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John Cabot (born c. 1450, Genoa? [Italy]—died c. 1499) was a navigator and explorer who by his voyages in 1497 and 1498 helped lay the groundwork for the later British claim to Canada. The exact details of his life and of his voyages are still subjects of controversy among historians and cartographers.
John Cabot (Italian: Giovanni Caboto [dʒoˈvanni kaˈbɔːto]; c. 1450 – c. 1500) was an Italian navigator and explorer. His 1497 voyage to the coast of North America under the commission of Henry VII, King of England is the earliest known European exploration of coastal North America since the Norse visits to Vinland in the eleventh century.
Nov 9, 2009 · Learn about John Cabot, an Italian-born Englishman who sailed westward across the Atlantic in search of Asia. Find out his route, discoveries, fate and legacy in the New World.
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Aug 2, 2023 · Learn about John Cabot, a Venetian explorer who claimed land in Canada for England in 1497, mistaking it for Asia. Find out about his early life, his voyages, his disappearance and his legacy.
Aug 6, 2020 · John Cabot (aka Giovanni Caboto, c. 1450 - c. 1498 CE) was an Italian explorer who famously visited the eastern coast of Canada in 1497 CE and 1498 CE in his ship the Mathew (also spelt Matthew). Sponsored by Henry VII of England (r. 1485-1509 CE) to search for a sea route to Asia, Cabot's expeditions 'discovered' what the Italian called 'Newe ...
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Jan 7, 2008 · John Cabot (a.k.a. Giovanni Caboto), merchant, explorer (born before 1450 in Italy, died at an unknown place and date). In 1496, King Henry VII of England granted Cabot the right to sail in search of a westward trade route to Asia and lands unclaimed by Christian monarchs.
Learn how John Cabot, an Italian seafarer, discovered Newfoundland in 1497 and claimed it for England. Find out why he sailed west, what he found and what happened to him.
