John Cabot
John Cabot
John Cabot
John Cabot was the Italian explorer who named Newfoundland. He was sailing for England though.
In 1524, Francis sent Italian-born Giovanni da Verrazano to explore the region between Florida and Newfoundland for a route to the Pacific Ocean
John Cabot, a.k.a Giovanni Caboto, explored for England but he, himself was Italian.
John Cabot [English] / Giovanni Caboto [Italian] / Zuan Cabotto [Venetian]; c. 1450 - c. 1499
John Cabot, an Italian explorer commissioned by King Henry VII of England, landed on the coast of present-day Newfoundland in 1497. This expedition provided England with a basis for its claims in North America.
he was an Italian explorer who sailed for France. He explored most of the north American coast from South Carolina to Newfoundland and the New York area Verrazano was an Italian explorer that was the first person to find New York. He followed Columbus, thinking he was going north of Asia.
The first known attempt at European colonization began when Norsemen settled briefly at L'Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland around 1000 AD. No further European exploration occurred until 1497, when Italian seafarer John Cabot explored Canada's Atlantic coast for England.
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Giovanni Caboto is better known as "John Cabot." He explored for the English between 1497 and 1499, reaching Newfoundland on his 2nd voyage, and likely lost at sea on his 3rd.
The state Delaware is said the same in Spanish as it is in English. Delaware is also said the same in Italian and Latin.