Birthdate: 1450 AD
Birthplace: Castiglione Chiavarese, Republic of Genoa
Died: 1508 AD
John Cabot, an Italian navigator and explorer, is famous for his 1497 voyage to the coast of North America commissioned by King Henry VII of England. This journey is recognized as the earliest European exploration of coastal North America since the Norse visits to Vinland in the eleventh century. In honor of the 500th anniversary of Cabot’s expedition, Cape Bonavista, Newfoundland, was designated as Cabot’s first landing site by the Canadian and British governments, despite other proposed locations.
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