John Cabot

John Cabot

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John Cabot (Italian: Giovanni Caboto; c. 1450 – c. 1500) was a Venetian navigator and explorer whose 1497 discovery of the coast of North America under the commission of Henry VII of England was the first European exploration of coastal North America since the Norse visits to Vinland in the eleventh century. To mark the celebration of the 500th anniversary of Cabot's expedition, both the Canadian and British governments elected Cape Bonavista, Newfoundland, as representing Cabot's first landing site. However, alternative locations have also been proposed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cabot

Heritage Minutes: John Cabot video

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Off the coast of Newfoundland, John Cabot and his sailors encounter codfish so thick that they slow the ship (1497). For more information about John Cabot, visit: http://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/...

John Cabot: A Man of the Renaissance

"This short film documents John Cabot's quest to discover a westward route across the sea to the Orient in 15th-century Europe. The resulting story is one that explores the geography of the Renaissance world as well as its social and intellectual character."