What was John Cabot famous for?
1450 John Cabot was born as Giovanni Caboto in the Italian port of Genoa 1461 John Cabot moved to Venice with his family. John Cabot helped with the family spice trading business. Education: John Cabot was taught cartography, navigation, astronomy, mathematics and seamanship 1476 :Obtained Venetian citizenship and was naturalized on 28 March, 1476 1496 March 5: The English King Henry VII granted John Cabot the right to ‘seek islands and countries of the heathen towards the west, east, and north’ sailing under the English flag 1497 May 2: John Cabot boards his ship, the Matthew, to explore the lands across the Atlantic, hoping to find a north west passage to the Indies and China. June 9: John Cabot reaches the New World – at either Cape Breton Island or Labrador. 26 June: Begins his return voyage. August 6: John Cabot and his crew of the Matthew land in Bristol and achieved great fame and glory. He was given a gift of £10 for having “found the new isle” and King Henry VII also granted h
