John Cabot
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John Cabot was an Italian navigator and explorer who lived around the mid-to-late 1400s and is credited with early European exploration during the Age of Discovery. His voyages are historically significant because they established early claims to North America for European powers, particularly England, which sponsored his expeditions.
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- 1450-00-00
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- 1498-00-00
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John Cabot (Italian: Giovanni Caboto [dʒoˈvanni kaˈbɔːto]; c. 1450 – c. 1499) was an Italian 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. To mark the celebration of the 500th anniversary of Cabot's expedition, both the Canadian and British governments declared Cape Bonavista, Newfoundland as representing Cabot's first landing site. However, alternative locations have also been proposed.
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