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Step into the world of exploration with our captivating video on the life of John Cabot. Join us as we unravel the remarkable journey of this intrepid explor...
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- Bringing History To Life!
Five hundred years after the Viking exploration of North America, Italian explorer John Cabot became the first known European to reach its mainland. Honing h...
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- Gerry Dincher
A short documentary on the two voyages of John Cabot.
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- Emily Care
John Cabot (Italian: Giovanni Caboto [dʒoˈvanni kaˈbɔːto]; c. 1450 – c. 1499) [2] was an Italian [2] [3] 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 ...
- Man of Mystery
- Early Life
- First Voyage to The Americas
- Second Voyage to The Americas
- Legacy
The life of John Cabot is shrouded in layers of mystery and confusion. We do not know the precise date or place of his birth. We do not even know how to spell his name correctly - variations include Chabotto, Gaboto, Caboto, Talbot and, of course, the anglicised Cabot. Even what he himself used as his first name throughout his life is disputed; the...
We do know that Cabot was born in Italy around 1450 CE, and Genoa is most often cited as his hometown. He lived in Venice, worked as a trader and became a citizen of that maritime power in 1476 CE. Cabot stole a march on his merchant rivals, who typically traded eastern goods at Alexandria in Egypt, by travelling in person overland to Mecca and the...
Cabot seems to have relocated to London, again living with the Venetian community in that city. He then proposed to Henry VII a voyage to North America and the English king duly granted him a license in 1496 CE. The monarch described the Italian as "our well beloved John Cabot, citizen of Venice" (Hale, 65). The aim was to not only find the Northwe...
Cabot was now able to demonstrate to investors the potential of his discovery and so he organised a second voyage. This one was much more of a commercial venture with a consortium of English merchants putting together a fleet of five ships and filling them with trade goods. The king also got involved again and supplied one of the ships. This time a...
A small-scale private venture was not successful in setting out from Bristol and emulating Cabot and so there followed a long pause in England's overseas exploits which held during the reigns of Henry VII's three Tudor successors. England's claims to territory in the Americas established by Cabot would not be pursued until the reign of Elizabeth I ...
- Mark Cartwright
Aug 27, 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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Nov 9, 2009 · John Cabot, born Giovanni Caboto, was an Italian explorer and trader who is credited with being among the first Europeans to set foot in the New World of North America.
