";s:4:"text";s:3923:" [Italy]—died c. 1499), navigator and explorer who by his voyages in 1497 and 1498 helped lay the groundwork for the later British claim to Canada. Cabot set a more northerly route then Columbus, settling into higher Atlantic currents. The Matthew of Bristol is a replica of the 15th-century caravel that John Cabot sailed from Bristol to Newfoundland in 1497. John Cabot's ship, the Matthew, sailed from Bristol with a crew of eighteen in 1497. Explorer John Cabot made a British claim to land in Canada, mistaking it for Asia, during his 1497 voyage on the ship Matthew. Intalian sailor and explorer John Cabot was born Giovanni Caboto around 1450. With his ship, the “Matthew”, his crew, and his sons, John Cabot set out to sea from Port Bristol on a warm day in May 1497.
After weeks at sea Cabot found land. By 1495, he had moved to Bristol, England, with his family.
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He made a voyage in 1497 on the ship Matthew and claimed land in Canada—mistaking it for Asia—for King Henry VII of England. Cabot sailed from Bristol on May 2, 1497 on a single ship, christened the Matthew after his wife, Matea. From 1496 to 1498 — less than a decade after Christopher Columbus — he set sail three times for the New World. The route of Cabot's second voyage . ID: BARWP8 (RM) River Severn, Gloucestershire, U.K. 31-05-2017 The ‘Matthew’ returning to Bristol after appearing at the Tall Ships Festival in Gloucestershire Docks.
19th Century Interpretation of John Cabot's Discovery of North America Over the years, the exact location of John Cabot's 1497 landfall has been a great subject of debate for scholars and historians. Cabot’s actual goal was to find a Northern sea route to Asia, seeing as Columbus had found a Southern route to Asia. Explorer and navigator John Cabot was born Giovanni Caboto in Italy around 1450. John Cabot, Italian Giovanni Caboto, (born c. 1450, Genoa? The Second Voyage. City of Bristol, England. The story of John Cabot's voyage from Bristol to North America in "The Matthew", and of preparations for a 500th-anniversary voyage in a full-sized replica ship in May 1997. In around 1490 he moved to England, settling in the port of Bristol. John Cabot's ship, the Mathew, sailed from Bristol with a crew of eighteen in 1497.After a month at sea, he landed and took the area in the name of King Henry VII. The First Voyage. Rowing at Bristol’s Floating Harbour with the replica John Cabot ship the Matthew, in the background. After a month at sea, he landed and took the area in the name of King Henry VII. Who Was John Cabot? As before, Cabot sailed from Port Bristol to return to Northern “Asia” and claim more land. It was not long after Cabot's first voyage before he was once again ready to sail because in February 1498 he cast off, but this journey would prove more uncertain than the last.
His sailors were able to catch huge numbers of cod simply by dipping baskets into the water. …
John Cabot (in Italian Giovanni Caboto) was probably born in Genoa but may have been from a Venetian family.