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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 eleventh century.
In October, Santos-Dumont had been denied the prize because he had arrived 30 minutes and 40 seconds after he departed. France's Chamber of Deputies voted, 305–77, to authorize the nation's navy to take action in pressing demands against the Ottoman Empire. [1] King Edward of the United Kingdom was given a new title, Edward VII. Dei Gratia ...
Sir James Ross' pillar has not been found and the paper has been transferred to this position which is that in which Sir J. Ross' pillar was erected – Sir John Franklin died on the 11th June, 1847; and the total loss by deaths in the expedition has been to this date 9 officers and 15 men. (Signed) JAMES FITZJAMES, Captain H.M.S. Erebus.
Henry Worsley, 55, died from "complete organ failure.' He appeared to have an infection on his abdomen and was severely exhausted and dehydrated. Explorer dies just before he was about to finish ...
John Refoua, the Oscar-nominated film editor who worked on both “Avatar” and “Avatar: The Way of Water,” died Sunday from complications related to bile cancer. He was 58. Refoua’s career ...
John Ashton, known for his starring role in the Beverly Hills Cop movies, has died.He was 76. According to an obituary shared with PEOPLE by his manager, Ashton died on Thursday, Sept. 26, in Ft ...
He resumed his world traveling shortly after his mission, heading to Foggia in Italy. [2] He began pursuing the goals on his list in earnest, and in 1951 became the first man to navigate the entire length of the Nile river in a kayak ; this and subsequent adventures, such as exploring the Congo River in 1956 and climbing Mount Kilimanjaro in ...
John Ashton, the actor known for his role as John Taggart in the "Beverly Hills Cop" film series, has died.He was 76. Ashton "passed away peacefully" on Sept. 26 in Colorado, according to an ...