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	John Cabot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Cabot was born in either 1450 or 1451 in Genoa, Gaeta, or Chioggia.
		John's son, Sebastian Cabot, later made a voyage to North America, looking for the hoped for Northwest Passage (1508), and another to repeat Magellan's voyage around the world, but which instead ended up looking for silver along the Río de la Plata (1525-8).
		Letters patent for a voyage to discover new lands granted to John Cabot and his three sons by the king of England, Henry VII, at Westminster on March 5, 1496.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Cabot (915 words)

	John Cabot
		Back in England, Cabot was well rewarded (a pension of 20 pounds a year), and a patent was written for a new voyage.
		John's son Sebastian Cabot[?] later made a voyage to North America, looking for the Northwest Passage (1508), and one to repeat Magellan's voyage around the world, which ended up looking for silver along the River Plate (1525-8).
		Cabot is remembered in Bristol by the Cabot Tower, a 30m tall red sandstone tower of 1897 (the 400th anniversary of the landing) on Brandon Hill near the city centre, and by a replica of the Matthew which is moored in the city docks.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/jo/John_Cabot.html (719 words)

	John Cabot - MSN Encarta
		Although Cabot was probably born in Genoa, as a youth he moved to Venice, where his seafaring career probably began.
		Cabot returned to England in August and was granted a pension.
		It is believed that in June, Cabot reached the eastern coast of Greenland and sailed northward along the coast until his crews mutinied because of the severe cold and forced him to turn southward.
	encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/RefArticle.aspx?refid=761561172 (347 words)

	John Cabot (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Giovanni Caboto (Italian) known as John Cabot in the English language was an Italian navigator and explorer who is popularly credited as the discoverer of Canada or at least the region that become that nation.
		Cabot went to Bristol to make the preparations for his Bristol by then was the second-largest seaport England and during the years from 1480 onwards several expeditions had been sent to look for Hy-Brasil an island that lie somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean according to Celtic legends.
		Cabot is remembered in Bristol by the Tower a 30m tall red sandstone tower 1897 (the 400th anniversary of the landing) Brandon Hill near the city centre and a replica of the Matthew which is moored most of the the city docks.
	www.freeglossary.com /John_Cabot (1141 words)

	John Cabot House - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The John Cabot House (1781) is a historic house located at 117 Cabot Street, Beverly, Massachusetts.
		The house was built for ship-owner and privateer John Cabot, who lived there from 1781 to 1802.
		His was the first American vessel to trade there.) In 1802 it became the first office of the Beverly Bank, the tenth oldest bank in America, with John Cabot as one of its seven original directors.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Cabot_House (228 words)

	Cabot - The New Continent - 16th Century - Pathfinders and Passageways (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Naturalized as a citizen of the Republic of Venice (now Italy) in 1476, the experienced navigator Giovani Caboto -- known to the English as John Cabot -- was hired by King Henry VII of England in the mid-1490s to make a voyage of discovery westward, looking for a route to Asia.
		In fact, Cabot was the first to report on a part of America after Christopher Columbus (1492) but his explorations were in colder regions, on the shores of what is Canada today.
		Sebastian Cabot, son of John Cabot, was born in Venice, Italy.
	www.collectionscanada.ca /explorers/h24-1310-e.html (583 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: John and Sebastian Cabot
		Cabot began his preparations for the voyage at once and sailed from Bristol early in May, 1497, on the ship Matthew, with eighteen men, among whom may have been his son Sebastian.
		According to the chart of Sebastian Cabot (1544), the land was in the vicinity of Cape Breton Island.
		The character of Sebastian Cabot does not leave a favourable impression; restless and unscrupulous, he busied himself with the most varied projects, and was ready to enter into relations with any country from which he might hope to gain the realization of his schemes.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/03126d.htm (1065 words)

