What made john Cabot famous?

Answer 1

On May 20th, 1497, Cabot set out from Bristol, England on a small ship called the Matthew. His son Sebastian was on board. John Cabot and his crew of 20 sailed across the Atlantic Ocean, South of Ireland, for 35 days until they sighted land on June 24th.

On the shore, Cabot and his crew saw signs of human habitation, but they didn't meet anyone. There was also a very big supply of fish on the coast where they landed. He claimed the land he found for England, as he had promised. Historians now believe that they landed in Northern Maine and sailed north to Nova Scotia and Cape Breton, and then headed north again to Cape Race in Newfoundland before sailing for 15 days across the Atlantic Ocean back to Brittany, and then back to Bristol. There, he reported his findings to the King on August 11th, and was back with his family known as a successful man on August 23rd, 1497.

Answer 2

In 1497, John Cabot (Giovanni Cabotto) set off on a voyage to Asia. On his way he, like Christopher Columbus, ran into an island off the coast of North America. As a result, Cabot became the second European to discover North America, thus laying an English claim which would be followed up only after an interval of over one hundred years. With such an interlude, his voyage seems mainly of academic interest. Although it is true that prior discovery was often used as a justification for colonization,1 the great amount of time between discovery and colonizing reduces Cabots importance to a minimum in this regard. However, this is not at all to say that Cabot was unimportant. In becoming the first European to land on these shores since the time of Leif Erikson, Cabot opened up the Grand Banks to a steady encroachment of European fishermen, thus paving the way for eventual colonization.2 His voyage marked Englands first foray into the new age of discovery, and served as a foundation for Englands later claims to North America, albeit at some remove. With his importance so established, it is natural that scholars continue to study Cabots heroic travels and try to pinpoint them. Sadly, the vagueness of the evidence makes this effort futile except in a very general way.

Answer 3

John Cabot was most famous for claiming Newfoundland for England

he discovered parts of Canada

Answer 4

1. John cabot was famous for his exploraitions by finding the coastline of canada.

Answer 5

john cabot is know for or rembembered for exploring north america and south america also for finding the eastern part of canda

Answer 6

John Cabot is credited for discovering Newfoundland around 1497 AD. He is Italian.

Answer 7

he was best known for his discovery