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John Cabot
| Italian and French navigator and merchant Date of Birth: . Country: Italy |
Content:
- Early Life and Explorations
- Arrival in England
- First Expedition
- Return and Hype
- Second Expedition
- Exploration of North America
- Legacy and Impact
Early Life and Explorations
John Cabot, originally Giovanni Caboto, was born in Genoa and moved to Venice in As a merchant for a Venetian trading company, he traveled to the Middle East and sought information about the origin of spices.
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From vague answers, he inferred that spices originated in distant lands far to the northeast of India. As he believed the Earth was a sphere, he reasoned that the northeast for Indians was the northwest for Italians.
Arrival in England
In , Cabot relocated to England and changed his name to John Cabot.
Inspired by Columbus's discoveries, Bristol merchants financed an expedition led by Cabot. King Henry VII granted Cabot and his sons permission to explore and discover new lands in the Ea