	Explorers: JOHN CABOT
		John Cabot also called Giovanni Baboto, his Italian name was an explorer of sorts although not much is known about his overall career.
		Cabot's plan was to reach Asia by sailing west across the north Atlantic, estimating the route shorter and quicker than that of Columbus'.
		Cabot was confident in his plan and while in England, he finally received the support and financial backing earlier denied by Portugal and Spain.
	www.latinartmall.com /blogs/explore/2006/02/john-cabot.html (690 words)

	The Mariners' Museum: Newport News, Virginia
		John Cabot was born in Genoa in 1450 and moved to England in 1484.
		Cabot was convinced he'd found an island off the coast of Asia and he named the island "new found land." He returned to England on August 6, 1497.
		John Cabot's son, Sebastian, was an accomplished mapmaker and navigator.
	www.mariner.org /educationalad/ageofex/cabot.php (441 words)

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		ohn Cabot was born in Genoa, Italy in 1450.
		John had a ship called the Matthew, which sailed for England and had a crew of 18 men.
		John decided to sail the coast of this new land.
	www.cdli.ca /CITE/kiexp.htm (933 words)

	John Cabot
		While Cabot sailed with dreams of gold and spices, his path was blocked by the vast undiscovered coast line of North America.
		Cabot's stories of the abundant seas marked the beginning of 500 years of fishing activity in the waters off Newfoundland that continues to this day, despite the continuing ecological crisis in the cod stock.
		John's son Sebastian also sought the glory of discovery and lead an expedition on a search for a northwest passage to Cathay in 1508.
	www.wordplay.com /gullages/cabot.html (509 words)

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		Cabot probably was led so far south by the ice and the rumblings of his crew; it is unlikely his calculations were accurate enough to preclude such a southerly landfall.
		Cabot set sail from Dursey Head or some nearby point on or about 20 May. He headed north for a few days, then cut back west, sailing directly for what he believed to be the northern coast of Asia.
		Cabot himself, concerned about the ice in the ater, steered somewhat to the south and was pushed further in that direction by the current.
	etext.virginia.edu /journals/EH/EH33/croxto33.html (6222 words)

	Cabot
		John Cabot (known as Giovanni Caboto in Italy) was a great Italian navigator and explorer.
		King Henry VII was pleased with his efforts and granted Cabot a pension of 20 pounds a year.
		Cabot had to return to England because he was running out of supplies, and he died soon after returning.
	library.thinkquest.org /4034/cabot.html (289 words)

	John and Sebastian Cabot
		In May 1497 Giovanni (John) Cabot (1450-1499), an Italian navigator sponsored by King Henry VII of England, sailed from Bristol in the Matthew (probably named for his wife Mattea) for the western hemisphere.
		The portion shown on the stamp is of the area of John Cabot's voyage.
		The picture of Cabot is based on a copy of an engraving found in Samuel Seyer's Memoirs illustrative of the history and antiquities of Bristol (1823).
	sio.midco.net /dansmapstamps/cabot.htm (349 words)

	BookRags: John Cabot Biography
		Cabot was in Spain in the early 1490s and reached England by 1495, determined to make a voyage to Marco Polo's Cathay.
		Cabot believed that this was the northeast corner of Asia, south of which would be found Japan and the Great Khan's empire.
		Cabot then followed the coast in regions not precisely identified, but it is thought that he traversed part of Nova Scotia and possibly Maine.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/john-cabot (514 words)

	John Cabot Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		John Cabot was born in 1461, most probably in Genoa, Italy.
		For his discovery, Cabot was rewarded with a patent for a new voyage, as well as £10.
		John again set out in 1498 to explore the coast of America.
	www.paralumun.com /excabot.htm (88 words)

	John Cabot
		Cabot hastened to Court, and on Thursday the 10th of August received from the king £10 for having "found the new isle." Cabot reported that 700 leagues beyond Ireland he had reached the country of the Grand Khan.
		On the 3rd of February 1498, fresh letters patent were issued, whereby Cabot was empowered to "take at his pleasure VI englisshe shippes and theym convey and lede to the londe and iles of late founde by the seid John." Henry VII himself also advanced considerable sums of money to various members of the expedition.
		Cabot, on learning from Fernandes that part of Asia, as they supposed Greenland to be, lay so near Iceland, determined to return by way of this country.
	www.nndb.com /people/679/000095394 (1264 words)

