John Cabot claimed the Atlantic Coast for England
John Cabot claimed eastern Canada for England. He claimed either Newfoundland or Cape Breton Island back in 1497. Cabot was the first white man to set foot in what we now know as Canada.
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John Cabot claimed North America for England in 1497.
John Cabot claimed Newfoundland for England in 1965.
The voyage to North America by John Cabot (Giovanni Caboto or Zuan Chabotto) in 1497 established some British claim to the New World. Of his voyage in 1499, little is known and some records indicate that he never returned.
By 1497, North America was already known to the world, having been discovered years earlier. However, in 1497, John Cabot (Giavanni Caboto), from Venice, discovered Newfoundland and claimed it for the English crown.
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John Cabot, in 1497.
You are thinking of John Cabot.
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Yes, it is claimed he was the first European to discover North America (since the Vikings). In 1497 he shipped at what is now Newfoundland.
In 1497 John Cabot discovered parts of North America under the commission of Henry VII of England.