The name Sebastian Cabot won’t sound strange to history enthusiasts, especially those interested in the Age of Exploration. He was a navigator and cartographer who alternated between serving England ...

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John Cabot The first documented European to arrive in North America after the Norse was Giovanni Caboto. While argument still persists over his birthplace - Venice or Genoa - when he sailed for a ...

Explore the 15th century story of John Cabot and Richard Amerike. British Broadcasting Corporation Home. ... John Cabot, a sailor, and Richard Amerike, a Bristol business man.

History tells us Columbus discovered America in 1492 and, five years later, John Cabot reached the mainland of North America before Columbus could claim South America for Spain. What if new ...