John+Cabot

__Explorers Name: __
John Cabot

__A little bit about John Cabot: __
====He was born in Italy in about 1450.His real name was Giovanni Caboto. In 1483 Cabot moved to Bristol, England. In 1476, Cabot lived in Venice, Italy the main trading centre for the entire Mediterranean region. He worked there as a merchant and a navigator. Later,King Henry VII wanted John Cabot to sail out and find new land and claim it for England. Cabot sailed out of Bristol with his ship, the Matthew, on May 2, 1497. When he went back to England,Cabot became the first European explorer to discover the mainland of North America (Canada and the United States).Then,He sailed further north making the first attempt to find the Northwest Passage, only to find ice crusted waters. When Cabot arrived back in England, he was given a heroes welcome for (supposedly) reading the “land of spices.” He was then an admiral and sent immediately back to find Japan. This time he sailed with five ships, but instead of finding Asian spices he found dark forests and horrible rivers. Some historians believe that Cabot returned from his second expedition and died around 1499 in England. Others believe that he never returned from his second voyage and was never heard from again. Cabot explored Canadian coastline and named most of its islands and capes. ====

__Where was he from? What country was he exploring for? __
John Cabot was from Italy. He was exploring the new world or the Americas.The mission's purpose was to search for a Northwest passage across North America to Asia (a seaway to Asia).

__What were the results of his exploring? __
====He was the first European since the Vikings to explore the mainland of North America and the first to search for the Northwest Passage.He also found Newfoundland and Nova Scotia. ====



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