John Cabot

John Cabot
noun
Italian explorer who led the English expedition in 1497 that discovered the mainland of North America and explored the coast from Nova Scotia to Newfoundland (ca. 1450-1498)
Syn: ↑Cabot, ↑Giovanni Cabato
Instance Hypernyms: ↑navigator

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John Cabot [John Cabot] born
(c. 1450– c. 1498) an Italian ↑explorer who was born Giovanni Caboto. With his son Sebastian he sailed across the Atlantic in 1498 on behalf of the English king, ↑Henry VII, and reached North America (which he thought was China) before ↑Columbus.

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