Contact UsDisclaimerFamous ExplorersPrivacy Policy Famous Explorers July 22, 2013 John Cabot Share Tweet Pin Mail Born: c. 1450 in Either Castiglione Chiavarese, Republic of Genoa or Gaeta, Kingdom of Naples Died: c. 1499 Nationality: Venetian Occupation: Maritime explorer Famous For: first European since the Vikings

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John Cabot FactsDeparture of John Cabot from BristolThis article on  the biography and life of John Cabot provides facts and information about:Who was John Cabot?Cabot  crossed the North Atlantic and reached the coast of America north of Nova ScotiaWhat was his involvement in the Discovery of America?Life an

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John Cabot (, c. c. was a Genoese navigator and explorer whose discovery of parts of North America under the commission of Henry VII of England is commonly held to have been the first European exploration of the mainland of North America since the Norse Vikings visits to Vinland in the eleventh century. To mark the Can

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