John Cabot

Also known as Zuan Chabotto, Zuan Cabotto, Giovanni Chabotto, Giovanni Caboto, Giovanni Cabot

Italian navigator and explorer (c. 1450 – c. 1499)

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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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Instance of: human
Given name: Giovanni
Gender: male
Citizenship: Republic of Venice
Place of birth: Gaeta
Place of death: North Atlantic Ocean
Child: Sebastian Cabot
Languages spoken: Italian
Image: John-cabot-2.jpg

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Commons category: Giovanni Caboto
date of birth: 1450-00-00
date of death: 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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