biography

=this is john cabots webpage=

John Cabot was born in Genoa,Italy in about 1450,and died about1499.John Cabot was the first to explore the shores of North America after the vikings.

When John Cabot was a child he moved to Venice with his family.During the 1470s he devloped into a skilled navigator in travels to the eastern Mediterranean parts for Venetian mercanile firm invovled in the spice trade.John Cabot became a citizen of that city in 1476.John Cabot became a citizen of that city in 1476.John Cabot was the first to reach one of the mainlands[does not say which mainland].

whether John Cabot devloped an idea of sailing West in search of the Orient.John Cabot took his own idea of a shorter route to the orient to both the Spainish and Portugese courts choose;none of the courts choose to support him in a voyage of exploration.

At the end of 1495 John Cabot and his family moved to England.John Cabot sailed from Bristol in May 1497 with a small crew of 18 men and his son on a small ship called the Matthew.England later claimed all of the coast of Canada. The King of England himself funded one ship;and the merchants of Bristol provided four more ships for John Cabot.The five ships set sail from Bristol in early in May1498 to North America for spices.

In conclusion;this has been a report about a Italian explorer John Cabot.He was important because he was the first European to reach the shores of North America after the Viking //s.//

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