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Engraving by David McNeely Stauffer showing Italian explorer John Cabot standing with his three sons beside a large globe, with an open book and a seascape in the background. John Cabot landing at Labrador Map showing the transatlantic and global routes of major early voyages of discovery and exploration by Spain, Portugal, England, and France during the 15th and 16th centuries. The map traces the journeys of explorers such as Columbus, Cabot, Magellan, da Gama, and others, with labeled paths crossing the Atlantic and encircling Africa and South America, as well as lines of demarcation dividing Spanish and Portuguese exploration zones.
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Engraving by David McNeely Stauffer showing Italian explorer John Cabot standing with his three sons beside a large globe, with an open book and a seascape in the background.
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John Cabot

Italian explorer
Also known as: Giovanni Caboto
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John Cabot (born c. 1450, Genoa? [Italy]ā€”died c. 1499) was a navigator and explorer who by his voyages in 1497 and 1498 helped lay the groundwork for the later British claim to Canada. The exact details of his life and of his voyages are still subjects of controversy among historians and cartographers. Cabot moved to Venice in 1461, or possibly earlier, and became a citizen of that city in 1476. While employed by a Venetian...

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