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Historica Canada. 68.7K subscribers. Subscribed. 527. 212K views 7 years ago. Off the coast of Newfoundland, John Cabot and his sailors encounter codfish so thick that they slow the ship (1497...
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Five hundred years after the Viking exploration of North America, Italian explorer John Cabot became the first known European to reach its mainland.
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Apr 16, 2022 · John Cabot was an Italian born explorer famous for sailing to North America in 1497. He helped England claim stakes to future American and Canadian colonies and was the first European since...
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Oct 23, 2024 · John Cabot, navigator and explorer who by his voyages in 1497 and 1498 helped lay the groundwork for the later British claim to Canada. His voyages were commissioned by England’s King Henry VII, and the effect of Cabot’s efforts was to reveal the viability of a short route across the North Atlantic.
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- On June 24, 1497, Cabot and his crew aboard the Matthew reached North America—either Labrador, Newfoundland, or Cape Breton Island. He took possess...
- In early 1498 Cabot received permission for a second expedition to North America, which likely consisted of five ships and hundreds of men. After s...
- Cabot’s voyages demonstrated the viability of a short route across the North Atlantic. Although he did not discover a route to Asia, his efforts—na...
Videos. John Cabot: A Man of the Renaissance by Morten Parker, National Film Board of Canada. Made by the National Film Board of Canada in 1964, this short film documents John Cabot’s quest to discover a westward route across the sea to the Orient in 15th-century Europe.
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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).
