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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.

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