Sebastian Cabot

Sebastian Cabot (born c. 1476, Bristol, Gloucestershire, Eng., or Venice—died 1557, London) was a navigator, explorer, and cartographer who at various times served the English and Spanish crowns. He may have accompanied his father, John Cabot, on the first English voyage to North America (1497), which resulted in the discovery of the Labrador coast of Newfoundland (mistaken at the time for the coast of China). Although facts concerning his early life remain obscure, Cabot was...