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Who was the Italian explorer who landed in present-day Newfoundland but told people he found cathay?
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john Cabot -----
Giovanni Caboto (known in English as John Cabot; c. 1450 - c. 1499) was an Italian navigator and explorer whose 1497 discovery of North America is commonly held to be the second European voyage to the continent since Christopher Columbus a few years earlier.
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What are facts about Marco polo explorer?
he got captured when he got back to venice from cathay he wrote a book and he was an explorer
What did Marco polo call china?
Marco Polo called China "Cathay".
Medieval name for China?
Cathay was the name given to China in Medieval Europe. It comes from Khitay, a semi-nomadic group of people in the area.
Europeans called China what?
Cathay
Who discovered Cathay?
Marco polo
Italian explorer who landed in present day Newfoundland but told people he had found cathay?
Ferdinand Magellan
What Italian explorer landed in Newfoundland but thought that he had found Cathay?
Giovanni Caboto is the name of the Italian explorer who landed in Newfoundland, Canada, but thought that he had found Cathay. The Italian-born explorer in question, known as John Cabot to English-speakers, landed in present-day Canada's northeastern extension even though he thought that he had reached ancient China. The pronunciation of the explorer's name will be "djo-VAN-nee ka-BO-to" in Italian.
Who was the Italian Explorer who claimed he found Cathay?
Caboto
What did Giovanni da Verrazzano not achieve on his goal?
To reach Cathay (China) But instead reached Newfoundland.
What are facts about Marco polo explorer?
he got captured when he got back to venice from cathay he wrote a book and he was an explorer
Name the explorer who thought he sailed to cathay but really sailed to Canada?
Henry Hudson
Who was the Italian explorer who landed in present day but told people he found Cathay?
john Cabot -----Giovanni Caboto (known in English as John Cabot; c. 1450 - c. 1499) was an Italian navigator and explorer whose 1497 discovery of North America is commonly held to be the second European voyage to the continent since Christopher Columbus a few years earlier.
What date did Marco Polo discover Cathay?
He didn't discover Cathay. China/ Cathay was already known. He arrived in Cathay in about 1275
When was The Cathay created?
The Cathay was created in 1939.
Was magellans planned destination Asia or cathay?
cathay
What is Cathay's present name?
Cathay is now know as China
When was Cathay Organisation created?
Cathay Organisation was created in 1935.
