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John Cabot Represented America

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John Cabot explored for 47 years

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John Cabot died in the seafaring expedition

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john cabot real name is Giovanni Cabot

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John Cabot s goal was to find the Northwest Passage

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John Cabot was in Italy 1450

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He made a voyage in 1497 on the ship Matthew and claimed land in Canada—mistaking it for Asia—for King Henry VII of England.

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Like Columbus Cabot thought he had landed in Asia but he landed in America

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John Cabot might be the reason most of America speaks english

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John Cabot is the 2nd explorer to land america after Christopher Columbus

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Though the exact details of his life and expeditions are the subjects of debate, john cabot (or Giovanni Caboto, as he was known in italian) may have developed the idea of sailing westward to reach the riches of asia while working for a venetain merchant.

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He migrated to venice in 1498

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john cabot sailed to the ST Lawrence river,just like Jacques Cartier.

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He had a soncalled Sebastian cabot.

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he probably reached Baffin island or Newfoundedland.

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King Henry VII gave john cabot the opportunity to sail a real ship.

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On his second voyage, he found horrible waters and dark forest and never heard from again

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In 1497, he saild on matthew, and landed in Newfoundedland.

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john cabot made only 2 voyages to the new world.

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he wanted to be an explorer because . . . for the money and to get land and for an adventure

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he had three sons

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Sometime in the 1490s he ended up in england,Where he was given permission by king henery Vll to seek a northern route to asia across the Atlantic.

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He is historically important because his explorations were the basis for England's early claims on north america.

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He went on the ship with a crew of 18 men and it only weighed 50 tons

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He then followed the coast Nova Scotia and New England

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His ship was called ''The mathew''

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In 1497, he made his first voyage for the king of england

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His father was a merchant.

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John Cabot returned to England and   died shortly after 1499

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John Cabot returned to England and   died shortly after 1499

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He was granted another patent

to undertake a second expedition

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John cabot's real name is Giovanni Caboto.

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John Cabot was hoping to find a North West passage to the Indies

and China

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Cabot's crew mutinied and he was forced to navigate to ther south, where no new discoveries were made.

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7.John Cabot hired a crew to sail his small ship that was called the Matthew

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This expedition was outfitted with two ships and 300 men.

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6.John Cabot was given a gift of £10

for having "found the new isle"

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The king was easily convinced to finance cabots's next journy, which set sail in 1498.

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John Cabot was welcome as a hero.

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5.John Cabot returned to England and died shortly after c. 1499

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John Cabot was born in 1450

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4. John Cabot set sail on July 25 1498.

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Religion:Catholicism

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Parents:Guilo Cabot

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he made Bristol the headquaters for his seafaring operations and began to make preparations for a journey across the ocean.

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3.John Cabot was the second to find North America

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John Cabot and Christopher Columbus went on a island

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John Cabot was born in Italy

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2.John Cabot was born in Italy

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Spouse: Mattea Cabot

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Nationality:Italian

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John Cabot

Date of birth:1498

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Profession:Explorer

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1.he explored the coastline

of Canada.

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john cabot was most likely born in Italy. He married a women named Matta and had three sons.

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John Cabot rode a ship with Christopher columbus

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John Cabot

Profession:Explorer

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John Cabot

Date of birth:1498

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John Cabot

Place of birth:Italy

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Loan of £16 to John Cabot - also known as Giovanni Chabotte - who found North America in 1497

Form makes reference to 'the new land'

Bank document hints mariners from Bristol had found America BEFORE

Although Christopher Columbus is widely credited as the 'discoverer' of America, a new loan form to the first sailor to find North America hints that other expeditions might have found the continent BEFORE 1492.

The loan to John Cabot - discovered by historical detective work - makes reference to 'THE new land', hinting that sailors had discovered America BEFORE Cabot or Columbus.

Christopher Columbus famously sailed to the Caribbean islands in 1492 - but with a royal patent from Henry VII of England, John Cabot, a Venetian merchant, sailed from Bristol to North America in 1497.

The new discovery shows that the first European to set foot in North America since the Viking Leif Ericsson in the 11th Century was financed by a loan of 50 nobles (£16, 13s, 4d) from the Bardi banking house.

Just like Columbus, the Engish voyages were financed by the great Italian merchant banks of the era, receiving the loan in 1496.

John Cabot - also known as Zuan Caboto or Giovanni Chabotte due to his Venetian birth - made two voyages, one in the summer of 1496, one in 1497.

On the second journey, he landed in Newfoundland.

The entry itself is also curious in that the reference to 'the new land' implies that the money was given so that Cabot could find a land that was already known about.

As such, it may revive claims that Bristol merchants had discovered North America at an earlier time. Dr Guidi-Bruscoli is more cautious on this score, however. 'While the entry implies that the Bardi believed in a prior discovery, we can't assume this had occurred.

'It is likely the Bardi were referring to the mythical 'Island of Brasil', which Bristol mariners certainly claimed had been found by one of their number in times past. Whether this story can be equated with an actual discovery is much more uncertain, however.'

Dr Jones agrees. 'It would be wonderful to find that Bristol mariners had first visited North America before the 1480s - if only because it would cast new light on the originality of Columbus' venture of 1492. Right now, however, we can't be sure about that. Although one never knows, that could change.'

Dr Evan Jones, who leads the project in Bristol, describes the new evidence as a 'fantastic find'. He adds, 'We have long known that Italy's great merchant banks were key to the success of the ventures launched by Portugal and Spain. But it always seemed that the English ventures were an exception. Now it is clear that they too were part of network of Italian-financed expeditions to explore beyond the limits of the known world.'

The payment of 50 nobles (£16 13s. 4d.) was made so that 'Giovanni Chabotte' of Venice, as he is styled in the document, could undertake expeditions 'to go and find the new land'.

The second of these was to result in the European discovery of North America - Christopher Columbus not having ventured beyond the Caribbean islands.

Dr Guidi-Bruscoli, who is based at the University of Florence and is also a Fellow at Queen Mary in London, found the financial records after being contacted by Jones and his co-researcher, Margaret Condon.

For several years they have been attempting to relocate the research findings of a deceased historian, Dr Alwyn Ruddock.

She had made some extraordinary finds about Cabot's voyages, but had all her notes destroyed following her death in 2005.

One of Ruddock's claims was that Cabot was financed by an Italian bank.

She had, however, refused to reveal the source of her information.

Following an invitation to visit the deceased historian's house in 2010, Jones and Condon discovered the source - in the form of a sticky label on an old shoe cupboard: 'The Bardi firm of London'.

They then contacted Dr Guidi-Bruscoli in Florence, who was able to locate the archive, the financial ledger and the entry concerned.

Finding out about the funding of Cabot's voyages is exciting because, while it has long been known that the explorer received political support from the King, the identity and motivations of those who paid for the expeditions has never been known.

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Did an English expedition BEAT Columbus to the Americas? Record of bank loan to sailor who found North America in 1497 hints that others may have been there first

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Loan of £16 to John Cabot - also known as Giovanni Chabotte - who found North America in 1497 Form makes reference to 'the new land' Bank document hints mariners from Bristol had found America BEFORE Although Christopher Columbus is widely credited as the 'discoverer' of America, a new loan form to the first sailor to find North America hints that other expeditions might have found the continent BEFORE 1492.