	European Explorers: John Cabot
		Giovanni Caboto or John Cabot as he is known in the English world was born at Genoa Italy in 1450, the son of a spice merchant (Guilo Caboto).
		Giovanni Caboto (John Cabot is the anglicized form of this Italian name) was one of a small group of very skilled navigators who spearheaded the overseas extension of European trade and influence 500 years ago.
		John Cabot was born in Genoa, Italy in 1450.
	www.cdli.ca /CITE/excabot.htm (636 words)

	John Cabot (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		He choose a Genoese navigator, John Cabot (Giovanni Cabot) and on May 2nd 1497 he set sail from Bristol England on a ship named the Mathew and crossed the Atlantic.
		As Cabot arrived in Newfoundland's waters, he and his men were amazed by the sea life.
		Cabot landed on the Newfoundland shore for only a few hours and found evidence of the native people.
	www.canadahistory.com /sections/eras/erajohn2.htm (396 words)

	Cabot's Voyage of 1497: Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage
		Cabot's Voyage of 1497: Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage
		All one can say is that Cabot's point of departure was somewhere between 51 and 54 degrees north latitude, with most modern scholars favouring a northerly location.
		Cabot was back in Bristol on 6 August, after a 15 day return crossing.
	www.heritage.nf.ca /exploration/cabot1497.html (516 words)

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		John Cabot's voyage was one of many that Europeans made to North America during the 1500s.
		The Matthew is a replica of the fifteenth-century caravel in which John Cabot sailed from Bristol to discover Newfoundland in 1497; it was built to recreate that journey exactly 500 years later.
		He saw evidence of human settlements and soon reports were reaching Europe of people "dressed in the skins of animals; they use in their wars bows and arrows, lances and darts, and certain clubs of wood, and slings".
	lycoszone.lycos.com /info/john-cabot--north-america.html (522 words)

	John Cabot (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Over 500 years ago, Giovanni Caboto or John Cabot as he is now known was the first person to discover North America while looking for a shorter route to Asia.
		Being the son of a merchant and an adventurer at heart it is little wonder that John Cabot sought a new route to Asia in search for spices, silks, precious stones and metals.
		Cabot will be more than happy to tell you the story for himself.
	collections.ic.gc.ca /rock/pages/cabot1.html (104 words)

	Great Canadian Explorers: John Cabot
		Newfoundland-born Brady draws heavily on his experience as a land use technician and cartographer and has presented a thorough study of John Cabot, the Genoese navigator, who sailed for the English crown and the merchants of Bristol in 1497 to find Cipangu and a way to Asia.
		John Cabot has been commemorated by a fine statue at Cape Bonavista.
		Cabot ended his life in mystery, aspects of which conclude this trust-worthy account, which has good maps, illustrations and bibliography.
	www.mta.ca /faculty/arts/canadian_studies/english/about/multimedia/explorers/cabot.html (258 words)

	Cabot, John - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Under a patent granted by Henry VII (Mar. 5, 1496), Cabot sailed from Bristol in 1497 and discovered the North American coast, touching at Cape Breton Island or Newfoundland.
		Bibliography: See C. Beazley, John and Sebastian Cabot: The Discovery of North America (1964); R. Howard, Bristol and the Cabots (1967); D. Goodnough, John Cabot and Son (1979).
		John Cabot Named to Lead Alliant Foodservice Healthcare Business.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-cabot-j1o.html (304 words)

	John Cabot
		Cabot was empowered to "take at his pleasure VI englisshe shippes and theym convey and lede to the londe and iles of late founde by the seid John."
		John Cabot crossed the Davis Strait on to Baffin Land on to Newfoundland
		There is no accurate record of the date or reason for the death of John Cabot, however, the pension which had been granted to John Cabot by King Henry VII continued to be paid unti1 1499.
	www.elizabethan-era.org.uk /john-cabot.htm (1128 words)

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