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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.
His precise landing place is a matter of much controversy, with Cape Bonavista or St. John's in Newfoundland the most likely sites. There is a statue of John Cabot located on the Cape of Bonavista, Newfoundland in his honour. Cabot went ashore to take possession of the land, and explored the coast for some time, probably departing on 20 July.
John Moors Cabot (1901–1981), U.S. diplomat and ambassador to several countries; John Cabot (1680–1742) [], founder of the Boston Brahmin Cabot family John Cabot (1744–1821) [], American privateer and sea captain, member of the Boston Brahmin Cabot family, namesake of the John Cabot House
King John reportedly knew of the existence of such a mainland because "canoes had been found which set out from the coast of Guinea [West Africa] and sailed to the west with merchandise." [117] [118] Italian explorer John Cabot probably reached the mainland of the American continent in June 1497, [119] although his landing site is disputed. [120]
Popular interest in Amerike centres on his association with the Venetian explorer Zuan (Giovanni) Caboto, better known as John Cabot. Under the authority of King Henry VII of England John Cabot led three voyages of discovery from Bristol in search of new lands and a route to the supposed riches of the East. The first expedition, of 1496, was ...
John Cabot (c. 1450–c. 1500), Italian explorer known as Giovanni Caboto in Italian; Sebastian Cabot (explorer) (c. 1474–1557), Italian explorer known as Sebastiano Caboto in Italian; Italian gunboat Sebastiano Caboto, an Italian naval vessel in service as a gunboat from 1913 to 1938 and as a submarine tender from 1938 to 1943
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The Beverly Historical Society, located in Beverly, Massachusetts, was founded in 1891, and its headquarters is the 1781 John Cabot House, which has two floors of museum exhibits. The collections have grown to more than 750,000 objects, including manuscripts, books, photographs, maps, decorative arts, and other artifacts related to the history ...