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JOHN CABOT
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JOHN CABOT
John Cabot wanted
to find a trade route
to trade with Asian
traders.
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DATE OF BIRTH OF PLACE
He was born in 1450 in
Genoa , Italy.
He died in 1499 when
he was 49 years old.
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EARLY YEARS
His actual name was Giovanni Caboto.
His dad was a spice merchant.
John was a shopkeeper in Venice, Italy.
He had three boys.
In 1490, he moved his family to England.
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HIS SHIP
John Cabot’s ship
was named “The
Matthew”
He sailed across
the Atlantic Ocean.
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ACHIEVEMENTS
He was looking for Asia.
He didn’t find what he
was looking for, but he
found Northwest North
America in 1497.
He explored the
coastline of Canada.
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OTHER INTERESTING INFORMATION
Some thinks he died in England. Some say he
never returned from his second trip.
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CONCLUSION
Even though John Cabot didn’t find what he was
looking for, he was the second European to find
North America (after Christopher Columbus).