route across the sea to the Orient was as challenging as today's probes of outer space. John Cabot was a man eager to make the venture. Here is a vital story, exploring not only the geography of the Renaissance world, but also its social and intellectual character.

Subject categories


  • History - Canada - Pre-1867 > Atlantic RegionExplorationPortraits
  • History > Historic PeopleWorld History
  • History > Early Colonization/Settlement

Credits


director
Morten Parker
script
Morten Parker
executive producer
Guy Glover
photography
Denis Gillson
sound
Leo O'Donnell
George Croll
editing
Dennis Sawyer
sound editing
Sidney Pearson
cast
Ivor Barry
Powys Thomas
John Vernon