John Cabot: Voyage across the Atlantic and Exploration of North America

John Cabot

An Italian-born navigator and explorer. After becoming a citizen of the Republic of Venice, he explored western routes across the ocean with the support of King Henry VII of England. On his 1497 voyage, he crossed the Atlantic from Bristol and reached the coast of North America, becoming a pioneer of English exploration in North America. In 1498, he undertook a further expedition with a fleet of five ships, but his fate thereafter remains unknown. His son, Sebastian Cabot, also became an explorer.

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1450	Birth of John Cabot (Period: c. 1450 (exact date unknown), Location: Gaeta or Castiglione Chiavarese (both in present-day Italy))
1470	Engagement in Mediterranean Trade (John Cabot, Age: 20 years old, Period: Late 1470s–1480s, Location: Venice and Eastern Mediterranean) Marriage (John Cabot, Mattea, Age: 20 years old, Period: Around 1470, Location: Republic of Venice, believed to be present-day Venice, Italy, though wedding details are unknown)
1476	Acquisition of Venetian Citizenship (John Cabot, Age: 26 years old, Period: 1476, Location: Republic of Venice, present-day Venice, Italy)
1480	Debt Issues and Departure from Venice (John Cabot, Age: 30 years old, Period: Late 1480s–1488, Location: Republic of Venice, present-day Italy)
1494	Guadalquivir Bridge Project in Seville (Age: 44 years old, Period: 1494, Location: Seville, Spain)
1495	Relocation to England (John Cabot, Age: 45 years old, Period: Around 1495, Location: London and Bristol, England)
1496	First Atlantic Voyage (John Cabot, Age: 46 years old, Period: Around summer 1496, Location: Bristol to North Atlantic) Letters Patent for Exploration from Henry VII (John Cabot, Age: 46 years old, Period: March 5, 1496, Location: England) Acquisition of the 1496 Letters Patent (John Cabot, Age: 46 years old, Period: March 5, 1496, Location: England)
1497	Remarks Regarding Visit to Mecca (John Cabot, Age: 47 years old, Period: 1497, Location: London, England) Legacy and Impact of North American Exploration (Age: 47 years old, Period: After 1497, Location: Atlantic Coast of North America, England, Canada) North American Coastal Exploration in 1497 (John Cabot, Age: 47 years old, Period: May–August 1497, Location: North Atlantic, believed to be around Newfoundland / Cape Breton Island) North American Exploration of 1497 (John Cabot, Age: 47 years old, Period: May–August 1497, Location: Bristol, North Atlantic, East Coast of North America) Arrival in North America in 1497 (John Cabot, Age: 47 years old, Period: June 24, 1497, Location: Atlantic Coast of North America (Newfoundland or Cape Breton Island area is the leading theory)) Reward from Henry VII (John Cabot, Age: 47 years old, Period: August–December 1497, Location: London, England)
1498	Second Letters Patent and Re-Exploration Plan in 1498 (John Cabot, Age: 48 years old, Period: February–April 1498, Location: Bristol, England) Final Voyage and Disappearance in 1498 (John Cabot, Age: 48 years old, Period: After May 1498, Location: Bristol to North Atlantic / North America) Final Voyage with Five Ships in 1498 (John Cabot, Age: 48 years old, Period: After May 1498, Location: Bristol, North Atlantic, North America area)
1499	Death of John Cabot (Age: 49 years old, Period: c. 1499 (exact date and location unknown))

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East India Company	James Lancaster John Davis William Keeling Henry Middleton Thomas Best Thomas Roe Josiah Child Gerald Aungier Job Charnock
Expansion into North America	John Smith John Winthrop William Bradford William Penn James Oglethorpe Cecil Calvert John Cabot
Science and Astronomy	Galileo Galilei Johannes Kepler Francis Bacon René Descartes William Harvey Robert Boyle Robert Hooke Christiaan Huygens Antonie van Leeuwenhoek Isaac Newton Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
Arts and Culture	Peter Paul Rubens Rembrandt van Rijn Diego Velázquez Johannes Vermeer Anthony van Dyck Giovanni Battista Lulli Antoine Watteau

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