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John Cabot
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∙ 11y agoJohn Cabot was the first explorer sailing for England to claim land in North America for England.
Henry Cabot was Italian by birth; his real name was Zuan Chabotto. He was a Venetian merchant trader and sailor for many years, and had also lived in Valencia and Seville, Spain for some time. He originally sought financial backing for an Atlantic expedition in 1494, in Spain and Portugal. Unsuccessful there, he traveled to London, and in 1496 obtained backing from several sources, including a patent from King Henry VII of England, to "investigate whatsoever islands, countries, regions or provinces of heathens and infidels, in whatsoever part of the world placed, which before this time were unknown to all Christians".
He sailed from Bristol in 1496, but had to turn back. He tried again in 1497, sailing from Bristol in early May. On June 4, 1497, Cabot and his crew made landfall somewhere, it is believed, along the coast of Newfoundland.
They landed only long enough to raise the Venetian and Papal banners, and to claim the land for England. They reembarked, then sailed the coast for several weeks before turning back for England. They did not go ashore again following their first landfall in Newfoundland.
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∙ 11y agoJohn Cabot... or in other words Giovanni Caboto
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∙ 11y agoEnglish claims to North America were based on the voyages of John Cabot in 1497 and 1498. He was an Italian navigator who sailed for England
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∙ 14y agoFranciso Coonado
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∙ 9y agoJohn Cabot was the one
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∙ 13y agoHenry Hudson
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How Spain established territorial claims in North America.?
Spain established territorial claims in North America by failing their mission.
Who established Spain's claims to North America?
France
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Spain established territorial claims in North America by failing their mission.
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Henry Hudson
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england's chief rival in north america was?
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John Cabot's voyage on the Matthew in 1497 was the basis of the claim.
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The slave codes of Englands Barbados colony
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What year was the first college in north america established?
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became the legal basis for slavery in north america
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French colonists rarely established large plantations in North America
