John+Cabot

=Personal Backround Information:= ** John Cabot was born in Genoa,Italy around the 1450's. Around the 1476's John was living in Venice,Italy where he worked as a merchant and navigator.John Cabot's real name is Giovanni Caboto but he decided to go by the english translation John Cabot. He was a Roman **** Catholic,and a ** Caucasian Male. John Cabot was the son of a spice merchant Guilo Cabo t. The italian word"Cabot" means "a coastal seaman", which was a common name used for sailor and navigators. He was married to a women named Mattea they had three sons named Ludovico, Sebastiano, and Sancto.

=Which country did he explore for?= He explored for England, King Henry VIII paid John to begin an exploration to the New World because he convinced him it was possible to reach Asia on a more northerly route then Christopher Columbus had taken,and would be even shorter he thought.England was also interested in finding lands that the English could claim as colonies,and England was anxious to explore the lands explored by Christopher Columbus.

**What was his reasons for exploring?** John Cabot explored because he was trying to find a direct/shorter route to Asia,and wanted to prove that it was a more quicker route then the route Christopher Columbushad taken. =What **were the results of his exploring major continbutions?** =

The next year Cabot tried to find the Asia route again. This time he reached North America. He reached and explored Newfoundland, Canada in 1497. His landing allowed England to claim what is now Canada. Cabot was still determined to find a northwest route to Asia and tried again by sailing south along the Canadian coast. During this voyage Cabot and his men were lost at sea and never seen again.Cabot was the first European since the vikings to explore the main land of North America and the first to search for the northwest passage.

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**Map of his travel**



= Bibliography =

www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSKyGuDMYH4

www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsqgKDo4rQU

John Cabot

@http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cabot

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