John Cabot sailed under King Henry VII of England, so the King would have paid him.
John Cabot was successful, and adventurous Italian explorer/navigator, who is known for making big discoveries.
Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer and navigator. He was looking for a route to India to help facilitate easier trading. He discovered America.
America...the entire continent was named after Amerigo Vespucci, an Italian early explorer. Check this: "Amerigo Vespucci was an Italian merchant, explorer, and navigator from the Republic of Florence, from whose name the term "America" is derived. He became a Castillian citizen in 1505. Wikipedia"
America is named after the Italian explorer, Amerigo Vespucci.
It was Jaun Diaz de Solis
Christopher Columbus was an explorer and a navigator. He is well known for his exploration of going out west.
John Cabot was an Italian explorer and navigator whose 1497 discovery of parts of Northern America is commonly held to have been the first European encounter with the continent of North America.
Christopher Columbus is the explorer who reached the Americas under the flag of Castile. He is an Italian explorer, navigator, and colonizer.
Columbus's navigator Amerigo Vespucci was for whom America was named.
Amerigo Vespucci, an Italian navigator who served for Spain and Portugal, wrote a letter in 1502 which he called his newest discoveries the New World. Eventually mapmakers put his name on the lands he discovered known today as North and South America.
christopher Columbus
Amerigo Vespucci was an Italian explorer and navigator who made several expeditions to the Caribbean and South America. He was strictly an explorer and did not participate in the conquering of any land or people.