Back to Modern History SourceBook Modern History Sourcebook: John Cabot (c.1450-1499): Voyage to North America, 1497 John Cabot, in Italian Giovanni Caboto, was born in Genoa, Although a citizen of Venice, he obtained letters-patent from Henry VII of England in 1496 for a voyage of discovery. He crossed the Atlantic in 1497 and touched on the mainland of North America - probably the Labrador ...

Matthew of Bristol, a replica of John Cabot's 1497 caravel ...

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John Cabot Giovanni Caboto (Cabots Italian name, other spellings are used as well) was born in Genova, probably around 1451. However, already when he was a child, or maybe a young man, he moved to Venice. It was probably on hearing of Columbus's discovery of 'the Indies' that he decided to find a route to the west for himself. He went with his plans to England, because: He incorrectly thought ...