John Cabot Research Paper

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John Cabot John Cabot was born Giovanni Caboto in the Italian port of Genoa in 1450. He moved to Venice in 1461, or possibly earlier, and helped with the family spice trading business and gained citizenship in 1476. Cabot was taught cartography, navigation, astronomy, mathematics and seamanship. He belonged to the Roman Catholic Church and married a woman called Mattea. John and Mattea Cabot had three sons named Ludovico, Sebastiano, and Sancto. He traveled to the eastern shores of the Mediterranean and visited Mecca while employed by a Venetian mercantile firm. While becoming very skilled in navigational techniques, he pictured the possibility of reaching Asia by sailing westward. This idea occurred to both Columbus and Cabot, and was probably…show more content…
However, in May 1497, he set sail on an adventure from Bristol in the small ship Matthew, with a crew of 18 men. He sailed around Ireland and then north and west, making landfall on the morning of June 24th. The exact landing place has never been identified, however, it has been variously believed to be in southern Labrador, Newfoundland, or Cape Breton Island. Taking possession of the land for the English king, he unrolled both the English and Venetian…show more content…
Later in 1499, Cabot had been given up for dead. There is no accurate record of the date or reason for the death of John Cabot. The effect of Cabot’s efforts was to demonstrate the viability of a short route across the North Atlantic. This would later prove important in the establishment of British colonies in North
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