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John Cabot John Cabot was most likely born in Italy The year he was born is 1450 in Italy he is referd to as Giovanni Cabot

More Facts In the 1480s he married a woman named mattea When sailing one of the ships broke and had to stop After all of his saling he had kids

John Cabot Information John Cabot was an Italian sailor. He sailed from England to Canada claiming land for England mistaking the North American land for Asia. King Henry VII granted John’s request to seek out and discover new lands for England.

More Information In May 1497 he left Bristol, England on the Matthew, a ship weighing 50 tons with a crew of 18 men. He was looking for a faster trade route than Columbus’. Fifty days into the voyage he landed on the East coast of North America. Some historians believe he landed at Cape Brenton Island or mainland Nova Scotia. Others believe he landed in Labrador or Maine.

Results He explored the Canadian coastline and named many of its islands. His ship sank before he could return home When he landed he claimed land that is now Canada for England

Results He thought that he had found part of Asia but he did not. He had his first voyage in 1496 but it was unsuccessful, so he had to turn back to England He also explored land in the United States

John Cabot GOALS AND SPONSORS John cabots sponsor is king Henry VII. KING HENRY VII gave John Cabot permission to go to Asia. John agreed to giving the king a fifth profit from any discoveries.

JOHN CABOT GOALS JOHN CABOT wanted to find a route to asia that would be shorter from northern euope than columbuses voyege along the trade w