No, he did not, he explored for England.
John Capot, Henry Hutson
England
John Cabot, a.k.a Giovanni Caboto, explored for England but he, himself was Italian.
Sir Francis Drake
What motivated john Cabot to explore was to find a direct route to Asia.
England
Newfoundland.
John Cabot.
John Cabot was the first person to explore the new world for England.
It was England.
england