Book 1. (1 results) Tarnsman of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 1 | 2 | The View more quotes about name">name is supposed to have been shortened in the fifteenth century from the Italian surname Caboto. |
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Book 1. (5 results) Tarnsman of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 1 | 1 | A Handful of Earth My name is Tarl Cabot. |
| 1 | 2 | The name is supposed to have been shortened in the fifteenth century from the Italian surname Caboto. |
| 1 | 3 | As far as I know, however, I have no connection with the Venetian explorer who carried the banner of Henry VII to the New World. |
| 1 | 4 | Such a connection seems unlikely for a number of reasons, among them the fact that my people were simple tradesmen of Bristol, and uniformly fair-complexioned and topped with a blaze of the most outrageous red hair. |
| 1 | 5 | Nonetheless, such coincidences, even if they are only geographical, linger in family memory—our small challenge to the ledgers and arithmetic of an existence measured in bolts of cloth sold. |
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A Handful of Earth My name is Tarl Cabot.
The name is supposed to have been shortened in the fifteenth century from the Italian surname Caboto.
As far as I know, however, I have no connection with the Venetian explorer who carried the banner of Henry VII to the New World.
Such a connection seems unlikely for a number of reasons, among them the fact that my people were simple tradesmen of Bristol, and uniformly fair-complexioned and topped with a blaze of the most outrageous red hair.
Nonetheless, such coincidences, even if they are only geographical, linger in family memory—our small challenge to the ledgers and arithmetic of an existence measured in bolts of cloth sold.
- (Tarnsman of Gor)