John+Cabot


 * //__John Cabot__//**

__**Explorers Background:**__ John Cabot (Giovanni Caboto) was born in the Italian port of Genoa, around 1450. He moved to the bustling city of Venice when he was eleven years old, which is where he most likely learned to sail. He helped with the family business of spice trade, his dad was Guilo Caboto. He moved to Bristol, England, 1484 and then began to call himself John Cabot (the english version of his name.)


 * __Exploration and porpose:__**John Cabot set sail on May 2nd, 1497 to explore land across the Atlantic, trying to find a faster way to Asia. It lasted fifty days with eighteen men and a boat named 'Matthew', he displayed the English flag during his voyage. It ended in August 1497, when he got back to England because he was running low on supplies.The reason he went on his voyage was to find an easier sea route, a Northwest passage to the Indies and China. He died soon after his second voyage (searching for Japan) in 1499 for unknown reasons.


 * __Arrival Point:__** John Cabot either ended up in Cape Breton Island or Laborador, but its not for sure because none of it was recorded very well. He found New found land today still known as Newfoundland located in Canada. His crew caught huge numbers of Cod by dipping baskets into the water.


 * __Explorers Contribution__** John Cabot's obvious contribution was finding Newfoundland and exploring the coastline of Canada. Cabot was the second European to find North america (only after Christopher Colombius). His voyage claimed territory in North America under the flag of a European country, and gained England credibility.